GPSC Principal Investigator: 
Funding type: 
Public Funding
Funded by: 

Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Spanish Research Agency under project PDC2021-120959-C22, funded by the Recovery Plan for Europe NextGenerationEU

Partners: 

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Start Date: 
2021
End Date: 
2023
Project Description: 

In this project, led by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, an antenna configuration has been demonstrated in Ka-band that generates multiple beams to provide broadband internet access from geostationary satellites. Current satellites use 4 reflectors to generate a cellular coverage with 2 frequencies and 2 polarizations. With this proof-of-concept, the number of reflectors can be reduced by half.