At the end of 2023, the SUBCO team visited the ASN Manufacturing Facilities in London and Calais, which was part of the tech demonstration of the manufacturing of the Repeaters, Branching Units and Cable. As we are now well underway with the manufacturing process, initial tests have been completed to ensure the cable aligns with the performance specifications.
The post assembly verification tests for the repeaters included, but weren’t limited to:
- The repeater parameters (configuration topologies)
- The optical gain and the optical output power
- The optical gain characteristics and optical output power
- The repeater Noise Figure
- The optical supervisory parameters
- The optical bandwidth
- The test temperatures
- The repeater voltage drop vs current
Chief Operating Officer – Lee Harper said, “The achievement and passing of these events is truly a great moment for the project and our team. For me at least, this moment really marks the beginning of the system becoming real. I look forward to receiving many more acceptance packages and ultimately System Assembly Testing towards the end of the year. Thank you to all the team for the progress made so far”.