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ESMATS 2023

20th European Space Mechanisms
and Tribology Symposium
Organised by Astronika Sp z o.o.
20th - 22nd September, 2023

Sponsoring and Exhibiting at ESMATS 2023

As with previous ESMATS there will be opportunities to sponsor the event and for equipment suppliers / related organisations to have an exhibition stand. As a sponsor your company logo will appear on the esmats.eu website along with company and product / service details – an ideal opportunity to promote your company and its products / services to a uniquely targeted audience. If you would like to sponsor ESMATS2023 or are interested in exhibiting your products / services / company at ESMATS2023 please contact us at esmats2023-exhibition@astronika.pl – more details can be found on the exhibitors page.

    • As a sponsor your company logo will appear:
      • On the ESMATS website (with the company and product/service information).
      • On conference gadgets.
      • On the slide that will be displayed during the conference breaks.
    • Sponsors can also add an insert into the welcome pack (as for example promotional flyer or any other gadget agreed with the Organizing Committee)
    • Sponsorship includes an exhibition booth and a single symposium registration seat
    • The fee for sponsorship is: 5000 EUR (net)

We look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw in 2023.

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The European Space Agency (ESA)

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

Formed in 1973, when a Ministerial Conference in the Hague approved a highly ambitious space programme to carry the European space effort into the new millennium.

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Since the last ESMATS, The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was successfully launched aboard an Ariane 5 from Kourou on Christmas Day 2021. JWST then took 30 days to tarvel to the Lagrange-2 position during which the sunshield and mirror segments were successfully deployed. Once at the L2 position the segments were correctly aligned and the instruments commissioned. The above images show the Hubble (left) and JWST (right) images taken of the Eagle Nebula. Other successes include BepiColombo completing a 2nd swing-by of Mercury on the 23rd June 2022, Vega-C completing its inaugural flight on the 13th July 2022 and Solar Orbiter made its closest approach yet to the Sun on 12th October 2022.

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ESA member states

ESA has 22 Member States; Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Further to the 22 Member States, Canada and Slovenia, based on their agreements with ESA, also qualify to fully participate in the programmes of the ESA Education Office. Seven other EU states have Cooperation Agreements with ESA: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia.
By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.

ESA develops the launchers, spacecraft and ground facilities needed to keep Europe at the forefront of global space activities.

Today, it launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space.

ESA’s purpose shall be to provide for, and to promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among European States in space research and technology and their space applications, with a view to their being used for scientific purposes and for operational space applications systems:

  • by elaborating and implementing a long-term European space policy, by recommending space objectives to the Member States, and by concerting the policies of the Member States with respect to other national and international organisations and institutions;
  • by elaborating and implementing activities and programmes in the space field;
  • by coordinating the European space programme and national programmes, and by integrating the latter progressively and as completely as possible into the European space programme, in particular as regards the development of applications satellites;
  • by elaborating and implementing the industrial policy appropriate to its programme and by recommending a coherent industrial policy to the Member States.

Contact details:

Website: www.esa.int

Maxon

From concept through design and engineering to production, maxon has the technical know-how to cover the complete process of designing and manufacturing brushed and brushless DC electric motors, gearboxes (both planetary and spur), feedback devices and control. Customized drive solutions are an integral part of the company’s strategy, supported by a large engineering division.  Founded 1961 maxon has now grown to >3000 employees spread over 30 countries, with over 1300 at the headquarters in Sachseln, Switzerland. Further production facilities are located near Freiburg, Germany (where all gearheads and some motor subassemblies are produced), Veszprem, Hungary (where certain manually intensive windings and brush-cover assemblies are produced as well as a number of high volume motor types), Korea (for all ECi motors), France, The Netherlands and USA. The last three locations specialize in modifying existing designs for local markets.Areas of special technical competence include machining of high precision metal and plastic parts, precision injection molding (both plastics, metals and ceramics), jig & tooling design and production, magnetic field simulations, development of motor controllers and encoders as well as the overall design of custom electric motors and gearboxes.

