Spacecraft & Payload Technology
For Andrew, Passivity Is A GOOD Thing
Andrew Corporation has added low-passive intermodulation (PIM) capabilities to many of its satellite antenna products. Generation of interfering signals caused by passive intermodulation is disruptive to successful network communications. Low–PIM equipment helps create higher quality communications, with less interference and data loss.
Read MoreITC’s Coax Confab Requires No Tools
There’s a new, cost-effective series of coaxial connectors from ITC. This division of The Quest Group has debuted this product that’s designed for A/V installers in Europe and other regions with identical connector standards. The company’s patented system offers an alternative to soldering or compression methods, especially as the later systems require multiple tools or dies to make that connection.
Read MoreSpaceDev’s Thermal Thrust
SpaceDev [OTCBB: SPDV] is the recipient of a contract from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The first phase contract value is $3.75 million for the initial development of solar thermal propulsion (STP) and bus design for the High Delta-V Satellite Program. SpaceDev has assembled a team, including General Atomics and BAE Systems, to deliver strong and proven capabilities to address the program’s technical challenges.
Read MoreGetting Gaia Going, Maxwell’s Goal
Maxwell Technologies Inc. [NASDAQ: MXWL] has won a contract valued at approximately $3 million from Astrium’s United Kingdom-based satellite unit to supply single board computers (SBC) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) “Gaia” astronomy mission. The goal of the mission is to survey more than a billion stars and other celestial bodies in order to trace the origin and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Read MorePower To The Project By QinetiQ
A battery developed by a QinetiQ-led consortium, including ABSL Space Products (ABSL), has successfully powered key, scientific payloads during the final stages of the Foton-M3 mission into space. Foton-M3 is a Russian unmanned spacecraft launched on September 14th from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreBoth Beaming—BSAT-3a & Lockheed Martin
Now operational for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) is the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] BSAT-3a broadcasting satellite. The on-orbit deployment and spacecraft system checkout were all successful.
Read MoreAgilent Knows How To Measure Success
Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] is going to showcase their newest test and measurement solutions for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) at the upcoming 2007 European Microwave Conference, Pavilion 908. This event will take place during European Microwave Week in Munich, Germany, Oct. 8-12.
Read MoreJoy At ESA With Flight Software
The compatibility of the final Jules Verne Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) flight software has been successfully tested for the first time in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA). Additionally, the remainders of the vast International Space Station (ISS) flight software by global teams at the NASA Software Verification Facility (SVF) in Houston were also completely tested.
Read MoreBroadcom Chips Away At 802.11n With Silicon Wonderment
Broadcom Corporation [NASDAQ: BRCM] has announced the world's first full-featured, single-chip 802.11n solution. The newest member of the Broadcom® Intensi-fi product family is the smallest and most cost-effective 802.11n solution on the market and is the first to enable Wi-Fi products to achieve over 200 Megabits per second (Mbps) of actual wireless throughput.
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