Engineers at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems of Newtown, Pa. needed circuit card assemblies for satellites. They found a solution with Sypris Electronics in Tampa, Fla. Lockheed will use the cards in its A2100 commercial satellites and for various government programs. For instance, in October JSAT Corp. in Japan ordered an A2100 unit as its next geostationary telecommunications satellite, designated JCSAT-11.
The A2100 geostationary satellite is designed to meet a wide variety of telecommunications needs, ranging from high-power Ka-, Ku- and C-Band fixed satellite and direct broadcast services to high-power mobile satellite services using the L- and S-Band frequency spectrum.
Sypris has produced more that 12,000 space qualified assemblies for multiple aerospace customers over the past decade. The company recently opened its new NASA-STD-8739 certified Space manufacturing operation within its Tampa, Fla. facility. As Lockheed Martin’s Space electronics manufacturing partner, Sypris anticipates producing electronic assemblies for four to six satellites per year. For more information, see www.sypriselectronics.com.
