Via Satellite presents five nominees for the 2023 Satellite Technology of the Year award, to be announced at the Via Satellite awards luncheon on Wednesday, March 20, at SATELLITE 2024.
Spacetime — Aalyria — Network orchestration software that uses Temporospatial SDN to route connectivity across GEO, MEO, LEO, and HAPS nodes, precomputing energy, interference, and topology changes. Deployed for Intelsat, Telesat Lightspeed (10+ year contract), Rivada Space Networks, and U.S. Navy/DoD networks. Over 2 million hours of lights-out operation.
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Spectra Tasking and Analytics Platform — BlackSky — AI-driven tasking and analytics platform delivering thousands of imagery and analytic products daily. Reduces tasking-to-delivery to 90 minutes (targeting minutes). Built machine-learning architecture analyzing 30+ million km² monthly. Won sovereign capability integration contract with Indonesian Ministry of Defence.
3GPP NTN Standards — GSOA, ESA, EchoStar, Thales, Inmarsat, Intelsat, and contributors — Expanded 3GPP standards to incorporate non-terrestrial networks (NTN) in Release 17, enabling mass-market smartphones and IoT devices to connect seamlessly across terrestrial and satellite networks. Supports handheld, IoT, and vehicle-mounted terminals across GEO, MEO, and LEO. Release 18 enhancements underway.
VICTUS NOX Responsive Launch Demonstration — Firefly Aerospace — Firefly set a record in September 2023 by launching its Alpha rocket within 24 hours of Space Force notice — compressing weeks-to-months of pre-launch operations into a single day. Alpha’s third launch and first fully successful flight. Led to a $300 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR) — iDirect Government — Anti-jam signal excision technology for military and government satcom. In 2023 integrated CSIR with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), LPx waveforms, and UHF/HF radios, significantly improving data throughput under jamming conditions. VS
