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…
Juno
Happy Independence Day America Coincidence? On July 4th 2016 and after a five year journey the NASA Juno probe will enter into orbit around Jupiter. The mission’s principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter, teasing out the mysteries that lie beneath the dense Jovian cloud cover, secrets that may help unravel…
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,…
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…
New Product: Ku-Band WR75 Hybrid Combiner
TRAK announces a new space qualified Ku-Band WR75 hybrid combiner designed to operate over 10.7-14.5 GHz. The Ku-Band combiner can be supplied in two forms; a 2×1 with the 3rd port terminated or a 2×2, with all 4 ports open. The basic device features a standard flange and has a mass of 140g. Performance is optimized…
New product: High Power SMA to WR75 Transition
TRAK announces a new high power SMA to WR75 transition designed for space applications. The SMA WR75 transition is designed to handle 26W CW and to operate over both the satellite transmit and receive band from 10.7 to 14.8 GHz. With a mass of only 40g the device features an an RF sealed connector whose centre contact is…
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…