Unrivalled operating experience for satellite video and data transmission
Thales is the world's leading supplier of Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs) for satellites and other spacecraft. Our TWTs are used on satellites spanning the full range of civil and military applications including space-based TV and radio broadcasting, data transmission, telecommunications, internet, observation and navigation.
Thales has developed unrivalled expertise in space-borne TWTs with a product offering at frequencies from L-band to V-band and power levels at 275 watts. Thales is widely recognized as a pioneer and innovator in space TWTs while we have consistently developed new technologies that have led to decisive improvements in TWT efficiency and thermal performance. These advances have allowed satellite manufacturers to increase transmission power and reduce spacecraft mass. Thales also provides TWT amplifiers (TWTAs) for space applications. Thales offers high performance solutions covering all current needs.
The C-band TWTs operate at frequencies from 3.4 to 4.2 GHz at up to 125 W of power.
C-band Space TWT milestones (through january 2012):
- more than 3000 C-band TWTs delivered
- logging over 100 million hours of in orbit service