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Space-Grade EEE components available from STOCK

ALTER TECHNOLOGY – The only place with EEE parts for Space in stock! Alter Technology Services Our current inventory includes:  Ceramic and tantalum capacitors Film and metal foil resistors Discrete Semiconductors: Bipolar and MOSFETs (Radiation-hardened), Diodes (rectifier, zener, Schottky) Radiation-hardened microcircuits: Op-amps, ADCs, logic devices, voltage reference Microprocessors & FPGAs D-shaped connectors Relays, transformers Optocouplers…
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ALTER Engineering & Testing Hi-Rel EEE components

  ALTER TECHNOLOGY | Services & Capabilities Main Activities and Processes Screening, plan preparation and engineering support Initial and Final Customer Source Inspections (Pre-cap and Buy-Off inspections worldwide) DPA (Destructive Physical Analysis) LAT (Lot Acceptance Test), QCI (Qualification Conformance Inspection) Constructional analysis, reverse engineering Evaluation analysis of the suitability of commercial parts for space use…
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Doing Business with ESA 

The Portal Doing Business with ESA provides a single point of access to the various ESA IT Corporate Applications for all economic operators who have or intend to have a business relationship with ESA. esa-star Registration esa-star Registration is dedicated to the Registration and Management of external entities. It is integrated with all other esa-star…
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Avalanche – High Density Space Grade DDR4 MRAM Solutions

Avalanche Technology, leader in next generation MRAM Technology, announced new product family for critical need for Radiation resilient, High Reliability execution Memory for Aerospace and Defense. Harnessing Avalanche’s proven modular Gen 3 Space Grade MRAM architecture, broadly adopted by the defense industrial base for boot and storage memory, the enabling value proposition of optimized SWaP,…
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UMS Foundry training methodologies for GaN and GaAs technologies

United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) organises regular training for clear understanding of Technology Processes, Design flow and Techniques to realise effective designs using UMS latest toolkits. Course Objectives The objective of this Foundry training is to equip attendees with the optimal methodologies for utilising UMS GaN and GaAs technologies for RF and mmWave MMIC applications. This…
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UMS plastic QFN platform designed for GaN MMICs

United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) announce plastic QFN platform designed for GaN MMICs successfully evaluated by the CNES for Space applications. This recognition is included in Note 19 of ESA’s European Preferred Parts List (EPPL), making UMS the first supplier to achieve such an assessment for plastic packaging of GaN components. This milestone underlines UMS’ ongoing commitment…
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ACCEDE – ESCCON Workshop 25 to 27 March 2025 in Seville (Spain)

Two main European events devoted to the use of EEE components in space applications, ACCEDE and ESCCON will merge in Seville. The trends in using and validating COTS for space with the evolution and activities being developed and implemented under the ESCC system. ACCEDE (Assessment of Commercial Components Enabling Disruptive Space Electronics) Since the successful ACCEDE events in…
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ESA – General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)

The GSTP (General Support Technology Programme) enables missions by making sure the right Technology, at the right maturity level is available at the right time. What is GSTP? Through the optional General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) ESA, Participating States and Industry work together to convert promising engineering concepts into a broad spectrum of useable products. The…
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