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Payload Phased-Array Antennas
Key Advantages
Low Power Consumption
Phased-array beam steering uses less than 10 W, perfect for smallsats and microsats
Lightweight
The low-mass antennas reduce launch costs
Highly Efficient
The most efficient phased array, offering higher throughput than alternatives
Customizable
ThinKom can tailor the design to meet specific customer requirements
Compact
A tight form factor that easily fits within small cavities
Applications
Intersatellite Links
The compact, high-frequency antennas serve as rugged intersatellite links.
With broader beamdwidth and higher efficiency, they offer similar data rates to optical terminals but with more reliable connections.
With broader beamdwidth and higher efficiency, they offer similar data rates to optical terminals but with more reliable connections.
Small Satellites
Small LEO satellites can benefit from reduced power consumtion, simple kinematics and high throughputs that VICTS antennas offer.
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GEO Communications Satellites
VICTS antennas serve as ideal feeder links for GEO satellites.
The passive RF consumes little power, while remaining easily reconfigurable to different ground stations.
The passive RF consumes little power, while remaining easily reconfigurable to different ground stations.
Space Vehicles
Because of their rugged construction and high performance, VICTS antennas are an ideal solution for space vehicles.
They can even operate beneath heat shields.
They can even operate beneath heat shields.
Patented Technology
Our payload phased-array antennas are engineered with the same patented VICTS technology that gives thousands of daily airline passengers fast, reliable Wi-Fi.
Simply put, VICTS enables extreme performance efficiency in a compact package, delivering higher throughput at lower bandwidth costs than other phased arrays in any form factor.
Learn MoreSimply put, VICTS enables extreme performance efficiency in a compact package, delivering higher throughput at lower bandwidth costs than other phased arrays in any form factor.
Spec Ranges
The core VICTS technology employs lightweight platters to steer the beam and control polarization. These low-profile payload antennas are less than 3″ in height and can be sized to meet gain requirements from X to W bands. ThinKom is a leading phased array antenna OEM and has purpose built these antennas to survive the rigors of space.
Aperture Sizes
6 to 30 inches
Frequency Bands
X to W bands
Polarization
Linear or switchable Cp
Instantaneous Bandwidth
250 MHz to 2 GHz
Power Consumption
10 to 25 W