Quasar launches SDA to transform the space industry 

Australian start-up Quasar Satellite Technologies has disclosed its leading Space Domain Awareness capabilities, created as a team with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO. 

Quasar’s completely digital multibeam satellite ground stations offer a perspective on each satellite in orbit, taking special care of government, defence, intelligence agencies, and private sector needs. 

“There are about 8,200 satellites currently in orbit; McKinsey forecasts there could be more than 65,000 by 2030, however, industry figures suggest this number may even reach 100,000. Existing technologies can’t meet the scope of this new demand; parabolic dishes can only focus on one satellite at a time, require abundant physical space, and are expensive to operate and maintain,” CEO at Quasar, Phil Ridley, said. 

The steerable electronic beams provided by Quasar’s fully software-defined phased array antennas provide ground stations with comprehensive characterisation and data access from satellites in low, medium, and geostationary orbits (LEO, MEO, and GEO). 

Quasar can guarantee communications for missions of any size, from small satellites to large ones. 

Ridley featured the capacity of Quasar’s staged exhibit to follow different satellites all the while, offering government and safeguard organisations constant, significant radio-frequency data for describing transmitting objects instantly. 

“This represents a remarkable opportunity for Australia – one that stands to not only benefit government agencies and businesses, but also every citizen. 

Satellites are crucial for many aspects of modern life, including the ability to monitor for and assess the impact of natural disasters, better understand our environment and bolster agriculture and farming, and much more,” Ridley added. 

Quasar is positioned as a transformative force in SDA and satellite communications because of its expertise in material science, RF physics, cryogenics, digital platform development, and its roots in CSIRO, the original inventors of fast Wi-Fi.