Syfer moves into space application sector

18th March 2008

ES Admin

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Syfer has launched a specialist technical team to serve the fast growing space application sector. In recent months order levels have grown significantly for components destined for space applications, especially for MLCCs. Such devices must undergo special life-testing, sectioning and additional electrical measurements, to meet ESCC (European Space Components Coordination) Generic Specification No. 3009 requirements.

The market for space-qualified devices is expanding fast with a growing number of satellite communications projects currently underway. One of the most significant is the Galileo initiative, the European alternative of the US controlled GPS system, destined to operate both independently of, and in conjunction with, GPS for location and navigation services.

Syfer is already recognised as a supplier for space and hi-rel applications, approved by NASA for supplying planar capacitor arrays for the International Space Station, for example. Indeed they are the only company worldwide approved for these devices for this application. Syfer is also listed on the European Space Agency Preferred Parts List - ESCC EPPL. The company’s hi-rel, high-quality status is becoming widely acknowledged for European Space projects, and their components are increasingly specified and adopted by subcontractors in this sector.