
Akash Systems
Satellite Communications Reimagined
Akash Systems
Powering the Satellite Industry
Akash, Systems, Inc., (San Francisco, CA) founded in 2016 by Felix Ejeckam and Ty Mitchell, is focused on developing and supplying the next generation of extreme bandwidth, hyper-efficient communications gear for space satellites. Akash is working to accelerate the world’s march towards universal and low-cost access to the internet.
A breakthrough new composite material, gallium nitride (GaN)-on-Diamond, invented by Akash cofounder Ejeckam, is at the heart of Akash’s products.
In GaN-on-Diamond, the hottest part of a transistor is brought to within tens of nanometers of synthetic diamond – the most thermally conductive material ever made by humans. The result is a dramatic reduction in the waste heat generated from the power amplifier, and therefore the entire satellite system; in the communications “base stations” of space, the RF power amplifier is typically responsible for the bulk of the power consumed and the heat generated. The cooler state of operation gives RF and satellite system designers a previously unattainable thermal envelope to
dramatically improve a satelliete’s communication bandwidth and energy efficiency while simultaneously shrinking the system’s size, weight, and operating costs.
At Akash, our vision is to enable the satellite industry to exploit these benefits, eventually producing terabit data rates and centimeter-range video resolution, for example. We envision new satellite services enabled by orders-of-magnitude increases in information density and access. We believe this vision will allow a rethinking of what is possible with satellite communications on Earth, between Earth and Deep Space, or, beyond that, to human colonies in Space. All of this can be enabled by an invention that allows us to “beat the heat” and reinvent satellite communications. Learn more…

About Akash Systems
Vision & Business Strategy
Imagine extending the reach of fast, affordable information to every human being on earth today.
Better yet, imagine small, cost effective, powerful satellites able to provide terabit data-rates and exciting new applications for Earth, Deep Space, or even human Space colonies. At Akash, we are creating technologies to make that vision come true. Using pioneering satellite technologies capable of data-rates at 1,000 times faster than those available today, streaming high-definition video, and centimeter-resolution images in visible and infrared, we are working to give every person on earth, and off, affordable and complete access to the world’s information. Learn more…
Technology
The Power of Synthetic Diamond
At the core of our RF Power Amplifiers (RFPAs) and small satellites (or CubeSats) is a pioneering new invention: Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Diamond wafer technology. In 2003, Akash co-founder, Felix Ejeckam (then at Group4 Labs, Inc.), invented the idea of lifting GaN thin films from its original growth substrate (for example, Silicon) and transferring it to a synthetic CVD diamond substrate [1]. CVD diamond exhibits the highest thermal conductivity known to humans. Learn more…
