The payload RF spectrum — what we lift on our aerostats

Iurii Vysoven

Iurii Vysoven

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Payload RF spectrum chart, 1 to 6 GHz, across L, S and C-band

I put this together for internal use — a quick reference for which comms payload sits in which band when we're integrating it onto an aerostat. It turned out useful enough that I figured I'd share it.

Every system in the chart is something we actually fly as a payload. Aerobavovna is the platform; the radios come from their manufacturers — Silvus, Persistent Systems, TrellisWare and DTC on the MANET side, Radionor's phased-array link, L3Harris Falcon III, and Ukrainian video systems from Teletactica and Sine.

Why it matters: lifting these radios on an aerostat puts the antenna hundreds of metres up. The band doesn't change — the range does. A ground-level line-of-sight link becomes a much longer one.

Bands per manufacturer datasheets (2025). Modular-RF radios (Persistent, DTC) show selectable front-ends.

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