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Rhopoint Components to showcase solutions at FISS 2025

Rhopoint Components will be showcasing products it supplies as a specialist distributor of precision electronic components, sensors, connectors and modular systems at the Farnborough International Space Show (FISS) 2025, being held in the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre 19th-20th March.
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Rhopoint will showcase a selection of the wide range of components available for use in the aerospace and space sectors. These parts have either been approved or designed for such specific application.

The Farnborough International Space Show (FISS) is the UK’s largest international event pioneering the commercial space age and advancing space domain defence. This annual exhibition and conference connects the space ecosystem across industry, defence, government and academia on a global scale.

The event will be co-located with the 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, a world-renowned conference to share crucial, emerging knowledge in pursuit of protecting the planet and its people.

The show will cover six key themes: Commercial Space, Operations and Manufacturing, Sustainability in Space, Security and Defence, Space Exploration and Earth Observation.

Products on display from Rhopoint will include:

  • EEE approved surface-mount current sensing resistors by Isabellenhütte and ultra-precision resistors from VPG.
  • ISOCOM radiation-hardened electronic components for high reliability applications with products including Optocouplers, Power MOSFETs, Solid State Relays (MOSFET Switches)
  • EEE approved pressure sensors from Emerson Paine.
  • Robust and accurate general-purpose load cells from Lord Sensing Stellar Technology.
  • Custom and space approved Temperature sensors by RdF from 4 Kelvin to 1500°c

Rhopoint is an authorised partner for over 25 industry-leading manufacturers from around the world offering an extensive range of stocked lines and fully customised solutions to meet customer requirements. With highly-skilled field-based sales engineers, technical expertise is  backed by an efficient sales and distribution operation, covering their entire product range, from their UK based facility.

Rhopoint Ltd. was founded in 1975 with the aim to support engineers specialising in the design of electronics and product development by offering a selection of precision resistors to the UK market.

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