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Antenna-feeder Device (AFD) Ionosphere

  • Purpose: Designed for transmitting radio signals of the spacecraft onboard transmitter to ground receiving points, for emitting coherent radio signals of the Mayak airborne transmitter of the spacecraft into the lower hemisphere (nadir).
  • Year of release: 2010
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 8
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 6
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Brief history of flight qualification: Delivered for the Ionosphere spacecraft.
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Operating frequency range137 MHz, 150 MHz, 400 MHz
Range of communication angles0-64 degrees
Weight4 kg

AFD 137 MHz, AFD 150 MHz and AFD 400 MHz.