Engineering the
Impossible
Every component of SolarNode is designed for the extreme environment of space. Radiation hardening, thermal management, and autonomous operation—built from first principles.
Radiation-Hardened Compute
Custom ARM-based compute module designed to withstand the harsh radiation environment of Low Earth Orbit. Triple modular redundancy (TMR) with hardware voting ensures continuous operation.
- ✓128 radiation-hardened ARM Cortex-A78 cores
- ✓Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) architecture
- ✓Hardware-based error correction
- ✓32GB ECC LPDDR4X memory
- ✓Real-time SEU (Single Event Upset) mitigation
Solar Power System
High-efficiency gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar panels with active sun tracking. 24/7 power generation with minimal battery storage requirements.
- ✓847W peak output (GaAs multi-junction)
- ✓94% panel efficiency
- ✓Active sun tracking (±0.1° accuracy)
- ✓Integrated MPPT controllers
- ✓90%+ orbital sun exposure
Communications
Multi-band communication system with global ground station network. Laser inter-satellite links enable mesh networking without ground relay.
- ✓Ka-band downlink (150 Mbps)
- ✓X-band uplink (25 Mbps)
- ✓Optical inter-satellite links (10 Gbps)
- ✓AES-256 encryption (hardware)
- ✓4 ground stations worldwide
Mesh Network Architecture
Self-healing mesh network that automatically reroutes around failures. No single point of failure. True constellation resilience.
- ✓Automatic failure detection (<100ms)
- ✓Dynamic traffic rerouting
- ✓Consensus-based coordination
- ✓Zero-downtime updates
- ✓99.97% guaranteed availability
Security Architecture
Zero-trust security model with hardware root of trust. All data encrypted at rest and in transit. Physical security through orbital altitude.
- ✓Hardware Security Module (HSM)
- ✓Zero-trust network architecture
- ✓End-to-end encryption (E2EE)
- ✓Quantum-resistant algorithms
- ✓ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II certified
Thermal Management
Active thermal control system maintains optimal operating temperatures despite extreme orbital temperature swings (-150°C to +120°C).
- ✓Active thermal control loops
- ✓Multi-layer insulation (MLI)
- ✓Deployable radiator panels
- ✓Phase-change thermal storage
- ✓Autonomous temperature regulation
System Architecture
Six layers of abstraction from orbital mechanics to user applications.
Build on SolarNode
Deploy containers, run serverless functions, or access raw compute directly. Our API provides programmatic access to orbital infrastructure.
import { SolarNode } from '@solarnode/sdk';
const node = new SolarNode({
apiKey: process.env.SOLARNODE_API_KEY,
region: 'eu-west',
});
// Deploy a container
const deployment = await node.deploy({
image: 'my-app:latest',
resources: {
cpu: '2 cores',
memory: '4GB',
},
});
console.log('Deployed to orbit:', deployment.id);Ready to Explore?
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