Tesat is a German company that designs, manufactures, and tests equipment for space applications, primarily focusing on satellite communications. They are a leading manufacturer of products like amplifiers, multiplexers, and optical communication terminals used in communication, navigation, and earth observation satellites. TESAT partners with major players like MDA Space and Lockheed Martin and works with agencies like the German Space Agency (DLR) and ESA.
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The first tests of the UltraAir terminal are planned to take place at the end of 2021 in Tesat’s laboratory in Stuttgart, Germany.
TESAT will provide the ConLCT80 laser communication terminal for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 LEO constellation.
TESAT’s LCT135 is performing approximately 1,000 optical inter-satellite links monthly.
TESAT’s LCT135 had performed more than 51,000 optical inter-satellite links in total as of this writing.
Lockheed Martin Space awarded TESAT a contract for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 program.
TESAT proved the functionality and capability of optical inter-satellite links in Low Earth Orbit with US NFIRE and TerraSAR-X successes in 2008.
Tesat-Spacecom plans to test the optical communications payload for up to two years and to conduct experiments aimed at building a global network of space and ground nodes.
Tesat-Spacecom supplies optical inter-satellite links to U.S. companies building low-Earth-orbit constellations.
Lockheed Martin's $187,500,000 contract will have 10.6% of the work conducted in Backnang, Germany, where Tesat Spacecom is based.
Tesat Spacecom received an order to supply optical intersatellite links for 10 satellites to a U.S. satellite manufacturer.
Kongsberg Satellite Services transfers data in S-band, X-band and Ka-band and is working with Tesat to install optical ground stations.
Tesat-Spacecom developed the optical terminals for EDRS-C with the German Space Agency DLR.
Kongsberg Satellite Services is working with Tesat-Spacecom to add optical nodes to its ground station network.
GomSpace provided the satellite platform that integrates TESAT’s optical terminal for the PIXL demonstration mission.
Tesat built the laser terminals for Europe’s SpaceDataHighway constellation that optically transfers Earth observation imagery to ground stations.
Tesat-Spacecom is an Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary based in Germany that manufactures satellite telecommunications payloads and laser communications technology.
Kongsberg Satellite Services signed a memorandum of understanding with Tesat-Spacecom to work together on optical communications technology.
Tesat-Spacecom of Backnang, Germany is nearly finished developing two commercial laser terminals: a cubesat terminal that can beam 10 gigabits per second between spacecraft at distances up to 6,0 m and a terminal for 10 Gbps space-to-ground communications.
Airbus’ four Pleiades Neo satellites, scheduled for launch in 2020 on two Vega C rockets, will feature Tesat-Spacecom optical links to connect to Europe’s SpaceDataHighway.
Tesat-Spacecom manufactured the optical terminals used on the five-satellite SpaceDataHighway network.