The American aerospace company Tendeg has officially introduced its new innovative commercial antenna NewTEN. The product launch took place at the 40th annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City.
The main technological features of the NewTEN antenna:
Fixed RF power supply (Fixed RF feed): Головна технічна інновація полягає в тому, що облучувач антени залишається жорстко закріпленим на корпусі космічного апарата. Двоосьовий поворотний механізм (карданний підвіс) rotates only a slightly offset reflector (reflector).
Why is it important: This design radically simplifies the routing of radio frequency cables, полегшує інтеграцію з бортовими системами та значно покращує розсіювання тепла. Mission designers no longer have to choose between complex individual rotary antennas and limited coverage areas.
Calculation of seriality: The antenna is specially optimized for high-volume and repeatable serial production for the needs of large satellite mega-constellations (proliferated constellations).
Operating frequencies and applications: The device is aimed at high-speed communication in the ranges from X to Q/V (in particular X, K, The, Q/V). It is ideal for small companions, which have strict size limitations, mass and power (SWaP-C).
Flexibility of missions: The NewTEN architecture allows it to be used on devices, that work on low (LEO), average (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) Earth orbits, as well as in lunar missions.
Виробництво цих компонентів налагоджено на новому промисловому майданчику Tendeg в Луїсвіллі (State of Colorado), що дозволяє компанії випускати понад 100 of deployable apertures annually for commercial and government customers (including NASA and US national security missions).
Source: https://www.satnow.com