https://x.com/Filtronic/status/1831686277692842363?s=19 |
wisecat2, many thanks for the link. It's well worth reading a couple of times to take-in the detail. Absolutely great stuff!!
Cheers |
filtronic.com/news-events/news/new-head-office-and-manufacturing-site/ |
On LinkedIn announcement of moving to new facilities in early 25, doubling capacity |
www.everythingrf.com/news/details/18899-filtronic-to-introduces-a-new-solid-state-power-amplifier-at-eumw-2024 |
Fingers firmly crossed wisecat2!!
Cheers |
When there is very good news it’s the only time an insti has a chance of selling stock. There has been several heavy volume days. Once he has finished we will continue up to the Xmas target of £1 |
80p proving a tough nut to crack!! |
https://www.thearmchairtrader.com/uk-shares/filtronic-trade-ahead-of-expectations-spacex/ |
hxxps://www.edisongroup.com/research/upgrading-on-follow-on-space-order/33932/ |
Thanks bazworth |
Cliver1 - suggest you read the following RNS:
And in particular:
"The second contract with the same customer is a development agreement to accelerate the design and prototype delivery of an E-band module that would form part of the satellite payload and provide downlink connectivity to the E-band ground station. Subject to successful qualification testing and field trials this module will represent the first Filtronic product designed for space flight and is key part of our strategy to address the satellite element of the LEO space market."
The contract for the supply of the payload units has not yet been announced.
Cheers |
Thanks for sharing the article Gandalf. It made for good reading. One question though. Do we know if any FTC power amps are being installed in satellites? The trading update from June 20th states that they are deployed in the starlink ground stations. |
Smashing article, many thanks GandalfShareStack.
The numbers are potentially very exciting with circa 6k sats already up and rising to circa 42k. Not only that, the article states that the sats have a useful life of about 5 years before being replaced.
Wow
Cheers! |
hxxps://www.telecomtv.com/content/access-evolution/leo-satellite-boom-fuels-filtronic-s-growth-51164 |
tp6.
Many thanks for that. Most instructive. |
Excellent to see some intelligent posts on here. well done guys |
This article on the Filtronic website ie incredibly interesting.
Cheers |
tp6,
Thanks for that.
As a matter of interest, why do you reckon the bigger money is at the ground station end?
I would have thought it might be at the satellite end, since the sensitivity must be very high and the power usage very low...but I'm no expert. |
Thanks tp6 |
If it's similar to other satellite setups, the ground station is not limited by electrical supply, whereas the satellite is. So you compensate for this by having a higher rf transmitter power at the ground station end, Squeezing high rf power at very high giga hertz frequencies is difficult and highly specialised. The filtronic product is very clever, it needs alot of production capability, aka big entry barriers for any competitor.My semi educated guess is the bigger money is at the ground station end..Alot of airlines currently use inmarsat for wifi backhaul, the connections are not the best and the bulky dome on the fuselage incurs circa 1% fuel penalty. Starlink is a massive improvement, on hardware and system performance this is just one user case. |
“how many amplifier modules there are per satellite?”
Cannot answer that but I understand there will be many more satellites than ground stations!!
Onwards & upwards!! |
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