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In order to open up new frequency ranges for broadband satellite communication and to ensure the steadily growing demand for data rates, the project EIVE will demonstrate the world's first in-orbit verification of a communication link in the E-band. Two particularly high-performance transmission and reception technologies of the Fraunhofer IAF are being deployed: GaN solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) and low-noise mHEMT receiver amplifiers (LNA).
The in-orbit verification involves the launch of a nano-satellite with six CubeSat units, the operation of the ground station and the satellite by a control center and the investigation of the transmission quality of various modulation formats and variable baud rates depending on the weather conditions.