SATURN Partners

M.B.I. S.r.l.

M.B.I., a private Italian SME active since 2001, is a technological partner of Eutelsat, and has wide experience in satellite technologies.
MBI’s headquarters are in Pisa (Italy). Other offices are in Paris (France) and Catania (Italy).

MBI has been part of the European S-band initiative since the very beginning and has now a complete working knowledge of the S-band communication system, both forward link and return link. MBI has been a partner in the following European RTD projects related to the S-band:

  • SafeTRIP, 2009-2012 (EU FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1, GA233976)
  • DENISE, 2009-2011 (ESTEC 22439/09/NL/US)
  • J-ORTIGIA, Phase 1-2-3, 2008-2010 (ESTEC Contract 21517/08/NL/US)
  • MiReSys, 2008 (ESTEC 21329/08/NL/AD)

MBI is now developing the first E-SSA Gateway solution for the S-band return link based on Software Defined Radio technologies. This solution has been recently adopted as the baseline in the pilot system of the EU project SafeTRIP, devoted to new safety services for the automotive sector.

More information on www.mbigroup.it