Approximately 90% of maxon’s annual production of nearly 5 million motors is for customer specific models. The remaining 10% of “catalog products” constitute the basis from which most customer modifications are made.

Maxon is ISO9100 certified (and was only the 7th company in Switzerland to achieve this in 1988). More recently ISO14001 (environmental standards) certification in 2006, ISO 13485 (medical standards) certification in 2007, EN9100 (Aerospace and Defense) in 2011 and IATF 16949 (Automotive) in 2022 were added.

 

Mars helicopter “Ingenuity”
Six Brushed DC motors (DCX10 S) as swashplate actuators
The above image of the helicopter is publicly released but the usage is regulated by JPL’s image use policy.

Maxon has had experience in formal participation with space programs since the early 1990’s. Starting with the first Mars rover, Sojourner, landing in 1997, maxon has been a regular partner with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Both rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on Mars in January 2005, each have 39 brushed maxon motors for the drive wheels, steering, camera mast and science arm. The Phoenix lander also used 7 brushed motors for positioning the two solar panels and moving the science arm. The Insight Mars lander also used brushed motors to deploy the solar arrays and hammer the mole instrument into the ground. More recently the sample handling system inside the Perseverance rover and the swashplate actuators on the Ingenuity Mars helicopter used both brushed and brushless motor and planetary gearboxes.

Contact details:
maxon international
Brunigstrasse 220
6072 Sachseln
Switzerland
Contact person: Stefan Dillier (maxon SpaceLab customer support)  Stefan.Dillier@maxongroup.com
Website: www.maxongroup.com

 

Sener Aerospace & Defence

Sener has been a leading supplier of high-performance aerospace systems for Space, Defence and Science for more than 50 years, with high added value technological developments.

We are part of the Sener engineering and technology group, founded in 1956. The Sener Group has near 3,000 professionals in offices in five continents and works in the Aerospace, Infrastructure, Energy and Marine sectors.

In Space, it supplies electromechanical components and systems, navigation systems (GNC/AOCS), communications, astronomy and optics systems, and it is currently participating in the main programs of ESA and NASA (including Euclid, Meteosat Third Generation, Solar Orbiter, JUICE, Proba-3, Hubble, Galileo, Rosetta, Gaia, Herschel and Planck, IXV, BepiColombo, Psyche and Mars 2020) and the European Southern Observatory; in the Space commercial market, is a leading supplier of telemetry and telecommand antennas and a regular supplier of all types of antennas, passive equipment and radio frequency assets for the leading international manufacturers of communications satellites, even in programmes for the so called New Space.

We have been making the future of space exploration possible since 1967. We have been applying our solid experience in the human adventure of outer space since 1967. It is a scientific challenge that we are passionate about and that has led us to demonstrate our capabilities in programs for the most important space agencies, such as ESA, NASA, JAXA… Our technological quality turns essential components and equipment into a reality for all kinds of satellites in Earth orbit and for interplanetary exploration.

History of SENER’s involvement in space programmes

Electromechanical Systems

We began our space odyssey by developing structural mechanisms and components. Today we are a key supplier of electromechanical components and systems for the European Space Agency (ESA) including deployable systems, high precision pointing and positioning systems, sweeping systems, as well as gripping and release systems. Our equipment includes different functional elements and their integration within the electromechanical system including radio frequency, optics, power and thrust systems, etc., adapting the system to our clients’ needs.

We have more than half a century of experience in the design, manufacture, verification and final integration of critical electromechanical components and systems for space, with 100% reliability: in all our space history, none of the hundreds of pieces of equipment supplied by Sener Aerospace & Defence have recorded any failure in flight.

Rotary Actuators

Sener’s DTA family of rotary actuators is based on electric motors designed and manufactured in our own facilities. This allows us to benefit from full vertical integration and have control over all design and MAIT (Manufacturing, Assembly, Inspection and Test) activities.

