Mecano ID is a French company that supports the space, nuclear, and aeronautics sectors by developing mechanical and thermal systems for harsh environments. They offer services including mechanical systems engineering, composite development and manufacturing, and mechanical and thermal testing. Mecano ID provides standard and specific products like instruments, equipment, structural components, and passive mechanisms. The company partners with major players such as Thales Alenia Space and CNES and supports programs like ExoMars, Solar Orbiter, and Eutelsat.
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Mecano ID’s EOS deployer is designed to be lightweight and to prevent deployed satellites from spinning.
Airbus Defence and Space contracted Mecano ID to support development of Teleo, an optical communications demonstration, on the BADR-8 geostationary communications satellite.
Momentus plans to send the Skykraft microsatellite into orbit using EOS, a separation ring developed by Mecano ID with funding from the French space agency CNES.
The French government awarded more than one million euros ($1,170,000) to Toulouse-based Mecano ID to accelerate development of a small satellite deployer.
Mecano ID derives 90% of its $10,000,000 annual revenue from the space sector.
Mecano ID spent the last year developing the Ejection Of Satellite (EOS) separation system for smallsats between 20 and 60 kg.
Mecano ID is expanding into the smallsat business with assistance from the French space agency CNES.