News: Microelectronics
5 January 2026
Mission Microwave to design and deliver solid-state power block upconverters for Telesat Lightspeed
Mission Microwave Technologies LLC of Cypress, CA, USA has been awarded a contract to design and deliver solid-state power block upconverters (BUCs) for the Telesat Lightspeed Landing Stations.
Each Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station will host multiple antennas that will be integrated with Mission Microwave’s compact 100W BUCs with gallium nitride (GaN) amplifier modules and wide-band 27.5–30GHz upconverters. The globally deployed Landing Stations are fully integrated with the Telesat Lightspeed satellite network and play an important role in connecting user traffic to points-of-presence for telecom networks, internet and cloud services, and private interconnections for customer networks.
“We worked diligently with the Telesat Lightspeed engineering team to offer a solution that countered initial assumptions and improved the overall efficiency of the base stations,” says president & CEO Francis Auricchio. “We enjoyed the challenge of working with a leading technology team that could appreciate the value of our company’s innovative products,” he adds.
“Thanks to Mission Microwave’s innovative BUC technology, characterized by its compact design and exceptional RF efficiency, Telesat will benefit from significant improvements in energy efficiency and lower size, weight and power (SWAP),” comments Aneesh Dalvi, Telesat’s VP of Lightspeed Systems Development. “The BUCs are a core component of our Landing Station infrastructure and we’re excited to welcome the Mission Microwave team to the Telesat Lightspeed program.”
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