Exhibit 2 Rev B BRIO Technical

0220-EX-CN-2018 Text Documents

SpaceQuest, Ltd.

2018-08-16ELS_214268

   BRIO Satellite

       Exhibit 2

File #: 0220-EX-CN-2018

Technical Information


    March 7, 2018
 May 8, 2018 (Rev A)
August 16, 2018 (Rev B)




      Submitted By

  SpaceQuest, Ltd.
  3554 Chain Bridge Road
         Suite 400
     Fairfax, VA 22030


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                                                           Table of Contents
1          Ownership, Operations and Construction. ..................................................................... 3
2          Orbital Requirements. ................................................................................................... 3
3          Service Area. ................................................................................................................. 3
4          Satellite Payload. .......................................................................................................... 3
5          Principle Specifications.................................................................................................. 4
6          System Block Diagram. .................................................................................................. 4
7          Telemetry, Tracking & Command and Payload Operations ............................................. 5
8          Radio Equipment........................................................................................................... 6
     8.1         UHF TT&C Transceiver ........................................................................................................6
     8.2         S-Band Transceiver: ...........................................................................................................6
     8.3         UHF Experimental Payload Transceiver ...............................................................................7
9          Antenna Systems .......................................................................................................... 7
10         Satellite Link Budgets .................................................................................................... 9
11         Interference Analysis .................................................................................................. 13
     11.1        400.50-400.65 MHz (TT&C and Experimental Downlink) .................................................... 13
     11.2        399.90 -400.05 MHz (TT&C and Experimental Uplink)........................................................ 13
     11.3        2200-2202 MHz (Payload Downlink) ................................................................................. 13
     11.4        2045-2046 MHz (Payload Uplink) ...................................................................................... 14
12         Power Flux Density Analysis ........................................................................................ 14
     12.1        400.60 MHz (TT&C Downlink) ........................................................................................... 14
     12.2        2201 MHz (S-Band Downlink) ........................................................................................... 15
     12.3        400.60 MHz (Experimental Payload Downlink) .................................................................. 15
13         Space Station Antenna Radiation Patterns................................................................... 16
     13.1        S-Band: BRIO Space Station Transmit/Receive Antenna .................................................... 16
     13.2        UHF: BRIO Space Station TT&C Transmit/Receive Antenna ................................................ 16
     13.3        UHF: BRIO Space Station Experimental UHF Receive/Transmit Antenna ............................ 17
     13.4        Summary of BRIO Antenna Characteristics........................................................................ 17
14         Earth Station Antenna Radiation Patterns ................................................................... 18
     14.1        UHF TT&C Antennas in Fairfax, VA, North Pole, AK, Naalehu, HI and Limestone, ME .......... 18
     14.2        S-Band Antennas in Limestone, Maine and Esrange, Sweden ............................................ 18
     14.3        UHF Experimental Antenna .............................................................................................. 19
15         Stop Buzzer POC.......................................................................................................... 19




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                                                          List of Figures
Figure 1 Orbital Parameters............................................................................................................ 3
Figure 2 System Block Diagram....................................................................................................... 5
Figure 3 Isometric view of deployed configuration. ....................................................................... 5
Figure 4 Summary of BRIO Transmitter and Receiver parameters. ............................................... 7
Figure 5 Antenna Frequency Registration ..................................................................................... 8
Figure 6 Frequency Emissions Registration .................................................................................... 8
Figure 7 Satellite UHF TT&C Uplink Budget .................................................................................... 9
Figure 8 Satellite UHF TT&C Downlink Budget ............................................................................... 9
Figure 9 Satellite S-Band Uplink Budget ....................................................................................... 10
Figure 10 Satellite S-Band Downlink Budget ................................................................................ 10
Figure 11 Satellite Experimental UHF Uplink Budget ................................................................... 11
Figure 12 Satellite Experimental UHF Downlink Budget .............................................................. 11
Figure 15 Satellite UHF TT&C Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle .................................................. 12
Figure 16 Satellite S-Band Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle ........................................................ 12
Figure 17 Satellite UHF Experimental Radio Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle ............................ 13
Figure 18 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the UHF Transmitter............................................. 14
Figure 19 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the S-Band Transmitter ........................................ 15
Figure 20 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the UHF Payload Transmitter ............................... 15
Figure 21 S-Band Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern ................................... 16
Figure 22 TT&C UHF Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern. ............................. 16
Figure 24 Experimental UHF Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern ................. 17
Figure 25 BRIO Antenna Characteristics ....................................................................................... 17
Figure 26 UHF Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern. ............................................................ 18
Figure 28 S-Band Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern ......................................................... 18
Figure 29 UHF Experimental Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern ....................................... 19




