It’s been around 18 years since the Cassini-Huygens deep space probe was launched and 20 years since TRAK completed deliveries of a suite of products to customers in the EU and the USA. In the interim Cassini has travelled around 3.5B Km and is currently operating in orbit around Saturn. After an extraordinarily successful primary…
Congratulations Eutelsat 8W B
Eutelsat 8Wb was successfully launched aboard an Arianespace on August 20th. Design and manufactured for Eutelsat by Thales Alenia Space the payload will be deployed to provide HDTV services to a region spanning Morocco to the Arabian Gulf. The 5.8 tonne satellite is equipped with 40 operational Ku-band transponders and 10 C-Band transponders and is…
TRAK contracted to supply parts for SES 16
TRAK is pleased to announce it has been contracted to supply X & K/Ka-Band space qualified isolators and circulators for use on equipment destined aboard SES 16. The solid devices which have considerable heritage will be delivered to European and USA based customers in October 2015. Parameter Value Value Value Measure Operating Frequency 7.25 to 7.75 7.90…
On this day, 4th August…
On this day, 4th August, TRAK products were launched aboard a number of Commercial geostationary payloads. 2004, Amazonas built by EADS Astrium for Hispasat (Ku-Band Coaxial Isolators, Circulators and WR75 Iso-adapters) 2006, HotBird8 also built by EADS Astrium for Eutelsat (Ku-Band Coaxial Isolators, Circulators and WR75 Iso-adapters) 2010, Nilesat 201 built by Thales Alenia built for…
4.2 to 4.8 GHz SSPA Isolator
TRAK has developed a new high power Space Qualified SSPA isolator. Based on the same outline as TRAK’s 3.7 to 4.2 GHz high power SSPA isolator (as used on such payloads as SES-2), the latest product is designed to operate over 4.2 to 4.8 GHz and handle a forward or reverse power of 30W CW…
Broadband Performance Improved
Improved Broadband Electrical Performance for Isolators & Circulators. TRAK has re-designed it families of high fractional bandwidth coaxial isolators and circulators using solid gasket grounding technology. Originally developed for space applications, the recently patented internal structure enables generally improved electrical performance especially in the broader, higher frequency devices. The following table compares previous performances offered with…
UHF Coaxial Isolator
This most recent device supplied by TRAK is for a Space Qualified UHF FGU application offers greater than ~30 dB isolation and better than 25dB return loss with an insertion loss of 0.25dB over a 100C operating temperature range and 50MHz operating bandwidth. Frequency Generation Unit “FGU” applications require high isolation, high return loss isolators. These narrow…
K-Band IMUX Isolators
TRAK supplies a large number of K-Band IMUX isolators and circulators for space applications. Many of them are featured here. The image above illustrates the TRAK WR51 low loss waveguide circulator. This is used to form the iMUX manifold structure assembly along with the Companies’ solid coaxial K-band isolators used to buffer and isolate each…
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…
Isolators with SMP Interfaces
Featured opposite is the Ku-Band isolator portion of a range of SMP to waveguide iso-adapters. These have been developed for the space community and mark the beginning of a range of devices featuring TRAK’s SMP compatible interface….