Passive Radio Frequency Products

UHF to Q Band Filters, Multiplexers & Passive RF Networks for Communication Subsystems and Payloads

  • Space
  • Equipment
  • Telecommunications

With over 12,000 units delivered in 30 years, this proven off-the-shelf product family offers reliable solutions for all mission types across commercial and institutional sectors.

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  1. Proven in service

    Qualified off-the-shelf solution with flight heritage (>12000 units delivered in 30 years) for all type of satellite missions, both commercial and institutional market

  2. Customizable

    Bespoke and optimized design solutions to provide lowest mass and dimensions at reduced cost

  3. Scalable & Consistent

    Scalable production of over 500 filters/channels, ensuring exceptional performance consistency from the first unit to the last.

Thales Alenia Space’s Passive Radiofrequency (RF) product suite leverages over 30 years of experience designing and producing on-board equipment and assemblies, offering a comprehensive range that includes wide and narrowband filters with both low and high power capabilities, filters and diplexers spanning from UHF to Q-band, multiplexers, output Butler matrices (OBM), radio frequency distribution networks (RFDN), and output network multiplexers (ONET).

High Q factors and thermal stability, high power, complex transfer functions from narrow to more than 1Ghz bandwidth, customizable, compact and lightweight designs including stack configurations to achieve lowest mass, footprint and dimension. Scalable manufacturing solutions are proposed to meet the demands of large constellations.

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KEY FIGURES

10000
Channels produced
2000
Filters and Muxes for constellations