News: Microelectronics
11 August 2021
Mission’s 200W Ka-band GaN solid-state BUC orders for 2021 delivery exceed $8m
Mission Microwave Technologies LLC of Cypress, CA, USA, which manufactures gallium nitride (GaN)-based solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and block up-converters (BUCs), says that it continues to receive new and follow-on orders for its 200W Titan BUCs for use in a variety of satellite constellations. While terminal integrator customers have been deploying the Ka-band Titan BUC in volume since 2017, Titan Ka-band BUC orders placed and scheduled for delivery in 2021 have exceeded $8m.
“Mission Microwave’s customers rely on us to deliver the highest performance and throughput from their satellite networking systems,” says Steve Richeson, VP of sales & marketing. “Our customers’ rapid adoption of our 200W and larger Ka-band products validates the need for extremely high-power solid-state amplifiers in Ka-band,” he adds. “We expect our business for Ka-band amplifiers above 200W to continue to grow through the decade, as our customers confirm our market leadership in this growing sector of the space industry.”
In 2020, Mission announced its first 400W Ka-band products and has been working closely with both commercial and government system operators to bring the benefits of high-power Ka-band solid-state amplifiers to the SATCOM market. The firm expects significant deployment of these amplifiers in 2022 in addition to the growth in the 200W amplifier product lines.
Mission Microwave is exhibiting its entire line of X-, Ku- and Ka-band solid-state products at the Satellite 2021 conference in National Harbor, Maryland (8-10 September).
