Rakon is a high-tech manufacturer of frequency control and timing solutions for the space industry. They are known for providing high-reliability crystal oscillators, including Ultra Stable OCXOs, and related components designed to withstand extreme space environments. Rakon partners with space agencies like ESA and ISRO, and supplies products for various space missions, including LEO satellite constellations. Their products are used in navigation, communication, observation satellites, and exploration probes.
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Earlier in 2024, Rakon secured multi-million dollar contract wins to supply MRO subsystems for two new low Earth orbit satellite constellations.
Rakon's MRO subsystem is part of the payload for DLR's COMPASSO on-orbit validation project on the Bartolomeo platform attached to the International Space Station.
Sentinel-6 includes an integrated Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) supplied by Rakon.
Sentinel-6 includes a newly qualified Crystal Oscillator (XO) supplied by Rakon.
Rakon’s third-generation USO has improved altimeter accuracy by an order of magnitude and reduced the USO’s weight and volume by two-thirds.
Three Rakon components designed and manufactured in France are on-board the Sentinel-6 satellite.
Rakon has provided components for space missions since the TOPEX/Poseidon mission in 1992 and for subsequent Jason and Sentinel missions.