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…
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…
X-Band 15W TNC to Pin SSPA Isolator
This ultra compact X-band 15W TNC to pin SSPA isolator features TRAK’s unique solid TNC (f) interface with a Diamond RF termination and operates over 8.0 to 8.4 GHz….
BADR 7/Arabsat 6a launches
TRAK congratulates Airbus as prime & Thales Alenia Space as payload contractor on the successful launch of Arabsat 6a, now re-named BADR 7, on November 10th, 2015. TRAK provided 4 separate customers with a large number and variety of S, Ku, K and Ka-band ferrite isolators and circulators in a range of microstrip, coaxial and…
BSAT4a
TRAK is pleased to announce that it has been awarded contracts and purchase orders to supply Ku-Band waveguide components including couplers, loads and transitions and Coaxial & MICPuck isolators the for the BSAT4a program. The satellite, BSAT-4a, will have 24-Ku-band transponders and will expand the availability of advanced television services such as HD and 4K/8K UHDTV and will be…
X-Band Microstrip Isolators for SARah
TRAK has been contracted to supply X-Band Microstrip Isolators for the SARAh program to an unnamed German customer. SARah comprises three payloads including the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload that will give all weather capability to the constellation and complement the two others optical systems in the constellation. SARah will replace the SAR-Lupe constellation which became…
On this day, 14th August…
On this day, 14th August, in 1996 ITALSAT F2 was successfully comissioned in orbit and is remembered by TRAK as the first payload to include flight qualified ferrite Isolators designed and supplied by TRAK in Dundee. The second spacecraft in the series, F2 was, like F1, designed to provide communications capacity over Italy and allowed the…
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…
25-27 GHz Microstrip Isolator
TRAK announces that its has completed the development of a low loss 25-27 GHz microstrip isolator intended in its flight version to be used in space qualified hybrid applications. The engineering model devices were delivered recently to the the launch customer for integration into their EQM. Parameter Value Measure Operating Frequency 25.0 to 27.0 GHz…