Our design expertise
Space hardware cannot be serviced in orbit. It has to survive launch, handle radiation, operate in vacuum across extreme temperatures, and perform exactly as specified from day one. That constraint shapes everything we do.
At Anywaves, our engineering team covers the full design chain: RF, electronics, mechanics, software and telecom, working together from the earliest stages of a programme so that problems are caught early and products arrive at qualification without surprises.
One team, five specialist groups
RF Engineering: passive and active
Our France-based team specialises in passive RF design, primarily space-qualified antennas. From patch and helix antennas to deployable systems and high-gain reflectors, they cover the antenna requirements of communication, earth observation and navigation missions.
Our Luxembourg entity works on active RF front-end design: low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters and complete RF chains at board level. Passive and active RF are complementary disciplines and together they cover the full signal path from the antenna element to the digital interface.
Electronics Engineering
The hardware electronics team designs the power supplies, the control and processing cores, the digital and analogue interfaces that make the overall payload function reliably in flight. This encompasses part selection with architecture design, worst-case analysis, failure and derating analysis, as well as schematic design and PCB layout with particular attention to the routing constraints that matter for RF-sensitive boards and environmental compliance, including EMC. For you, this means the overall architecture is designed with RF performance, functional reliability and environmental compliance in mind from the beginning, not fitted around an existing layout.
Mechanical and Thermal Engineering
Every product we ship has to survive the launch environment and keep all its components within their temperature limits for the entire mission lifetime. Our mechanical group handles 3D modelling, structural analysis and thermal dissipation analysis for every product, working closely with the RF and electronics teams. This matters especially for active RF products, where component temperatures directly affect performance and long-term reliability.
Software and Firmware
Our software and firmware group develops all embedded software and FPGA firmware for our active products, from application code to FPGA programming and digital communication interfaces. They also build the test software that runs on our in-house GSE, which means the people who designed the product are also the ones defining how it gets tested.
Telecom Engineering
Our telecom engineers are fluent in CCSDS and the OSI protocol model, and specialise in the physical, data link and network layers of space communication chains. That expertise feeds directly into our SDR products and transponder development. If your ground segment already uses CCSDS, our products speak the same language.
Materials chosen to last in orbit
Every material choice we make comes back to the same question: will this still be performing correctly after five or ten years in orbit?
The space environment puts constraints on materials that simply do not exist anywhere else: radiation, thermal cycling across hundreds of degrees, atomic oxygen in low earth orbit, vacuum outgassing, and no possibility of repair.
Industry-standard tools, Used by specialists
3D electromagnetic simulation for antenna design and passive RF component optimisation.
High-performance EM analysis for both passive and active RF products, used across our France and Luxembourg teams.
RF and microwave circuit design and simulation, from individual components to full RF chains.
Dedicated software for reflector antenna analysis and design.
Quasi-planar and exact analysis for complex reflector antenna systems.
Schematic capture and PCB layout, including RF-sensitive routing for active products.
Circuit simulation for power supply and analogue electronics design.
3D modelling and mechanical drawings for all manufactured parts and assemblies.
Finite element structural analysis for launch load verification.
Thermal modelling and dissipation analysis for component junction temperature verification.
Your engineering partner, from specification to orbit
Whether you are defining requirements for a new payload, looking for a co-development partner, or need a qualified RF or electronics subsystem for an upcoming mission, we are ready to engage.
We work across the full programme lifecycle: requirements definition, technical consultancy, co-development, and complete product development from first requirements through to flight acceptance.
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Get in touch with our engineering team to discuss your mission needs, technical constraints, or upcoming developments.
Questions & Answers
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How early should a supplier like Anywaves be involved in a programme?
Ideally from the requirements definition phase. Early involvement allows us to influence architecture decisions, identify technical risks, and ensure that RF, electronics, mechanical and thermal constraints are addressed coherently. Late involvement typically leads to constraints being imposed on the design rather than optimised.
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Do you work only on antennas, or complete RF subsystems?
We cover both. Our France team focuses on passive RF systems, primarily antennas, while our Luxembourg entity develops active RF front-end electronics. Together, we can deliver complete RF chains, from antenna aperture to digital interface.
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How do you ensure reliability in the space environment?
Reliability is built into the design process through component selection, derating rules, worst-case analysis, radiation assessment, and environmental validation (thermal, vibration, vacuum). Each of these is verified through analysis and testing, not assumed.
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Can you adapt to an existing satellite architecture?
Yes. We regularly design within predefined platform constraints: mechanical envelopes, electrical interfaces, power budgets and communication protocols. Our role is to optimise performance within those constraints while maintaining compliance.
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Do you support qualification and test campaigns?
Yes, including test plan definition, test execution support, data analysis and participation in review boards (TRR, TRB, AR). We also provide dedicated GSE to support testing and validation activities.
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What standards do your designs follow?
We align with industry standards such as ECSS for design, verification and testing, and CCSDS for communication protocols where applicable. Toolchains and documentation are structured to integrate smoothly into standard space programme workflows.
Space hardware design expertise for reliable missions
Designing hardware for space is fundamentally different from terrestrial engineering. From RF antenna systems to active electronics, every subsystem must withstand launch loads, radiation exposure, thermal cycling and vacuum conditions — without the possibility of repair.
Anywaves provides end-to-end space hardware design expertise, covering RF engineering (passive and active), electronics design, mechanical and thermal analysis, and embedded software development. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures that performance, reliability and environmental compliance are addressed from the earliest design stages.
We support satellite manufacturers, payload integrators and space agencies across the full programme lifecycle: requirements definition, architecture design, detailed engineering, manufacturing support, testing and flight acceptance.
