Spacepath Completes
First Stage Delivery Of Its Innovative
High-Power, Ka-Band Twt Amplifiers
3 November, 2020
SpacePath Communications
has completed a significant milestone with the
first shipment of its new outdoor, high-power,
travelling wave tube amplifiers for a major
European SATCOM project.
As part of a multi-stage
contract, SpacePath has successfully shipped the
first batch of its new outdoor, Ka-band TWT
amplifiers (TWTA) to a leading European system
integrator. SpacePath’s TWT amplifiers were
chosen for their compact size and lightweight
design. Operating at up to 31GHz, the amplifiers
provide ultra-linear performance and efficiency,
and incorporate an innovative carbon-based
air-cooling structure which is half the weight
of copper yet possesses similar thermal
properties.
Colin Bolton, director and
co-founder, SpacePath Communications, said:
“We’re delighted to have reached this milestone
with the first stage delivery of our new family
of high-power, high frequency amplifiers. It
also represents a significant endorsement of a
new uplink amplifier design which benefits from
many R&D firsts, including removable air filters
for easy maintenance, front-panel monitoring and
unique air-cooling structure. Together with the
many other user-driven features, their overall
design embodies the first significant technology
step-change in TWTA development for decades. We
look forward to supporting the next stage of
this SATCOM project.”
SpacePath’s high
performance uplink amplifiers cover all
mission-critical segments including satellite
newsgathering (DSNG), flyaway or truck-based
systems, fixed-earth stations and military
satellite communications.