Historical announcement · April 26, 2019. This article documents a completed 2019 trade show. Product specifications and capability claims below reflect the original announcement and have not been newly verified as current.
The 2019 announcement
Eclipse Composite Engineering announced plans to display its 1-meter Pioneer Series segmented carbon fiber reflector at SATELLITE 2019 in Washington, D.C.
The announcement highlighted Eclipse’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) carbon fiber antenna systems. These systems were described as designed for emergency, exploratory, and defense operations, with an emphasis on portability and rapid deployment.
Pioneer Series
At the time of the announcement, the Pioneer product line included 60 cm, 80 cm, 1-meter, and 1.3-meter segmented reflectors for Ka, Ku, and X-band operations. The original article described these carbon fiber reinforced parabolic reflectors as lightweight yet robust.
Original featured capabilities
The archived article listed the following features. These are historical claims from the 2019 announcement:
- Compact, lightweight design
- Lighter than compatible metallic systems
- Multi-band carbon fiber reflector
- Removable feed
- Identical, interchangeable petals
- No tools required
- Tested in 45 km/h wind load conditions
- Operated in military-grade environments for more than a decade
- Painted options available
- Patented design
- Highly reflective materials
Event information
The SATELLITE 2019 Conference and Exhibition was scheduled for May 6–9, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The archived announcement identified Eclipse’s exhibition booth as #2242. These details refer to the completed 2019 event.
The original publication date was verified in the archived article’s WordPress metadata.