Specialist Electronic Components and Systems for Space Applications

APC partners with leading manufacturers from around the world to offer customers the latest technologies for mission-critical success in space flight, outer space, NewSpace and ground station applications.

APC has a 40 year+ space heritage. Working as a trusted partner to over 100 specialist manufacturers, our team of experts can offer technical advice and guidance on various electronic components and systems with space capabilities. APC has a comprehensive range of space-qualified components all designed to meet your project requirements. As an AS9120 accredited distributor, we have solutions for a wide range of space flight and ground station applications.

High-Reliability Electronic Components for Space

Our technical sales team can help ensure mission-critical success for your space applications, by providing technical insight, quality assurance and access to our manufacturing partners' engineering teams. We’ve been a trusted supplier of high-reliability EEE parts for over 40 years, contributing to many space projects including satellites, rockets, rovers and satellite communications systems. Our solutions portfolio includes many rad-hard components, such as rad-hard DC-DC converters, radiation-tolerant memory (including SDRAM and CMOS SRAM) and radiation-hardened Microcontroller Units (rad-hard MCU).

RF and Microwave Components and sub-systems for Space

APC also offer a comprehensive range of RF and Microwave components for space, along with space-qualified assemblies and sub-systems. Our RF space solutions meet stringent reliability and quality specifications required for the demanding environment of space, including temperature, shock, and radiation. We offer expertise in both commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) solutions and military satellite communications (Mil-Sat).

Space Test Solutions

To help with the testing and development of your projects, our Test Solutions team offer cutting-edge automated test equipment (ATE) to assess your space and satellite projects - from design and prototyping through to mission launch and operation in orbit. Our team's expertise in simulating and testing real-world SATCOM issues helps ensure your projects remain operational in the harsh conditions of space.

Qualified parts suitable for a variety of space applications

Space
NewSpace and the private space sector
Geosynchronous orbit (GEO)
Low Earth orbit (LEO)
Medium Earth orbit (MEO)

Up and Downstream projects
AI and on-board high-level data processing
Power control, protection and distribution systems
Satellite communications
Radiation simulation and testing

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Power Solutions for Space

Our power components include Point-of-Load (POL) converters, termination regulators in compact, low-weight packages and DC-DC power blocks (500w). We can also supply space-qualified VPX power cards and a range of space magnetics - inductors and transformers designed to meet the requirements of MIL-STD-981, EEE-INST-002, and TOR.

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