HIRCOM CubeSat UHF Transceiver
HIRCOM
Radiation-resistant, CubeSat-compliant half-duplex UHF transceiver for space-to-ground TMTC links.
Technical specifications
- Mass
- 85 g
- Width
- 95 mm
- Length
- 90 mm
- Height
- 15 mm
- Supply voltage
- 3.3 V (transceiver and controller), 5 V (power amplifier)
- Current consumption
- 630 mW receiving mode, 4.8 W transmitting, 110 mW low power mode (@25°C)
- Frequency
- 400 to 438 MHz
- Rf power
- 32 dBm
- Frequency stability
- 0.5 ppm
- Modulation
- GMSK, AFSK
- Interface
- CubeSat Kit PC/104, connector M80-5401442
About
The TRAD HIRCOM CubeSat UHF transceiver is a high-reliability, cost-effective half-duplex sub-system providing telemetry and telecommand (TMTC) communication links between space and ground segments over the UHF band. It is compliant with the CubeSat standard, built on a CubeSat Kit PC/104 form factor with the M80-5401442 connector, and uses GMSK/AFSK modulation with software-controlled operation. The card is designed for high reliability and radiation resilience, leveraging TRAD’s radiation-testing and analysis expertise (established 1994) and its co-located CSUM space-center facilities (gamma-source irradiation lab). Connectors are customizable on demand. HIRCOM was TRAD’s first product in its long-term push into the New Space market as a manufacturer of high-reliability components for CubeSats and small satellites.
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