Fraunhofer-Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
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CIRA’s testing campaign exposed Space Rider’s body flap to a high-velocity impact at Fraunhofer EMI to simulate a micrometeorite or orbital debris strike.
ESA used its ground station network, optical observation data from Neuraspace and Sybilla Technologies, and radar data from Fraunhofer FHR’s TIRA system to track the Coronagraph spacecraft’s orbit and attitude motion.
The companies that participated in the QKD demonstration include MO Space and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI).
Fraunhofer FHR captured the TIRA radar image of the Chinese ZhuQue-3 upper stage at 10:30 local time.
Fraunhofer FHR acquired the TIRA radar image on behalf of WRLageZ.
Fraunhofer FHR used its space-surveillance radar TIRA to capture a radar image of the ZhuQue-3 upper stage.
NordSpace is conducting a collaborative R&D project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and German engineering firm SWMS to integrate high-speed laser deposition and AI-driven path planning into its production line.
The initiative includes an £8 million investment in Fraunhofer UK’s applied photonics center in Glasgow.
Fraunhofer EMI maintains light-gas guns at its facilities in Freiburg and Efringen-Kirchen for simulating hypervelocity impacts.
The W-Cube mission was conducted in collaboration with a consortium of leading European institutions and companies, including the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF.
The GaN HEMTs were developed, fabricated, and characterized within the in-house semiconductor line at the Fraunhofer IAF.
The GaN power amplifier HEMTs developed at Fraunhofer IAF enable more compact and energy-efficient communication systems for satellites.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics (IAF) has developed high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) based on the wide-bandgap semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) with a gate length of only 70 nm.
GESTRA was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (FHR) in Wachtberg.
Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics UK received £247,000 to develop low-cost, room-temperature photon counting detectors for imaging, sensing, and optical communications.
Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics UK received £240,000 to develop a low SWaP LiDAR instrument mountable on unmanned aerial vehicles for Earth observation.
HENSOLDT has agreed to cooperate with the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR to transform the GESTRA technology demonstrator into a series-production ready, operationally deployable system called Custodian.
HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH and Fraunhofer FHR signed a license agreement for the GESTRA/Custodian technology on 2023-01-12.
HENSOLDT, Fraunhofer FHR, and the German Space Agency have established a coordination committee to support commercialization of the Custodian technology and to serve as a platform for joint activities to build an international radar network.
HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH and Fraunhofer FHR signed a license agreement on 2023-01-12.