The first launch to place Iridium Next satellites into orbit was successfully completed yesterday at 1754 GMT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 10 communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, is the first of 7 flights that will loft 70 of the 860 kilogram satellites that will comprise the…
SMT S-Band Circulator
TRAK offers an SMT S-Band Circulator for radar applications operating over the 2.9 to 3.4 GHz band. The circulator is suitable for pick & place with solder reflow assembly. The SMT S-Band Circulator which has a 12.7 X 12.7 mm footprint and a low, 5.1mm profile will handle 200W CW. Parameter Value Measure Operating Frequency 2.9…
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…
CST 100 S-Band High Power Isolators
TRAK has completed the development and delivered the entire flight set of CST 100 S-Band, High Power Isolators for the CST 100 docking radar SSPA to a US based customer and in doing so met its delivery schedule commitments in full. The CST 100 devices, which feature an ultra low mechanical profile, use Diamond RF terminations from EMC…
Lisa Pathfinder Satellite Launched
After a 20 year journey working its way from concept to approval and battling budget concerns and technical challenges Europe has launched the 400M€ Lisa Pathfinder satellite. TRAK provided a number of products for the transponder, beacon, TT&C, datalink and ancillary equipment aboard the bus and payload including waveguide and coaxial ferrite isolators and circulators…
SMT C-Band Circulator
TRAK offers a low profile SMT C-Band Circulator for radar applications operating over the 5.2 to 5.9 GHz band. The Circulator, suitable for pick & place with solder re-flow assembly, is optimized to have a low magnetic signature in a compact ½” housing. The core design, featuring a low profile of 5.1mm, is qualified to handle 50W…
L-Band SSPA Circulator
TRAK presents its latest high power, space qualified, L-Band SSPA Circulator designed for Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA) use. The device operates at an equivalent 120W CW with electrical specifications dependent on operating bandwidth. The device illustrated below has a tabbed input port and solid TNC female output port and is configured supplied as a…
Skynet 5 Still Making the News
Almost exactly 10 years after the final FMs were supplied to EADS Astrium UK the SKYNET series of Military communications satellites continues to make the news as flight 5A transitions to its new slot 94.8GHz east over the Asia Pacific, where it is expected to begin operations later in 2015. The move will provide Airbus’s…
MSG 4 Successfully Launches
METEOSAT Second Generation (MSG) F4 was successfully launched earlier today from Korou aboard an Ariane 5 launcher. TRAK has supplied a number of customers with components for this fourth MSG payload including coaxial and stripline components in equipment including transponders, telemetry receivers and data transmission. Two generations of active Meteosat satellites, Meteosat First Generation and Meteosat Second…
S-Band, 2.0 to 4.0GHz 30W Drop-in Isolator
TRAK offers a low cost, low loss S-Band stripline isolator operating from 2.0 to 4.0 GHz at 30W CW incident power. This product, designed for radar applications, is ITAR free. Electrical performance over 0-50C temperature range is 0.6dB/15/15dB….