Maury at SATELLITE 2026
March 23 – 26, 2026
Washington, DC
Booth #2723
Join Maury Microwave at Booth #2723 during SATELLITE 2026 (Exhibition: March 24 – 26) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
The Maury Microwave booth features various product demonstrations, ranging from advanced channel emulation of link- and hardware-generated impairments as well as customizable noise generation to stress satcom performance.
Learn more about Maury solutions featured at SATELLITE 2026
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SatShow Spotlight: Emulating SNR Variation
In this video from everthingRF, take a look back at the SATELLITE 2026 show floor as Bob Muro, Lead Applications Engineer at Maury Microwave, gives us an overview of the SATGEN modeling tool and ACE9000 Advanced Channel Emulator. Watch to see how the ACE9000 dynamically adds noise to a digitally modulated I/Q waveform to emulate changing link conditions.
SATGEN II is a GUI-based satellite orbit modeling software program used to generate data files necessary for the Dynamic Mode of the ACE9000 Advanced Channel Emulator. The program calculates Doppler, delay, and path loss for up to eight entities per channel, and up to four channels. Entities include a fixed location earth transponder, a moving land vehicle or ship, aircraft, and specified satellite orbits.
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SatShow Spotlight: Emulating Doppler & IMUX/OMUX Effects
In this video, Bob Muro, Lead Applications Engineer at Maury Microwave, walks through two in-booth demonstrations featuring the ACE9000 Advanced Channel Emulator.
The first demo uses the SATGEN modeling tool to generate a dynamic Doppler shift scenario. Using two-line element (TLE) orbital data, SATGEN calculates time-varying signal delay, frequency offset, and attenuation associated with the moving satellite.
The second demo applies IMUX/OMUX filtering and amplifier compression using the Payload feature in the ACE9000 GUI. A user-defined IMUX/OMUX filter profile is created to model the RF characteristics of the channel. A wideband AWGN signal generated by the Maury NGX1000 or UFX7000B is applied to the ACE9000 so the resulting filter response across the entire IF bandwidth can be clearly observed at the output. The GUI capture mode displays the signal spectrum before and after f iltering. Amplifier compression is then applied using the ACE9000 non-linearity wizard to illustrate the resulting reduction in SNR and dynamic range.
Demonstrations & Best-in-Class Solutions
Read our SATELLITE 2026 demonstration guides
Advanced Channel Emulation
Hardware-in-the-loop Impairments
Advanced channel emulation (ACE9600) assess performance and ensures deployment readiness by simulating hardware-induced impairments, including:
- Signal compression
- Intermodulation distortion
- AM/PM distortion
- Phase noise
- Group delay slope
- Amplitude slope
- Passband notching to simulate different countries regulatory spectrum requirements
Advanced Channel Emulation
5G NTN & Satellite Link Emulation
5G NTN extends connectivity to satellites and airborne platforms where terrestrial coverage is limited. Advanced channel emulation replicates link impairments faced by 5G NTN satellite systems, aircraft, UAVs, radios, and 5G handsets to test in realistic operating conditions.
Satellites
Aircraft
UAVs
Radios
5G Handset
Whether in low-Earth orbit (LEO), medium-Earth orbit (MEO), or geostationary orbit (GEO), satellites experience specific conditions directly related to their orbital path. LEO satellites operate at high relative velocities, which cause high Doppler shift and frequent handovers. Operating at significant distances from Earth’s surface leads to long signal delays and high path loss for satellites in GEO. MEO satellites share intermediate characteristic between LEO and GEO, balancing the effects of Doppler shift, handovers, latency, and path loss. With the ACE9600, users can reproduce each satellite orbit’s unique aspects by generating time-varying propagation delay, carrier Doppler shift, attenuation, path loss, ionospheric scintillation, multipath fading, and troposcatter effects. This enables engineers to thoroughly test and optimize the performance of satellite communications systems designed for LEO, MEO, or GEO.
Civilian and military aircraft must function reliably and meet strict requirements all while operating in challenging environments. For example, traveling at fast speeds increases susceptibility to Doppler shift, varying altitudes causes dynamic delays and fluctuations in signal strength, and interference and various atmospheric effects can degrade signal quality. These conditions can significantly affect the transfer of critical, real-time data, including flight path management details, navigational instructions, immediate updates on aircraft positioning and weather, and air traffic control (ATC) information. The ACE9600 provides valuable insight into the effectiveness of aircraft communications by emulating various link impairments, such as time-varying propagation delay, Doppler shift, path loss, multipath fading, and atmospheric disturbances (i.e., ionospheric scintillation and troposcatter effects). Through aircraft link emulation, the ACE9600 ensures civilian and military aircraft meet required reliability, safety, and performance standards.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dynamic airborne systems, operating at variable altitudes and speeds while establishing and maintaining communications with other aircraft or ground stations. The integrity of communications signals directly impacts a UAV’s ability to receive commands, transmit sensor data, and coordinate flight paths with nearby airborne systems, among other mission-critical tasks. Factors such as high mobility and variable flight behavior, however, presents unique challenges for UAVs to communicate and operate effectively while in the field. The ACE9600 can provide a realistic testing environment through comprehensive UAV link emulation. Simulated link impairments include carrier Doppler shift, chip rate shift, path loss, ionospheric scintillation, multipath fading, and troposcatter effects, all of which contribute to understanding, analyzing, and optimizing UAV performance under various operational conditions.
Radios are fundamental communications systems for various applications, including public safety, aviation, satellite, cellular networks, and tactical operations. Across all use-cases, challenges such as propagation delay, Doppler shift, path loss, atmospheric disturbance, and multipath fading inhibit effective transmit and receive operations. The ACE9600 enables accurate and thorough radio link emulation by generating time-varying delay, attenuation, carrier Doppler shift, phase shift, AWGN, multipath fading, and other critical impairments. Simulating various radio link effects offers insight into real-world performance while still in the lab, allowing engineers to identify potential faults and make informed adjustments to improve radio designs.
5G handsets are mobile phones or wireless devices that can connect to 5G cellular networks, which provide faster speeds, lower latency, and increased network capacity compared to previous generations. The communication link between the handset and cellular network often encounters various challenges, such as signal propagation delay, Doppler shift, chip rate shift, path loss, and multipath fading, which can affect the transmission, decoding, reception, strength, synchronization, and fidelity of 5G signals. By simulating these impairments with the ACE9600, engineers can optimize 5G handset designs to deliver reliable connectivity and performance in diverse operating environments.
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