Our DTA actuators are available in a variety of diameters from 2 to 10 centimeters with kinematic chains, position sensors, heaters, connectors, etc. They are characterized by high holding torque and outstanding technical performance, in addition to being used in scientific missions, institutional missions and commercial telecommunications platforms.

At Sener, we have been mass-producing them since 2017 and they can be integrated into a wide variety of mission-critical subsystems, such as pointing, deployment and electric propulsion mechanisms, both of our own design and production and those of external clients.

Devices for Space Applications

Our systems include mechanism and electronic control for other features and functionalities such as antennas, robotic elements, autonomous connections, orbital docking systems, landing gear, launcher motor vectoring, ground sample capture and analysis, gates, crew support systems, and instrument structures and benches.

Devices and Electronics for Scientific Payloads

We perform both systems engineering as well as equipment and devices for a wide range of science and biomedical research and applications in manned space flights.

For on-board instrumentation, we collaborate with the scientific community designing and implementing both the mechanisms and the electronics for said instruments in the field of:

  • Filter wheels and mechanisms with their corresponding electronics and control software (ROSETTA, GAIA M2M, Euclid M2M, JUICE-JANUS, ARIEL M2M).
  • Power supplies for instrument subsystems (JUICE-GALA, Comet Interceptor, EnVision).
  • Instrument control electronics (SO-PHI, LISA Pathfinder DMU).
  • Proximity electronics for detectors (World Space Observatory – WSO).

Contact Details for Mechanical Products

Eduardo Urgoiti
T: +34 944 817 604
M: +34 607 204 475
Avda. de Zugazarte 56
48930 Getxo (Bizkaia) – España
Website: www.aerospace.sener
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sener


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CNES - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

Since its inception in 1961, it has helped to make space an El Dorado for technology. From the first flights of Ariane 40 years ago to the recent landing of the MASCOT rover on asteroid Ryugu, CNES is conceiving, designing and developing innovative space solutions, as well as supporting the nation’s most prestigious missions, notably in the field of defence and in advancing science.

While sustaining Europe’s space effort remains a prime focus for the agency, its priority is to serve society.

CNES is constantly pioneering in its five fields of focus

—Ariane, Science, Earth observation, Telecommunications and Defence—and it is also the space agency that has established the most international partnership agreements. Its goal is to develop disruptive programmes and to innovate with cheaper and better solutions geared to the needs of tomorrow. By anticipating the challenges ahead, it is federating Europe’s space efforts and working closely with institutions, industry and scientists at the best research laboratories.

Contact details:

Website: www.cnes.fr – CNES


Astronika

Astronika Sp. z o.o. was established in 2013 by a group of engineers hailing from the Space Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where they were responsible for the development of space mechanisms as well as project coordination.

Astronika’s main field of operation is the design, manufacturing, integration and testing of mechanical devices and systems, with particular interest in novel solutions. While being an SME, Astronika is fully capable of handling a full project life cycle, and to ensure this capability the company constantly expands its manufacturing, laboratory and testing infrastructure, all the while maintaining an extensive network of product and service suppliers who guarantee the highest standards of performance. As of 2019, Astronika employs a staff of 40, and has just opened its own manufacturing workshop and an ISO-7 cleanroom.

The key products and services offered by Astronika are:

  • penetrators and ground sampling devices equipped with unique electromagnetic drives;
  • hold down & release mechanisms characterized by the lack of explosive pyrotechnic elements, low levels of generated vibrations, the potential for reusability, high reliability, as well as light and compact construction;
  • mechanisms based on the tubular tape technology, most notably: antenna systems, booms for small sensors, and ultra-light planetary manipulators;
  • devices supporting S/C operation i.e. CMG (for spacecraft attitude control system), Oscillatory Motor (for space driven deployable appendages like solar panels).
  • consulting services in the fields of space mechanisms design and testing, tribology, product quality engineering and designing bespoke mechanisms (including R&D);

