# Nightingale

TRL 9 single-beam communications payload

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Nightingale delivers focused, steerable single-beam connectivity for missions that require deterministic performance, simplified payload architectures, and low operational risk.

### PCU-2812
Power-Conditioning Unit

### APA-1AT1
Ka-Band Active Phased Array Antenna

### SDR-1001
Software-Defined Radio
[Learn more](https://www.cesiumastro.com/products/sdr-1001)

### SBC-1461
Single-Board Computer
[Learn more](https://www.cesiumastro.com/products/sbc-1461)

### UDC-1AT1
Up/Down Converter

## Features

### Flight-Ready at Scale
Fully integrated payload certified to NASA GEVS standards, leveraging volume manufacturing techniques, and available at commercial scale.

### Scalable Antenna Solution
Multiple active phased array tiles can combine for improved RF performance, increasing EIRP and G/T.

### Software-Defined Reconfigurability
Utilize standardized DVB-S2, DVB-S2X, and CCSDS waveforms or design and integrate your own with the integrated, fully reprogrammable software-defined radio and single-board computer.

### Full-Stack Communications
Turnkey configurations implement a full communications stack providing an Ethernet-to-RF solution with fully documented APIs for commanding the digitally steerable antenna array.

### Rugged and Compact
Compact designs are inherently more rugged and better suited for challenging space and airborne environments

### Supporting Mission Success
Every payload comes with a full suite of documentation including CAD models, mechanical ICD, electrical ICD, a programming guide and access to our engineers.

## Specifications

- **Frequency Range**: 24.5 to 29.3 GHz  
- **Bandwidth (Instantaneous)**: 100 MHz  
- **Operation Type**: TDD  
- **EIRP**: 28 dBW min., 30 dBW typ.  
- **G/T (boresight, P1dB)**: -8 dB/K min., -7 dB/K typ.  
- **Baseplate Temp, Pressure**: -24 to 61°C, 1e-6 torr  
- **Radiation**: Proton tested to support LEO missions of 1–3-year length  
- **Size**: 7.9" L x 5.9" W x 5.3" H  
- **Mass**: 4.8 kg  
- **Input Voltage (Unregulated)**: 22 to 36 V

## Contact our team

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