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…
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…
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…
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…
L-Band Drop-in Duplexer
TRAK announces a new L-Band (1.2-1.4 GHz) high peak and average power duplexer for RADAR applications. TRAK offers a wide range of drop-ins configured as isolators, circulators and duplexers for radar applications from L to Ku bands in drop-in and SMD forms….