This company develops reflector antenna technology using electrostatic actuation for precise beam steering and focusing in space applications. Their platform enables earth observation, Satcom, and space awareness with enhanced control over mesh deflection.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Current deployable reflector antenna technology struggles to balance antenna size and surface precision, limiting performance in applications like weather monitoring and space domain awareness. Passive deployable reflectors cannot be made sufficiently large for applications like atmospheric sounding without compromising the surface precision of the mesh.
Solution
Mithril Technologies develops actively controlled mesh reflector antennas using electrostatic actuation, enabling precise beam steering, gain shaping, and focusing for space-based applications. This technology overcomes the limitations of traditional passive reflectors by allowing active control of the mesh deflection, creating a focusable and steerable reflector. This active control breaks the tradeoff between antenna diameter and surface precision, allowing for larger deployable antennas with enhanced performance. The antennas can be used for applications such as microwave RF sensing in GEO for hurricane monitoring, and agile orbit scanning for space domain awareness and signal intelligence.
Target Audience
The primary customers are organizations involved in earth observation, satellite communications, space domain awareness, weather monitoring, and defense applications.
Features
- Electrostatic actuation technology for precise, active control of mesh deflection.
- Focusable and steerable dished reflector for beam steering and gain shaping.
- Ability to dynamically change the reflector shape to create signal nulls for protected communications.
- Broad bandwidth capabilities for signal intelligence applications.
- Enables larger deployable antennas without sacrificing surface precision.