Astronika’s already participated in numerous projects carried out for space agencies and private companies, most notable of which include:

  • HDRM for the EUROSTAR 3000 Deployable Reflector Assembly – the development of a Hold Down and Release Mechanism suitable for the Eurostar 3000 platform Deployable Reflector Assembly (DRA); project carried out in cooperation with AIRBUS Defence and Space; the key features of this HDRM device are non-pyrotechnic release and resettability.
  • Hammering Mechanism for HP3 Penetrator – drive unit for DLRs mole-type penetrator, commissioned by the German Space Agency (DLR), developed for NASA’s InSight Mars mission; the mechanism made use of dry lubricants manufactured in Poland;
  • LP-PWI and RWI for JUICE RPWI – project carried out for ESA, which encompasses the analysis, manufacturing, integration and tests of two instruments for the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer mission:
    • LP-PWI – deployers for a Langmuir probe, characterised by lightness and high pointing accuracy,
    • and RWI – a radio wave antenna system, comprising a novel type of deployment speed dampers and booms covered with DLC coatings which prevent overheating and cold welding.
  • RadMag Instrument Implementation for RADCUBE IOD Mission – development of a boom system for the Cosmic Radiation and Magnetic Field Instrument Package for the Hungarian RadCube CubeSat, commissioned by C3S; this system is characterised by the highest pointing accuracies achieved for a tubular boom system.

Contact details:

Website: www.astronika.pl – Astronika


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KDA - Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace

Space Technology and Systems

Kongsberg Defence&Aerospace (KDA) space activities were established in 1990 and covers:

  • Space engineering: Design, manufacture, AIT and qualifies systems for space
  • Core technologies: Space mechanics, electronics and electro-optics
  • Major supplier in Norway for up-stream space market
  • Customers in Europe and the US

The space group within KDA consist of a core group of about 50 employees with support of the Defence Systems large group of engineer and facilities including cleanrooms, TV chambers, shock and vibration and EMC chambers. Main marked segments are within launcher technology:

  • Attachment and release mechanisms for Ariane 5 boosters
  • Nozzle deployment system for Vinci engine
  • Optical systems for pyro release

and satellite technology:

  • Mechanisms (SADMs and APMs)
  • Control/Drive electronics
  • Electro-Optical instrument systems

 

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KARMA 5 E
Adaptive Rotational Mechanism Assembly

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Data Sheet

 

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ELECTRA 4 SADE

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Rosetta SADM

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Data Sheet

 

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ELECTRA 5 SADE

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Data Sheet

 

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KARMA 4 P
Adaptive Rotational Mechanism Assembly

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Contact details:

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
Kirkegårdsveien 45
P.O. Box 1003
NO-3601 Kongsberg
Norway

Tel: 47 32 28 82 00
Fax: 47 32 28 86 20
e-mail: kda.office@kongsberg.com
Website: www.kongsberg.com


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RUAG Space

Antenna Deployment Pointing Mechanism

As the largest independent supplier of space technology in Europe, RUAG Space develops, manufactures and tests subsystems and equipment for satellites and launch vehicles for institutional and commercial space missions. RUAG Space is the leading supplier of products for the space industry in Europe, and with a growing presence in the United States. Experience, outstanding reliability, customer focus and a comprehensive, clearly structured product portfolio all make RUAG Space the partner of choice for manufacturers of satellites and launchers across the globe.

RUAG Space keeps things moving on board of satellites
Mechanism engineering and production is covered by three of RUAG Space’s thirteen sites: mainly by the one in Zurich, Switzerland – the headquarters of the company – but also by the sites in Vienna, Austria and Coswig in Germany.

RUAG Space is one of the major space mechanism suppliers worldwide. The products are particularly sought after for precise positioning and motion control within payload instrument mechatronics, solar generators, thrusters and antennas.

RUAG Space is the top ranked supplier of Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADA) worldwide, with in-house capabilities to provide clients with turn-key solutions consisting of mechanism and associated drive and control electronics.

