Orbital Research

Orbital Research Ltd. manufactures frequency converters and RF components for the satellite communications industry. Founded in 2003 and based at 8501 Commerce Court in Burnaby, British Columbia, just outside Vancouver, the company designs and builds its products in Canada and sells worldwide, with a European contact number in the Netherlands. It is certified to AS9100D and describes its products as rugged, high-performance hardware for adverse conditions on Earth and in space.

Products

• Low noise block downconverters (LNBs) with very low phase noise, high stability and long-term reliability for C, X, Ku, Ka and Q-band applications
• Block downconverters (BDCs) in a wide range of bandwidths, frequencies and connector configurations, used by systems integrators
• Low noise amplifiers (LNAs), including customised third-party GaAs FET LNAs matched to Orbital BDCs
• Space-based frequency converters, including a 26 GHz K-band receiver for CubeSats and small satellites, with custom units available
• Block upconverters and custom frequency conversion architectures
• System interface products: bias tees, the mux tee (a bias tee combined with a 10 MHz multiplexer), oscillators and power supplies

Team

The leadership team includes a founder with more than 30 years of experience designing and installing earth stations in remote locations for satellite carriers and equipment manufacturers, an engineering physics graduate with a background in SATCOM and military communications, an operations lead with more than 15 years in the satellite sector, a product development and engineering lead with experience at Norsat, Nokia and TRIUMF and a master's degree in RF engineering, and a supply chain lead with over 30 years at Norsat, Honeywell and Avcorp.

Customers

Testimonials on the site come from systems integrators and laboratories, including Lite Coms, L3Harris, Acorde and Intelligent Designs, citing performance, packaging, support and pricing of the LNBs and mux tees. Products are sold through an online store with a weekly newsletter.

Shows

Orbital Research appears in the exhibitor lists of the Small Satellite Conference 2027, Space Tech Expo Europe 2026 and SATELLITE 2027.

Contact

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