The first generation of the feed system has been designed and delivered to our customer in 2015. This initial design combines the three S-, X- & K-band frequency ranges in one single system and has
Another triband feed system solution was requested by one of our customers in 2019. The question arose about the possibility of providing a simultaneous receive feed for very broadband signal reception in three bands. The
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a space station on the Lizard Peninsula in England. In July 2015, the European Space Agency began a feasibility study to determine options for upgrading Goonhilly’s 32-meter beam waveguide antenna,
After the successful design and project completion of a 6m Q/V-band tracking antenna including a feed prototype, in the years 2017/2018 our customer Calian asked MIRAD to quote for 10 units of a Ka/Q/V-band system
After the successful design and project completion of a 6m Q/V-band tracking antenna including a feed prototype, in the years 2017/2018 our customer Calian asked MIRAD to quote for 10 units of a Ka/Q/V-band system
In early 2015, MIRAD was contracted to develop two feed systems operating in X-band. One unit is to be installed in a 9m class step-track antenna, while the second unit will be equipped with TE21
In 2016 MIRAD was requested by a customer to design and deliver several switching & combining systems for Ku-band telemetry, tracking & command (TT&C) application for 9 different satellite gateways all over the globe (Perth,
In the year 2015 MIRAD has been requested by ESA for the development of a special harrmonic reject filter to be implemented in their 25 kW X-band high power amplifiers (HPA) delivered by Rheinmetall Italy S.p.A.
In 2015, MIRAD was contracted to develop a multi-band feed system with tracking capability for a 9m antenna to be used for in-orbit testing (IOT) purposes of the Eutelsat satellite. This linearly polarized antenna provides
National and international satellite missions such as the European Earth observation programs like Copernicus or the Sentinel satellites provide observational data on the state of the Earth’s ecosystem. In addition, the numerous new missions, e.g.
The ACES project will bring a new generation of very precise atomic clock into the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). The ACES payload will be mounted at the outside of the ISS
The European Space Agency (ESA) runs several scientific exploration and research deep space missions e.g. Rosetta, Mars-Express, Venus-Express or space observatories like Herschel or Planck. To ensure a reliable communication with such deep space probes, ESA has built up a ground station antenna network all over the globe.
In 2009 the reduction of utilization of the ESTRACK 15m stations has been addressed and ESA decided to relocate the core X-band launch and early orbit phase (LEOP) functionality from the Perth site to the
The first payloads launched in 2016 and 2019 for the European Data Relay System (EDRS) system are the Sentinel-1 and -2 satellites of the Copernicus Program also known under Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
The Alphasat I-XL, launched in 2013, included beyond its main task several ESA TDPs (Technology Demonstration Payloads). TDP5 includes a Q-/V Band communications experiment to assess the feasibility of these bands for future commercial applications.
In order to bundle the many different TV channel signals to a limited amount of antennas, high performance Tx switching and combining systems are required to guarantee a continuous operation. Therefore during the last two
The Galileo Project is Europe’s initiative for a state-of-the-art global satellite navigation system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. The fully deployed system will consist of 30 satellites and the associated ground infrastructure.
After the successful completion of the XAA project in 2009. MIRAD has been requested again by EADS Asrteium (now Airbus Defence & Space) for the procurement of a X-band Antenna Assemby for the Egyptsat program
In the early 2000s, more and more satellite missions were planned to collect large amounts of data or to enable broadband communications. At that time, however, only few ground stations for deep space and near-Earth
In the year 2008 MIRAD has been requested by EADS Asrteium (now Airbus Defence & Space) for the design, production, manufacturing and testing of a X-band Antenna Assemby (XAA). The device comprises a feed horn,