TSAMTO, July 22. The holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation together with JSC "Russian Space Systems" for the first time presented a new generation of high-efficiency microwave amplifiers for space applications at MAKS-2021.
The products are intended for use as part of the latest communication and telecommunications satellites with a service life of 15 years or more.
The new devices were developed by NPP Almaz (part of Roselectronics) by order of the RCS. The X, Ku and K-band traveling wave lamps presented at MAKS-2021 have improved weight and size characteristics and efficiency, and are also distinguished by their durability – their service life is more than 150 thousand hours (17.5 years).
"The developed LBVs meet the highest technical requirements and can successfully compete in the international market of microwave amplifiers for on-board applications. The use of new products will allow us to completely abandon imports when completing domestic spacecraft, " said Mikhail Apin, General Director of the Almaz NPP.
NPP Almaz is a developer of 36 types of traveling wave lamps for spacecraft. To date, the company has manufactured and delivered more than 1,500 products, the total operating time in space of which is more than 36 million hours.
The message is posted in open access on the website of the holding "Roselectronics".
