TRAK has been contracted by an EU customer to supply S-Band space qualified high power isolators for the SSPAs that will be used aboard JCSAT17. The isolator has been designed to incorporate a TRAK’s solid TNC long barrelled connector and a custom I/P input interface and will be flight screened and supplied in the Autumn of…
Exomars Launches
Congratulations to everyone involved with the recent successful launch of first mission of the ExoMars programme. Scheduled to arrive at Mars in 2016, this initial phase consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter plus an entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, known as Schiaparelli. The objective of this mission are the search for trace atmospheric gases,…
MODE-S Circulator Milestone
TRAK has delivered its 2,000th high power MODE-S Circulator since the design was first qualified almost 15 years ago. The high power circulators operate over the 1020 to 1100 MHz band and are qualified to handle 5kW peak under MODE-S pulse conditions into a full short or open circuit of any phase. The 2,000 MODE-S Circulator…
Congratulations SENTINEL-3a
SENTINEL-3a spacecraft has been successfully launched into orbit with high power waveguide, coaxial isolators and other passive components produced by TRAK Microwave in Dundee. The SENTINEL-3a payload, launched from the Plestsk Cosmodrome today at ~18:00 UTC, contains several equipments containing TRAK products supplied almost 3 years ago to 4 customers in the EU and the is 3rd COPERNICUS mission to have been launched…
TRAK Products Launched Aboard EUTELSAT 9B
The Airbus manufactured EUTELSAT 9B satellite was successfully launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit on 29th January and will, after further manoeuvres and in-orbit tests, assume broadcasting over 350 TV channels via its 50 physical transponders to serve the Nordic countries through Central Europe to the Ukraine and as far south as Greece. In addition to…
Ka-Band Iso Adapter
TRAK has developed a compact iso adapter for LNA applications featuring a broadband waveguide isolator available with either a WR28 or WR34 aperture. The coaxial port is designed to accept a probe or GTM seal pin. Performance can be optimized over 27-31 GHz using a series of tuning elements built into the coaxial transition. The…
Coaxial and Waveguide Ferrite Isolators for TV19
TRAK is pleased to announce new contracts for the supply of Ku & Ka-band coaxial and waveguide isolators for Telesat Vantage 19. The new contracts mark a milestone for TRAK as the first of these product types to be ordered by this particular customer. TeleSat Vantage 19 (TV19) will be the second of a new…
X-Band Coaxial Isolators
X-Band Coaxial Isolators formed the bulk of the recent delivery of flight model devices destined for use aboard a large space based Radar program. The X-Band Coaxial Isolators operate beyond the normal 8.0-12.0 GHz range making these amongst the broadest fractional bandwidth, solid body X-Band Coaxial Isolators TRAK has delivered to date and marks the completion of first of several scheduled…
TRAK Secures New SSPA HPI Orders
TRAK has secured substantial new orders for the supply of space qualified high power isolators. The new SSPA high power isolators are a mixture of high and very high power L-Band isolators that will be used in the output stages of phase matched Solid State Power Amplifiers [SSPAs] destined to be launched as part of a…
New Products for the MTG Program.
TRAK has secured orders for a the development of products for the MTG program….