The company is specialized particularly in the field of pointing, deployment, high performance separation, payload mechanisms and robotics, qualifying as the only European supplier offering a full range of SADM (Solar Array Drive Mechanism) worldwide from the micro satellite class up to the largest telecom and Earth observation satellites.

RUAG Space Rotary Actuators are used for antenna deployment and pointing, solar array deployment and electric propulsion pointing. For deployments and separation, RUAG offers a broad range of mechanisms with a long history of success. For instance, RUAG Space developed the separation mechanism for the Cassini/Huygens mission as well as for ESA’s ExoMars mission. For ExoMars, RUAG also performed the testing of the Rover’s locomotion system, at Switzerland’s largest tiltable sandbox, perfectly simulating Martian surface characteristics.
RUAG Space offers pointing and positioning mechanisms and subsystems as well as mechanisms for electric propulsion pointing, which are increasingly used on commercial satellite platforms and scientific spacecraft due to their advantages in fuel mass efficiency. Next to products and subsystems, RUAG has a wide portfolio of building blocks such as rotary actuators, motors, dampers and hold-down-and-release mechanisms.

RUAG mechanisms on many missions
The primary deployment mechanism of the solar array for the Hubble Space Telescope, the SADA for the BepiColombo, the electrical propulsion pointing mechanism for SMART-1 and Artemis, the scan mechanism for the IASI Instrument and SADM on the MetOp satellites are examples of RUAG’s mechanism expertise. Also, NASA’s Orion MPCV mission will use RUAG mechanisms. The 2-Axis SADM for the wings of the European Service Module are developed, manufactured and tested in Zurich.

Beyond mechanisms: electronics and structures
RUAG Space’s portfolio further includes electronics and structures for both satellites and launch vehicles. For instance, RUAG Space supplies radiation-hard and fault-tolerant computers to ensure that rockets arrive in space safely and that the various systems on board satellites work together seamlessly, year after year. RUAG counts deliveries to the Ariane program in the hundreds. The company’s data handling systems and control computers for diverse satellite applications are trusted by numerous commercial and scientific missions.

RUAG Space products are chosen by all leading launch service providers. The company has equipped every Ariane rocket with payload fairings since the very first launch in 1979, and its composite structures feature on board the American Atlas rockets. Stage adapters from RUAG connect first and upper stage, or upper stage and spacecraft – with contribution to the American Space Launch System as the most recent mandate.

Contact details:

Eric Wiesmann
Manager Sales and Programs

RUAG Space
RUAG Schweiz AG
Schaffhauserstrasse 580
8052 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone +41 76 451 70 88
E-Mail: eric.wiesmann@ruag.com
Web: www.ruag.com

Follow us:
https://twitter.com/RuagSpace
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ruag-space/


SENER

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In Space, SENER has developed from its beginnings mechanisms and mechanical systems that cover almost all the needs of the Flight Segment. This is backed up with technical solvency, successfully proven on more than 60 satellites and spacecraft currently operating with SENER equipment on board. In fact, SENER has a major history of successful deliveries, with which it has achieved a reputation for quality and reliability in Space. In its 50 years, SENER has supplied over 275 equipment and systems for ESA, NASA, JAXA and Roskosmos’ missions without a single failure. The company has taken part in programmes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Columbus, Envisat, Rosetta, Meteosat SG, Herschel and Planck, MetOp, Mars Science Laboratory, Gaia, Bepi Colombo and Sentinel 1, 2 and 3, as well as commercial missions such as Hispasat, Spainsat or XTAR-EUR. Currently it is working on Juice, Meteosat TG, Solar Orbiter, Euclid and Proba-3, among others. SENER was the first Spanish company to win a European Space Agency (then ESRO) tender, in 1967, to design and build the rocket targeting and launch tower in Kiruna (Sweden).