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1    Ownership, Operations and Construction.
     SpaceQuest, Ltd. is a small business concern, and the owner, manufacturer and operator of
     the BRIO satellite. SpaceQuest has selected Spaceflight Industries of Seattle, Washington as
     the launch provider. BRIO will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from
     Vandenberg, AFB in California (geographic coordinates 34.5762°N; 4.2803°W) in November
     2018. Pursuant to Part 5 §5.64 of the Commission’s Rules, construction of the proposed
     experimental satellite and associated facilities has begun prior to the Commission’s grant
     of an authorization. This is necessary given the nature of satellite construction and
     technical requirements over long lead times. Such construction is entirely at SpaceQuest’s
     risk without any assurances that its proposed experiment will be subsequently approved.
                     Space Station Name: BRIO
                     BRIO Estimated Construction Completion Date: August 2018
                     Spaceflight Final Certification of Licenses (Go/NoGo): September 1, 2018
                     Purpose: Experimental, non-Common Carrier basis
                     Orbital Type: NGSO

2    Orbital Requirements.
     The satellite is designed to operate in a circular sun-synchronous orbit as described in
     Figure 1. The satellites are based on COTS technology that allows for small, lightweight and
     low-cost spacecraft.
                                        BRIO                         Value
                         Total Number of Orbital Planes:               1
                         Celestial Reference Body:                   Earth
                         Inclination Angle (degrees):                97.52
                         Orbital Period (seconds)                    5760
                         LTAN                                        22:30
                         Apogee                                      575 km
                         Perigee                                     575 km
                                       Figure 1 Orbital Parameters

3    Service Area.
     Worldwide

4    Satellite Payload.
    The primary satellite mission of BRIO is to investigate, identify and resolve potential
    technical and implementation issues with its advanced satellite SDR radio design developed
    by Myriota.
    Another important objective is to demonstrate the ability to upload and run new firmware
    that can introduce new features to the SDR Radio after it is on orbit. The results of this

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    three-phase experiment will (1) demonstrate and validate the ability to uplink large
    numbers of messages to a satellite using a single channel, (2) demonstrate the ability to
    downlink messages to different ground devices on a single channel, and (3) implement an
    advanced signal processing algorithm on board a satellite to provide highly spectrally
    efficient bidirectional communications.
    The BRIO UHF frequency assignment will be used for satellite telemetry, command and
    control. The S-Band assignment will be used to download selected mission data from the
    Myriota payload and upload new computer firmware to improve performance and correct
    any software deficiencies.

5    Principle Specifications.
     BRIO is a 3U CubeSat whose outside envelope measures 100 x 100 x 340.5mm. The
     satellite’s total mass is 5 kg. It has four deployable solar arrays, which deploy from the
     short edges of the spacecraft. The LiIon battery consists of eight cells wired as 4-series and
     2 parallel. The expected mission lifetime is 5 years in a 575-km orbit due to battery life and
     deorbit analysis. SpaceQuest will own and operate the experimental CubeSat throughout
     its mission lifetime. The BRIO satellite will not be sold or transferred to another party.

6    System Block Diagram.
     Figure 2 below shows the major components of the spacecraft and their interfaces. The
     flight computer is responsible for TT&C and payload scheduling. The attitude
     determination and control system orients the solar panels to the sun, except when the
     satellite is re-oriented to communicate with a ground station. The Software Defined Radio
     implements the S-Band transceiver. The deployed array and antenna configuration is
     shown in Figure 3.
                     Command
                      Receiver




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                                  Figure 2 System Block Diagram




                         Figure 3 Isometric view of deployed configuration.
     This configuration allows for two VHF and two UHF monopole antennas deployed from the
     body of the spacecraft. One UHF antenna is used for TT&C communication. The second
     UHF antenna is grounded. A third UHF antenna that is deployed from the side of the
     satellite when the solar panels are deployed is for a UHF SDR transceiver, which is a part of
     the experimental communications payload being evaluated for the hosted Myriota
     payload.

