OrbitXchange™: Enabling Global Satellite Communications

OrbitXchange™ enables global satellite connectivity by offering customers a commercial antenna service that operates in a cybersecure cloud environment, partnering with globally distributed commercial antennas to communicate with spacecraft. The ability to access any antenna through a commercial service allows customers to pay by the minute, versus the burden of financing and maintaining their own antennas.

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What Is OrbitXchange™ And How Does It Work?

Automated and Cybersecure Satellite Communications

Legacy U.S. Government stove-piped systems required programs to build entire infrastructures for each mission. However, customers can now utilize a growing number of commercial antenna operators. Through OrbitXchange™, we leverage available excess time on existing antennas to provide an automated, cybersecure satellite communications solution. In addition, the solution has been tested with on-orbit assets in an operational environment.

How Does OrbitXchange Expand Global Access to Commercial Antennas?

Through trusted commercial partnerships and proven product expertise, OrbitXchange provides affordable, resilient satellite communication solutions that help address the growing capability gap in the SCN. Additionally, OrbitXchange can access any commercial antenna in a globally competitive marketplace. It does this by leveraging unused antenna time, dedicated leases, quantity discounts, and hosted antenna services. As a result, customers can significantly reduce capital and infrastructure investments. Current OrbitXchange antenna locations span the globe. Furthermore, a virtually unlimited number of antennas are available for future expansion.

Which Existing Parsons Capabilities Does OrbitXchange Employ?

Our product line offers end to-end satellite operations with data-as-a service delivery programs
Advanced cyber security applications to combat growth cyber threats
Imagery analysis products for value-added services
Ace Factory Compatibility Tester (FCT), which cost-effectively validates new spacecraft compatibility with OrbitXchange™ and Satellite Control Network (SCN) communication links prior to launch

Key Capabilities Of OrbitXchange

Seamless SCN Integration

Secure & Compliant Operations

Global Commercial Antenna Access

Flexible Communications Support

Automated Mission Operations

Intelligent Scheduling & Data Delivery

Technical Features

Automated Delivery

Offers machine-to-machine automated scheduling execution and automated operations.

Scheduling Optimization

Offers automated operations and real-time schedule optimization to avoid outages while simultaneously targeting quality of service, cost, or any user-defined criteria simultaneously.

Cloud-Based Cybersecurity

Constantly evolving and upgrading cybersecurity stack to stay in front of the emerging cyber threats.

Product Support

OrbitXchange™ is supported by our products, including, Ace CtrlPoint™ and automated scheduling from Optimyz™.

Scalability

Scalable cloud-based system, flexibly spin up additional resources to match fluctuating demands.

OrbitXchange™ Prime Antenna Network

The OrbitXchange™ Prime Antenna Network is used to augment our commercial partner networks under OrbitXchange™ and to validate space-to-ground link settings, performance and prototype testing with our SDR Mission Link Modem (MLM), and the fielding of a Phased Array Fed Reflector (PAFR) antenna. Connected through OrbitXchange™, our Prime Antenna Network enables our customers to schedule contacts, maintain constellation schedules, and transfer data in a secure environment, real-time 24/7.

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