Space security solutions
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Providing complete space-ground encryption
Space encryption is about more than just protecting satellites, subsystems, and mission data — it’s about securing the entire space-ground system. Viasat takes a holistic approach, working closely with customers to develop innovative yet simplified security solutions that support low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite missions in new ways.
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KGR-42 Ground Operating Equipment (GOE)
The KGR-42 is a high-speed, reprogrammable National Security Administration (NSA) Type 1 End Cryptographic Unit (ECU) for protecting Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) and below satellite communications and mission data in Satellite Operations Centers (SOC).
KG-255XJ Ground Operating Equipment (GOE)
The KS-255XJ is the NSA-certified* Type 1, next-generation, configurable, software-reprogrammable ECU for securing telemetry, tracking, and commanding (TT&C) and mission data in SOC that protects TS/SCI and below data, helps reduce integration costs, and integrates seamlessly into your networks.
*Pending NSA certification
KS-252 Ground Operating Equipment (GOE)
The flexible, configurable, NSA-certified Type 1 KS-252 ECU is the Air Force standard for securing TT&C and mission Ground Operating Equipment (GOE), which includes our field-proven PSIAMTM crypto architecture that supports secure algorithm management and key management functions.
Space encryption product line comparison
| KG-255XJ | KS-252 V3.0 | KS-252 V2.1 | KS-124 V2.1 | KGR-42 | ITE-1010 | ITE-1010 IP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto | CCI up to TS | CCI up to TS | CCI up to TS | CCI up to TS | CCI up to TS | CUI | CUI |
| CNSSP-12 Compliant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Suite | A/CNSA | A/CNSA | A | A | A/CNSA | FIPS 140 | FIPS 140 |
| Channels | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 2 |
| Throughput | 1.8Gbps | 98 Mbps | 98 Mbps | 98 Mbps | 4 x 10 Gbps | 4 x 920 Mbps | 920 Mbps |
| Management | |||||||
| Web Based | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| MMI | REST CONF | GEMS | GEMS | GEMS | SNMPv3 | TLS TCP/IP | Register |
| Networking | |||||||
| IPv4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| MAC Layer | ✓ | Register | |||||
| IP Traffic Formats | |||||||
| UDP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| TCP | ✓ | ||||||
| Other Features | |||||||
| LDAP authentication | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Syslog | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Network Time Protocol | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| TLM Timestamp Bypass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CMD Timestamp Bypass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Command Spacing Bypass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Cipher Text Inversion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GOE | KG-255XJ TT&C; MD |
KS-252 TT&C; MD |
KS-124 TT, MD |
KGR-42 MD |
ITE-1010 TRANSEC |
ITE-1010 FPGA IP Core |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW | V1.0 US |
V1.0 CNSA | V3.0 | V2.1 | V2.1 | KG-42 ECM | Legacy ECM | V1.0 | V1.0 |
| CAROUSEL | X | X | |||||||
| CARDHOLDER | X | X | X | ||||||
| BELSHAZZAR | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| AES-256 ECB | X | X | X | ||||||
| AES-256 CTR | X | X | X | Y | Y | ||||
| AES-256 GCM | X | X | X | ||||||
| AES-256 CFB | X | X | X | ||||||
| AES-256 CCP (GCM, CTR, CFB, OFB) [GFP-IPv4, GFP-IPv6] |
X | X | |||||||
| MEDLEY (GCM, CTR, OFB, CFB) | X | ||||||||
| KG-247 | X | ||||||||
| INY | X | X | |||||||
| KG-28 | X | X | X | ||||||
| KG-29 | X | X | |||||||
| Bypass | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
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