Products and areas of expertise

SENER takes part in most ESA space programmes as a recognised supplier of mechanisms, mechatronics and complex mechanical systems:

  • hold-down and release mechanisms
  • deployment mechanisms
  • crushable structures and landing systems
  • rotary or linear actuators
  • deployment and speed regulators
  • antenna pointing mechanisms
  • optical mechanisms (wheels, focusing, shutter, calibration, etc)
  • scanning and micro-positioning systems

Moreover, SENER supplies essential items for completing successful missions, such as:

  • optical systems
  • electronic control systems, including control software
  • Attitude and Orbital Control Systems (AOCS)
  • Guidance, and Navigation and Control systems (GNC)

SENER human team has a wide range of engineering expertise areas that cover all major topics involved in our equipments and systems: •Mechanical design

  • Mechanical Design
  • Structural design
  • Thermal design
  • Electronics design
  • Software
  • Optical design
  • Control Engineering
  • GNC/AOCS design
  • Integration and Verification
  • System Engineering
  • System Architecture

Contact details  for mechanical products:

Eduardo Urgoiti
T: +34 944 817 604
M: +34 607 204 475
Avda. de Zugazarte 56
ENTRANCE Cervantes, 8
48930 Getxo (Bizkaia) – España
Website: www.aerospace.sener


Airbus Defence & Space

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2018 it generated revenues of € 64 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

With more than 50 years of experience in designing and building mechanisms for space applications, Airbus Defence and Space continues to deliver the full scope of design, manufacture, qualification, recurring acceptance and delivery of mechanisms.

Since 2017, the CoC Mechanisms (Centre of Competence) brings together all mechanism development activities within the various Airbus Defence and Space sites, creating a transnational team of more than 80 staff members across Germany (Friedrichshafen and Bremen), France (Toulouse) and the UK (Stevenage).

With access to the wider Airbus Defence and Space facilities, organisation and resources, the CoC Mechanisms’ experienced team provides mechanisms customers with:

  • High performance, high reliability and mass efficient mechanisms to meet the exacting demands of the space industry
  • Confidence through experience gained from more than 500 mechanisms delivered for telecommunication and scientific missions
  • A reliability in product performance that is validated by 2300 years of accumulated in-orbit service and zero in-orbit failures
  • An industrial capacity to produce both low volume bespoke and high volume recurring batch production in excess of 100 units
  • A complete mechatronic system including drive electronics,supporting mechanical structures and thermal control, enabling a one-step integration at satellite level

The CoC Mechanisms has supported Airbus Prime missions with mechanisms ranging from Scanners for ICI, MWI, MWS and METimage instruments onboard MetOp SG satellites to SADM and Antenna Deployment and Trimming for E2000, E3000 and OneSat Platforms or Refocusing Mechanisms for Spot satellites.

As a result of this extensive experience in supplying equipment to communication, scientific and test spacecraft for governments, agencies and telecommunication companies around the globe, the CoC Mechanisms has developed a range of products that being modular in design can be  readily modified to meet individual mission requirements. The portfolio includes the following mechanisms:

  • Pointing and Fine Steering (Antenna Pointing, Refocus, Laser Communications)
  • Scanners (Continuous and Discontinuous, for RF and Optical Instruments)
  • Actuators (Linear Actuators, Robotic Arm, Controlled Moment Gyros)
  • Deployment and Trimming (Antennas, 5-meter Unfurlable Reflectors)
  • Solar Array Drives
  • Hold-down and Release
  • Reaction Wheels
  • Cryo Coolers

Contact Details

Airbus Defence and Space Ltd.
Gunnels Wood Road
Stevenage
SG1 2AS
United Kingdom
website: www.airbusdefenceandspace.com

Ian Rathband
Head of Mechanisms and Coolers
email: ian.rathband@airbus.com

Ray Redmond
Head of Mechanisms Products
email: ray.redmond@airbus.com

Nicholas Wilson
Head of Engineering and Development
email: nicholas.wilson@airbus.com