7    Telemetry, Tracking & Command and Payload Operations
     The space-to-Earth downlink frequency band of 400.50-400.65 MHz and the Earth-to-space
     uplink frequency band of 399.90-400.05 MHz for TT&C communications will communicate
     with SpaceQuest’s Earth stations in Fairfax, Virginia, Naalehu, Hawaii, North Pole, Alaska,
     and Limestone, Maine. The SpaceQuest TT&C Earth stations will also have the capability to
     uplink executive commands to a backdoor command receiver at 145.92 MHz.
     The second UHF Transceiver used to evaluate Myriota’s advanced communications
     processor will also operate in the space-to-Earth downlink frequency band of 400.50-
     400.65 MHz and the Earth-to-space uplink frequency band of 399.90-400.05 MHz.
     The space-to-Earth frequency band of 2200-2202 MHz will be used to downlink
     experimental test data to Earth Stations in Limestone, Maine and Esrange, Sweden. The
     Earth-to-space uplink frequency band of 2045-2046 MHz from Limestone, Maine and
     Esrange, Sweden will be used occasionally to upload new firmware to the Myriota payload.

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8    Radio Equipment.
     8.1 UHF TT&C Transceiver
           NanoComm AX100 UHF Transceiver manufactured by GomSpace.
           Primary transceiver capability for telecommand, telemetry, and schedule uploads.
           The transceiver can operate between 390 MHz and 406 MHz at 9600 bps modulation.
     8.1.1 Downlink: UHF Transmit
        Operating Frequency 400.60 MHz
        Output Power: 3 Watts
        EIRP: 3.3 dBW
        Channels: 400.50-400.65 MHz
        Frequency Deviation: 16 kHz
     8.1.2 Uplink: UHF Receive
        Operating Frequency 399.95 MHz
        Sensitivity: -110 dBm
        Channels: 399.90-400.05 MHz
        Frequency Stability: ±10 ppm.

     8.2 S-Band Transceiver:
           GomSpace TR600 S-Band SDR Transceiver
           Primary transceiver for mission data and commands to primary payload
           Space-to-Earth downlink operates in the 2200-2202 MHz frequency band
           Earth-to-space uplink operated in the 2045-2046 MHz frequency band
           QPSK modulation
     8.2.1 Downlink: S-Band Transmit
        Requested Frequency Band: 2200-2202 MHz
        Output Power: 1 Watts
        Peak antenna Gain: 7 dBi
        EIRP: 3.3 dBW
        Data Rate: 1,500 kbps
        Channels: Antenna Operating Frequency: 2200-2290 MHz
        Necessary Bandwidth: 2,000 kHz
     8.2.2 Uplink: S-Band Receive
        Operating Frequency: 1MHz in the 2045-2046 MHz band
        Sensitivity: -100 dBm
        Data Rate: 700 kbps
        Channels: Antenna Operating Frequency: 2025-2110 MHz
        Frequency Stability: ±10 ppm




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          8.3 UHF Experimental Payload Transceiver
                 ERP-100 UHF Transceiver manufactured by SpaceQuest
                 The transceiver can operate between 390 MHz and 406 MHz at 9600 bps
                 Modulation is FM/GMSK
          8.3.1 Downlink: UHF Transmit
             Operating Frequency 400.60 MHz
             Output Power: 4 Watts
             EIRP: 4.5 dBW
             Channels: 400.50-400.65 MHz
             Frequency Deviation: 16 kHz
          8.3.2 Uplink: UHF Receive
             Operating Frequency 399.95 MHz
             Sensitivity: -112 dBm
             Channels: Tunable SDR
             Frequency Stability: ±10 ppm

          A summary of the BRIO Transmitter and Receiver parameters are provided in Figure 4.
                                 Transmitter         Transmitter     Transmitter          Receiver 1   Receiver 2     Receiver 3
         Description                  1                   2               3
Radio Name                           UTX                SBTX            EXTX                URX          SBRX            EXRX
Carrier Frequency, MHz              400.6               2201           400.60              399.95        2045.5         399.95
3 dB Bandwidth, MHz                 0.015                1.5            0.015              0.015          0.75          0.015
Necessary Bandwidth, MHz            0.035                2.0            0.035              0.035          1.0           0.035
20 dB Bandwidth, MHz                0.020               1.75            0.020                NA            NA             NA
60 dB Bandwidth, MHz                0.035                2.0               0.035             NA           NA              NA
Receiver Sensitivity, dBm            NA                  NA                 NA              -110         -100            -112
Antenna Gain, dBi                    0.0                 7.0                0.0              0.0          7.0             0.0
Modulation Type                     GMSK                QPSK               GMSK             GMSK         QPSK           GMSK
Total Data Rate (KHz)                9.6                1500                9.6              9.6          700             9.6
Receiver Span (MHz)                   NA                 NA                 NA              0.15          1.0            0.15
EIRP, dBW                             3.3                3.4                4.5              NA           NA              NA
Antenna Polarization                Linear            Circular             Linear           Linear      Circular        Linear

                              Figure 4 Summary of BRIO Transmitter and Receiver parameters.

