{"id":3320,"date":"2016-01-15T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T08:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2016-01-13T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T10:26:03","slug":"satellite-test-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite test equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\" alt=\"Z+ \" width=\"500\" height=\"125\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdklambdablog.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tdklambdablog.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Satellites are put through highly intensive testing to ensure reliable performance once they are deployed in space.  Power supplies used for this testing also have to be reliable as system tests are often very lengthy, and test equipment failure may mean a test has to be re-run.  A resulting delay in the satellite launch schedule can cost millions.  TDK-Lambda\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" target=\"_blank\">Z+ programmable<\/a> products and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/drd\" target=\"_blank\">DRB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/drf\" target=\"_blank\">DRF<\/a> fixed output DIN rail power supplies were selected for a test bench, not just for their reliability, but for the product knowledge that was provided by the TDK-Lambda team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" target=\"_blank\">www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" target=\"_blank\">www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/drf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/drb\" target=\"_blank\">www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/drb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellites are put through highly intensive testing to ensure reliable performance once they are deployed in space. Power supplies used for this testing also have to be reliable as system tests are often very lengthy, and test equipment failure may mean a test has to be re-run. A resulting delay in the satellite launch schedule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,52,60,22,4,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-application-solutions","category-drb","category-drf","category-products","category-test-measurement","category-z-plus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Satellites are put through highly intensive testing to ensure reliable performance once they are deployed in space. Power supplies used for this testing also have to be reliable as system tests are often very lengthy, and test equipment failure may mean a test has to be re-run. A resulting delay in the satellite launch schedule [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TDK-Lambda UK Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dulcie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dulcie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dulcie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\"},\"headline\":\"Satellite test equipment\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":120,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Application Solutions\",\"DRB\",\"DRF\",\"Products\",\"Test &amp; Measurement\",\"Z+\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/\",\"name\":\"Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"125\",\"caption\":\"Z+\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/15\\\/satellite-test-equipment\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Satellite test equipment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"TDK-Lambda UK Blog\",\"description\":\"TDK-Lambda EMEA Power Supply News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\",\"name\":\"Dulcie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dulcie\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/author\\\/dulcie\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","og_description":"Satellites are put through highly intensive testing to ensure reliable performance once they are deployed in space. Power supplies used for this testing also have to be reliable as system tests are often very lengthy, and test equipment failure may mean a test has to be re-run. A resulting delay in the satellite launch schedule [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/","og_site_name":"TDK-Lambda UK Blog","article_published_time":"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Dulcie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dulcie","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/"},"author":{"name":"Dulcie","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb"},"headline":"Satellite test equipment","datePublished":"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/"},"wordCount":120,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","articleSection":["Application Solutions","DRB","DRF","Products","Test &amp; Measurement","Z+"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/","name":"Satellite test equipment &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-15T08:20:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","width":"500","height":"125","caption":"Z+"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2016\/01\/15\/satellite-test-equipment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Satellite test equipment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/","name":"TDK-Lambda UK Blog","description":"TDK-Lambda EMEA Power Supply News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb","name":"Dulcie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dulcie"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/author\/dulcie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}