The first successful landing on Mars was by the U.S.’s Viking 1 in 1975 (the Soviet Union tried five times to land on Mars, starting in 1962! China is sending Tianwen-1, set to land in May/June).

The successful recent landing on Mars by Perseverance was an exciting event for the U.S. and the international space community. Many in our industry work daily to make sure that the systems and satellites and truly amazing achievements of our human-kind make sure that the things that we fling into outer space work correctly. You don’t get a second chance.

In this EMC LIVE Keynote event, supported by our friends at NASA, we will discuss some of the challenges and triumphs of successfully launching—and landing—contrivances that help us understand our universe.

Our friends and colleagues—John McCloskey and Robert Houle— join Mike Violette in a session that will take a look at the legacy and ongoing efforts to make space more accessible and understandable. The work of EMC engineers across our industries supports the delicate and complex art of placing our robotic emissaries into orbit and beyond.

The earliest EMC requirements for space-based missions were largely adopted from Military standards, tailored for the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions. As systems evolved and an understanding of the interaction of on-platform subsystems, the requirements fleshed out to reflect various threats and functional issues: emissions and immunity, the on-launch pad, and on-orbit and interplanetary electromagnetic environments. Effects such as “Space Charging” and “Radiation Hardening” and the critical requirement for extremely sensitive and low-noise radio communications are tackled by experts in the government and industrial partners.

John and Robert will help us assess some of the most important issues about EMC in Space. Just some of the issues touched will be:

• NASA Goddard’s EMC Contribution
• Design considerations
• Origin of standards
• Test Planning
• What NASA does right (or could be better)
• What do the next 20 years mean for EMC and RF engineers…

Join us for a lively discussion and a bit of fun.

As more and more customers are looking to shed the hassle of test system development and sourcing, there has been an increased demand for turnkey solutions from the test and measurement industry. In response to this, AR has created a line of ‘Predefined’ systems designed to meet the base requirements of many of today’s most common EMC test standards. In this product demonstration, AR’s Flynn Lawrence will describe the rationale behind these systems and how they can be customized to fit your specific needs.

Quell’s “NEW” EESeal+™ Inserts for connectors add EMI/RFI and Transient protection to your standard connectors in seconds. The patented EESeal+™ uses highly conductive silicone rubber to create a complete ground plane inside the connector which gives EESeal+™ lower inductance. This lower inductance, along with discrete capacitors and/or integral capacitors, allows for EMI noise mitigation up to 40GHz+. Typical applications are Military/Defense, Aerospace, and more. “Free” custom samples can be designed and shipped in as little as 48 hours!

What happens when you perform conducted emission compliance testing and you discover an issue? Placing a filter into your application can be the easiest solution but there are a few things that come along with that choice.

In this presentation, we will review parameters and criteria that may need to be reviewed more closely. How to work around limitations your design imposes on the filter choice. And how and where the filter should be used. We will also investigate some options that can be done that improve emissions without the use of the filter.

How do in-house, state-of-the-art EMC and environmental test proficiencies laboratories reduce your bottom line? How do they make the process smoother, faster, and more importantly – successful? We’ll review case studies of how this top tool has helped OEMs like you become more efficient, with better outcomes.