   9      Antenna Systems
   The antenna frequency parameters for the BRIO Satellite are provided in Figure 5.
                    Lower        Upper       Freq.                 Power       Output         ERP      Mean/       Frequency      Station
     Beam                                               Power
                  Frequency    Frequency     Units                 Units     Power/ERP        Units    Peak        Tolerance       Class
       SBTX         2200         2202        MHz         1.0        W               3.4       dBW      Peak        +/-10 ppm      Mobile

       UTX         400.50        400.65      MHz         3.0        W               3.3       dBW      Peak        +/-10 ppm      Mobile

       EXTX        400.50        400.65      MHz         4.0        W               4.5       dBW      Peak        +/-10 ppm      Mobile


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                              Figure 5 Antenna Frequency Registration
The antenna emission parameters for the BRIO Satellite are provided in Figure 6.
                    Lower          Upper                                  Modulating     Necessary
        Beam                                      Units     Emission
                  Frequency      Frequency                                  Signal       Bandwidth
        SBTX        2200           2202           MHz       2M00G1D         QPSK         2,000 KHz

            UTX    400.50          400.65         MHz       35K0F1D         GMSK          35 KHz

        EXTX       400.50          400.65         MHz       35K0F1D         GMSK          35 KHz
                              Figure 6 Frequency Emissions Registration




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10 Satellite Link Budgets
     The UHF TT&C uplink budget is shown in Figure 7. Figure 8 shows the TT&C downlink
     budget.




                          Figure 7 Satellite UHF TT&C Uplink Budget




                         Figure 8 Satellite UHF TT&C Downlink Budget

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     The S-Band uplink budget is shown in Figure 9. The S-Band downlink budget is Figure 10.




                              Figure 9 Satellite S-Band Uplink Budget




                            Figure 10 Satellite S-Band Downlink Budget

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     The UHF Experimental Payload uplink budget is shown in Figure 11.




                      Figure 11 Satellite Experimental UHF Uplink Budget
The UHF Experimental Payload downlink budget is shown in Figure 12.




                    Figure 12 Satellite Experimental UHF Downlink Budget

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The satellite link margins for the UHF TT&C radio are plotted in Figure 13.

                                                                   UHF Link Margins
                               35
                                                Down link Margin
                               30
                                                Uplink Margin
            Link Margin (dB)




                               25

                               20

                               15                                                      Command & Telemetry Links
                                                                                       400 MHz at 9.6 kbps
                               10                                                      10 Watts Uplink Power
                                                                                       3 Watt Sat Transmit Power
                                                                                       0.0 dBi Sat Antenna Gain
                                   5                                                   13.5 Grounds Antenna Gain

                                   0
                                       0          15               30          45          60             75            90
                                                                           Elevation Angle (Degrees)
                                            Figure 13 Satellite UHF TT&C Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle


The satellite link margins for the S-Band radio are plotted in Figure 14.

                                                                   S-Band Link Margins
                                   30
                                                  UPLINK MA RGIN (dB)

                                                  DOWNLINK MARGIN ( dB)
                                   25
                Link Margin (dB)




                                   20


                                   15

                                                                                       Mission Data Links
                                   10                                                  2045 and 2201 MHz at 700 Kbps
                                                                                       10 Watts Uplink Power
                                                                                       1 Watt Sat Transmit Power
                                                                                       7.0 dBi Sat Antenna Gain
                                   5                                                   40 dBi Ground Antenna Gain
                                                                                       575 km Altitude

                                   0
                                        0          15              30         45          60            75             90
                                                                           Elevation Angle (Degrees)
                                             Figure 14 Satellite S-Band Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle

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The satellite link margins for the UHF Experimental Transceiver is plotted in Figure 15.

