SpaceBridge

SpaceBridge Inc. is a satellite communications company with its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. It was founded as Advantech Wireless in 1988. The company says it has built a legacy in broadband satellite systems technology.

SpaceBridge has research and development and support centres in Brazil, Colombia, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Indonesia. It describes itself as an ISO 9001 certified provider of satellite network solutions. These include VSAT hubs, terminals, SCPC and broadband modems.

The ESTELLA system line is built for defense and commercial customers. It includes the Estella hub, UniHUB and the U7780 professional MF-TDMA modem. The company says ESTELLA supports secure, encrypted communications for government and defense, and low cost IoT and SCADA links for remote sites.

The product range also includes the C7700 desktop broadband VSAT router, the U7720, U7790, U7900 and U7920 satellite modems and routers, and the U7400 VSAT router for mobility. It also offers SCPC modems, Ka and Ku band VSAT transceivers, mobility antennas and high power amplifiers. Its amplifiers range from 16 W to 1000 W.

In 2015 SpaceBridge introduced ASAT WaveSwitch. The system optimizes satellite resource use through dynamic link switching. The company also provides cloud-based autonomous managed services. It says these reduce capital and operating costs and speed up deployment.

The website lists use cases including UAV communication on the move, air traffic control, deployed arena communications and navy communications. It also lists cellular backhaul for 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks, mobility for vehicles, aircraft and ships, and IoT for oil and gas and mines. Satellite links for ATMs and financial institutions and broadcasting are other use cases.

The company supports point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and mesh networks across GEO and NGSO satellite constellations. It says it has more than 30 years of engineering expertise. The website is available in English and French.

Services

• VSAT hubs
• VSAT terminals
• SCPC modems
• Broadband modems
• Satellite mesh modems
• Cloud managed services
• ASAT WaveSwitch
• Dynamic SLA
• Satellite amplifiers
• IPS-100 time reference