High-speed X-band Downlink Transmitter
Glavkosmos
This is a high-speed X-band downlink transmitter providing reliable high-throughput communication from spacecraft to ground stations, with a throughput of up to 800 Mbps.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 1.8 kg
- Power
- 70 W
- Data rate
- 800 Mbps
- Design life
- 7 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- TRL
- 9
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- It provides reliable high throughput communication channel from the spacecraft to ground stations.
- Year of release
- 2014
- Design life
- 7 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- Successfully worked on the following spacecraft: ISS (previous generation transmitter), AIST-2D and on other satellites.
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Mass
- 1.8 kg
- Power consumption
- 70 W
- Throughput
- up to 800 Mbps
- Carrier frequency
- 8.05 - 8.5 GHz
- Output power
- 8 W
- Modulation
- QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK
- Data interface
- Customizable LVDS. Two ports with 4 pairs each
- Radiation at the component level
- >6 krad
About
The High-speed X-band Downlink Transmitter is designed to provide a reliable, high-throughput communication channel from a spacecraft to ground stations. Released in 2014, it offers a guaranteed service life of 7 years. The product has undergone flight qualification and has successfully operated on the International Space Station (ISS) with a previous generation transmitter, as well as on the AIST-2D satellite and other satellites. It is adaptable to customer requirements. The transmitter supports various modulations including QPSK, 8PSK, and 16APSK, and features a customizable LVDS data interface with two ports, each having 4 pairs. It is designed to withstand radiation at the component level of >6 krad.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.