                                                 Experimental Payload Link Margins
                            16
                                        Down link Margin
                            14
                                        Uplink Margin

                            12
             Link Margin (dB)




                            10

                                8                                            Experimental Payload Links
                                                                             400 MHz at 9.6 kbps
                                6                                            3 Watts Uplink Power
                                                                             4 Watt Sat Transmit Power
                                4                                            0.0 dBi Sat Antenna Gain
                                                                             0.0 Grounds Antenna Gain
                                2                                            575 km Altitude

                                0
                                    0     15               30         45          60           75         90
                                                                   Elevation Angle (Degrees)
            Figure 15 Satellite UHF Experimental Radio Link Margins Vs. Elevation Angle

11 Interference Analysis
11.1 400.50-400.65 MHz (TT&C and Experimental Downlink)
     Interference with U.S. federal and commercial assignments in the 400.50-400.65 MHz band
     is unlikely as transmissions will only occur while over the SpaceQuest TT&C ground
     stations. The 400.50 to 400.65 MHz space-to-Earth band is allocated for UHF Little LEO
     data services and has been used experimentally by SpaceQuest for the past 5 years.

11.2 399.90 -400.05 MHz (TT&C and Experimental Uplink)
     Interference with U.S. federal and commercial assignments in the 399.00-400.05 MHz band
     is unlikely as uplink transmissions will only occur while over the SpaceQuest TT&C ground
     stations. The 399.0-400.05 MHz Earth-to-space band is allocated for UHF Little LEO data
     services and has been used by SpaceQuest experimentally for the past 5 years.

11.3 2200-2202 MHz (Payload Downlink)
     The GomSpaceSR2000 S-Band SDR Transmitter and ANT2000 Antenna is designed to
     operate in the 2200-2290 MHz band. In order to avoid interference with the U.S. Federal
     allocation S-Band downlink transmissions will operate at 2201 MHz band from Esrange,
     Sweden and LimeStone, Maine where .
     The S-Band downlink carrier frequency of 2201 MHz will be used for the BRIO satellite and
     coordinated with other authorized users of the band. S-Band operations will occur
     periodically at either LimeStone, Maine or Esrange, Sweden. Transmissions will be
     restricted as necessary to eliminate interference with other users of the band.

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11.4 2045-2046 MHz (Payload Uplink)
       SpaceQuest’s S-Band satellite receiver and antenna system is designed to operate in the
       2025-2110 MHz band. The S-Band uplink carrier frequency of 2045.5 MHz will be used for
       BRIO and coordinated with authorized users of the band.
       The 2045-2046 MHz band was chosen for the BRIO experimental license because it can be
       supported with the chosen S-Band radio equipment – the GomSpaceSR2000 S-Band SDR
       Receiver and ANT2000 antenna.
       Infrequent S-Band uplink transmissions from Limestone, Maine or Esrange, Sweden, will be
       used to load new firmware to the BRIO satellite and to send confirmations of successful
       data packet downloads.

12 Power Flux Density Analysis
12.1 400.60 MHz (TT&C Downlink)
The Power Flux Density for the UHF TT&C downlink is shown in Figure 16.


                                                             UHF Power Flux Density Vs. Elevation Angle
                                       -120
    Power Flux Density (dBW/m2/4kHz)




                                       -125



                                       -130



                                       -135
                                                                                              ITU Power Flux Density Limits
                                                                                              Power Flux Density (dBW/m2/4kHz)
                                       -140



                                       -145
                                              0         10       20      30       40       50      60       70           80      90
                                                                                           Elevation Angle (deg)

                                                  Figure 16 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the UHF Transmitter




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12.2 2201 MHz (S-Band Downlink)
     The PFD for the S-Band downlink satisfies the ITU PFD limits as shown in Figure 17.

                                                                 S-Band Power Flux Density Vs. Elevation Angle
                                               -140.0

                                               -142.0

                                               -144.0
            PFD (dBW/m^2/4 kHz)




                                               -146.0

                                               -148.0

                                               -150.0

                                               -152.0

                                               -154.0                                              ITU Power Flux Density Limits


                                               -156.0                                              Power Flux Density (dBW/m2/4kHz)


                                               -158.0

                                               -160.0
                                                        0   10       20     30       40       50         60         70             80    90
                                                                                              Elevation Angel (Deg)

                                                   Figure 17 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the S-Band Transmitter

12.3 400.60 MHz (Experimental Payload Downlink)
The Power Flux Density for the UHF Experimental Payload downlink is shown in Figure 18.


