Dassault Aviation has worked on the Rafale fighter, the Falcon business jet family, the Hermes spaceplane, and the IXV reentry demonstrator.
Hermes had a 200W transmitter tube, while the norm at the time was 20W, and it was powered by a 1 KW solar array.
Hermes was the first satellite communications satellite to use the new 12/14 GHz band.
The European Space Agency provided the 1200 watts solar panels for Hermes.
In 1987, Communications Minister Flora MacDonald accepted an Emmy awarded to the Department of Communications and NASA for their joint role in developing Ku-band satellite technology through the Hermes program.
Hermes was the first GEO communications satellite to be launched with spin stabilization and transformed into 3-axis stabilization while in GEO.
Hermes was considered the most powerful communications satellite of its day at the time of its launch.
Hermes was manufactured by the Communications Research Centre Canada and was launched on January 17, 1976.
Hermes was the first to use Field Effect transistors in space, reducing noise levels in its receivers and enabling small portable uplinks.
The Communications Technology Satellite (CTS), also known as Hermes, was announced on April 20, 1971, as a joint mission between Canada’s Department of Communications and NASA.
Canada designed and manufactured the Hermes satellite, while NASA tested, launched, and operated it.
The Hermes program played a major role in the development of the Canadian space industry by transferring space technology from the Communications Research Centre to Canadian industries.
Hermes was the first GEO communications satellite to use a large deployable sun tracking solar array, allowing 100% of the solar cells to point at the sun at all times.
Hermes was designed for a two-year lifespan and was used for various experiments until November 1979.
Hermes was the first 3-axis stabilized communications satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO), becoming the standard design configuration for all commercial GEO satellites.
Researchers at the INGV stand will guide visitors towards payloads HERMES and SUN TRACKER, which are part of missions at extreme altitudes.
Small winged spacecraft have a limited record of success, with the European Space Agency's Hermes spaceplane and the US Air Force's Dyna-Soar both canceled during development.
Equipped with the HERMES X-ray detector, the nanosatellite will scan the cosmos for gamma ray bursts.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen stated that Europe would have been better prepared for space if they had developed the Hermes crewed space vehicle 25 years ago.
Speedbird Aero has formed strategic alignments with leading Latin American companies such as iFood, ABInbev, B2W, and Hermes Pardini.