- Created by Mark Mackay, last modified on May 23, 2014
Organisation Summary
Rakon is the world leader in the design and manufacture of frequency control solutions. With unique, innovative products and a dynamic approach to business, Rakon is the chosen partner for many of the world's leading electronics manufacturers
Products & Services
- Rakon manufactures a broad range of frequency control products, from high-end OCXOs through to mass-market TCXOs. More information on our products can be found on their Product Pages
- RakonInSpace Linkedin Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rakon-in-space-
Key Staff or Stakeholders
Press & Articles
- Rise of smartphone fuels boom in Rakon sales
2010-07-24 NZ Herald
- Rakon's French buy to push frontiers of space technology
2010-07-23 NZ Herald"This week, the company announced the €400,000 ($716,000) acquisition of the assets of French space technology firm Temex."
- Rakon on board comet-chaser
2014-01 Rakon Website"The spacecraft Rosetta, due to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko this year, uses several frequency control components from Rakon."
Also: in NZ Herald
January 2014: The spacecraft Rosetta, due to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko this year, uses several frequency control components from Rakon.
Rakon crystal oscillators and crystal filters, are used in the COmet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT), which is designed to probe the interior of the comet by using radio waves transmitted through the nucleus between the Philae lander and Rosetta orbiter.
The scientific objectives include the following: to measure the mean dielectric properties to set constraints on the cometary composition, detect large-sized embedded structures and stratification, characterize the surface structure and electrical properties, and detect small scale irregularities within the comet. The Rosetta probe, which was launched in 2004, is on one of the most technologically advanced missions ever attempted – to land on a comet at 24,600mph!
The spaceship was sent into a slumber in June 2011 so it could save energy for its long journey to the 2.5-mile frozen rock, known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta's Philae lander will carry out several tests on the comet's surface.
The probe will rendezvous with the comet in the coming months and drop its Philae lander docks onto its icy surface in November – a move that has never been attempted before. The comet has almost no gravity, so the probe will have to use harpoons and ice anchors to clamp on to the surface. By studying the comet's dust and gas, Rosetta will help scientists learn more about the evolution of the solar system.
About the mission:
Rosetta is a robotic spacecraft built and launched by the European Space Agency to perform a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It is part of the ESA Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions and is the first mission designed to both orbit and land on a comet. Rosetta was launched in March 2004 on an Ariane 5 rocket and will reach the comet in August 2014.See the European Space Agency website for more information about Rosetta and the mission
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