                                                            Experimental Payload PDF Vs. Elevation Angle
                                                -120
            Power Flux Density (dBW/m2/4kHz)




                                                -125



                                                -130



                                                -135
                                                                                              ITU Power Flux Density Limits

                                                                                              Power Flux Density (dBW/m2/4kHz)
                                                -140



                                                -145
                                                        0   10       20     30      40        50       60          70         80        90
                                                                                              Elevation Angle (deg)

                                                Figure 18 PFD at the Surface of the Earth for the UHF Payload Transmitter


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13 Space Station Antenna Radiation Patterns
13.1 S-Band: BRIO Space Station Transmit/Receive Antenna
The GomSpace NanoCom ANT2150 side-mounted S-Band Patch Antenna is used to downlink
the BRIO mission data. This circularly-polarized antenna incorporates an LNA designed to
receive in the 2045-2046 MHz frequency band, and a Power Amplifier designed to transmit in
the 2200-2290 MHz frequency band. The radiation pattern is shown in Figure 19.

                                                               0
                                                   345   10          15
                                             330          5                30

                                       315                0                      45
                                                          -5
                                 300                     -10                           60

                                                         -15
                           285                           -20                                 75

                                                         -25
                          270                            -30                                  90



                           255                                                               105



                                 240                                                   120


                                       225                                       135

                                             210                           150
                                                   195               165
                                                               180
              Figure 19 S-Band Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern

13.2 UHF: BRIO Space Station TT&C Transmit/Receive Antenna
An ISIS Deployable Omnidirectional UHF Monopole Antenna System is used to uplink and
downlink TT&C data. It has a 0 dBi average gain and a radiation pattern shown in Figure 20.




             Figure 20 TT&C UHF Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern.

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13.3 UHF: BRIO Space Station Experimental UHF Receive/Transmit Antenna
An UHF Experimental Transceiver developed by SpaceQuest to investigate the performance of
Myriota’s novel protocol and processing algorithms is shown in Figure 21.




            Figure 21 Experimental UHF Satellite Transmit/Receive Antenna Radiation Pattern

13.4 Summary of BRIO Antenna Characteristics
Figure 22 lists the antenna parameters for the three BRIO antennas.

            Antenna Parameter             S-Band                   UHF           UHF Payload
        Antenna Frequency Range:    2025-2290 MHz         399.9-400.65 MHz     399.9-400.65 MHz
        Bandwidth Required:             2,000 KHz                150 KHz           150 KHz
        Emission Designator:            2M00G1D                  25K0F1D           35K0F1D
        Number of Channels:                  1                      1                  1
        Space Station Class:                EH                      ET                EH
        Beam Name:                    SBTX and SBRX            UTX and URX      EXTX and EXRX
        Emission/Receive                    E/R                    E/R                E/R
        Max ISO. Gain                     7.0 dBi                 0.0 dBi           0.0 dBi
        Antenna Type:                      Patch                Monopole          Monopole
        Polarization:                     Circular                Linear            Linear
        Peak Power:                     1.0 Watts               3.0 Watts         4.0 Watts
        Antenna Pattern:               See Figure 19           See Figure 20     See Figure 21
        Link Margin:                   See Figure 14           See Figure 13     See Figure 15
                                     Within ITU limits.   Within ITU limits.   Within ITU limits.
        Power Flux Density:
                                      See Figure 17        See Figure 16        See Figure 18

                                Figure 22 BRIO Antenna Characteristics



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14 Earth Station Antenna Radiation Patterns
The antenna pattern for SpaceQuest’s UHF Earth Stations is provided in Figure 23.

14.1 UHF TT&C Antennas in Fairfax, VA, North Pole, AK, Naalehu, HI and Limestone, ME




                   Figure 23 UHF Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern.

14.2 S-Band Antennas in Limestone, Maine and Esrange, Sweden
The S-Band antennas in Limestone, Maine and Esrange, Sweden are for downloading the data
captured by the Myriota payload. Only the Esrange S-Band antenna will be used to upload new
firmware to the satellite. An S-Band radiation pattern for these antennas is shown in Figure 24




                  Vertical Pattern                             Horizontal Pattern

                  Figure 24 S-Band Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern


Exhibit 2                                 SpaceQuest                                    PAGE 18


FCC Form 442 Exhibit 2                                                File #: 0220-EX-CN-2018
Technical Information

14.3 UHF Experimental Antenna
The radiation pattern for the omni-directional transceiver antenna that communicates with the
UHF experimental payload on BRIO is depicted in Figure 25.




                                                       400.00 MHz




             Figure 25 UHF Experimental Earth Station Antenna Radiation Pattern



15 Stop Buzzer POC
     The 24-hour SpaceQuest contact for interference issues is provided below:
Name: Glenn Richardson
Email: glenn@spacequest.com
Tel:   703-424-7806




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