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…
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…
GEO-KOMPSAT-2 High Power Isolators
TRAK is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract to design, qualify and deliver space qualified high power WR34 isolators for the GEO-KOMPSAT-2 (GK2, Geostationary Earth Orbit Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite) payloads. GK2 is a South Korean government programme to develop and operate two geostationary civilian satellites, GK2A and GK2B, for missions that include…
Diamond RF© Enabling Superior Performance
TRAK has supplied it’s 4000th flight model isolator termination using EMC Technology’s Diamond RF© chip 50Ohm low capacitance terminations. Over the past 12 months Diamond terminations have been supplied in space qualified isolators handling 100W at C-Band to 10W at X-Band – the latter having been supplied in large quantities for a space based earth observation system….
X-Band WR90 to SMA(f) Transition
TRAK has completed qualification and entered serial production of a low mass (41g, 1.45 oz.) SMA to WR90 transition designed for commercial space applications. The Silver plated device operates over a 4 GHz BW from 8 to 12 GHz to better than 21dB return loss with an insertion loss of 0.15dB….
Coaxial Isolators and Circulators
TRAK has released a brochure detailing the high and low power coaxial isolators and circulators it designs and manufactures. Since the first flight model was delivered to a satellite manufacturer in 1993, TRAK Microwave Limited has delivered over 140,000 flight models to 30 customers based in 15 countries. Over the past 2 decades TRAK’s ferrite…
140W CW WR34 Isolator Reaches Critical Milestone
This week TRAK successfully completed the qualification of a high power K-band isolator operating at 25GHz. The device has successfully passed TVAC testing at 140W forward at a baseplate of +75C and at 70W into a short circuit at a baseplate temperature of +85C while the thermal data gathered from test validated TRAK’s predictions following detailed…
Coaxial Isolators Qualified to 150grms
TRAK has successfully completed a delta qualification to extend the operating envelop of its coaxial solid isolators and circulators operating in assigned bands from 3 to 23 GHz. The new range was introduced almost 3 years ago and was re-qualified to meet the trend of increasingly demanding dynamic and thermal operating conditions. Both devices are now…
TRAK Investment
TRAK has expanded its investment in test equipment with the commissioning of a Rohde & Swartz ZVA67 VNA capable of measuring to 67 GHz with the ability to expand this to 110 GHz if required using frequency extenders. This investment has been made to support the development of products operating to 55 GHz for receiver…