Ground Segment — Space Hardware Marketplace

CANDELABRA

• System typeArtificial sun simulator / precision lighting array
• Simulated environmentLunar south pole lighting conditions
• Coverage area30 × 20 m

Precision artificial sun simulator for the ESA-DLR LUNA Analog Facility in Cologne, replicating the grazing-angle, high-contrast lighting conditions…

TensorEGSE

• Dimensions164 x 96 x 27 (H) mm3
• Available Controlled Power Supply Line3.3 V, 5 V
• InterfaceUART, RS-485, RS-422/CAN

Compact all-in-one Electrical Ground Support Equipment for testing and configuring Tensor Tech ADCS boards, CMGs, and FSS units.

ADCS Testbed

• Air-Bearing Platform — Position of Center of Mass, manually adjustable (X, Y, Z axes)25 mm (± 12.5 mm)
• Air-Bearing Platform — Turbine Torque5 μNm (typical)
• Air-Bearing Platform — Travel Angle< ± 12 deg for regular platform (Max. load 30 kg); < ± 22 deg for small platform (Max. load 10 kg)

Ground test facility for ADCS calibration, mass-properties measurement, and algorithm validation: air-bearing platform, triaxial Helmholtz cage, and solar…

Solar Array Simulator (SAS)

Rack-mount EGSE that simulates spacecraft solar arrays with individually controllable IV curves for satellite integration and test.

Integrated Test Rack (ITR) / Ground Support Equipment

• Rack Format19" shock-mounted rack, up to 32U
• Typical ComponentsFrame Sync Box, SC Control Box, Solar Array Simulator, GPS time sync, power supplies, UPS
• Frame Sync Time-Tagging Accuracy1 microsecond

Turn-key, modular EGSE rack for spacecraft command, control, and integration and test, running Tiger Innovations' StreamLINK software.

ThumbNet N3 SDR Receiver

Compact USB SDR receiver dongle for ThumbNet citizen-science ground stations, tuned for 400MHz-band ThumbSat downlink and ADS-B reception,…

Test Space – Thermal Vacuum & Vibration Testing

Combined thermal-vacuum and vibration test facility in Brno for space, defence, automotive and electronics hardware qualification.

TRONE & CRUSOE EGSE

• TRONE - TRL level4
• TRONE - Availability2028
• TRONE - Interface supportSpaceWire, LVDS, CAN, RS-422, SPI, Ethernet, custom links

Modular electrical ground support equipment platforms for satellite AIT: TRONE for full-scale payload emulation, CRUSOE as an entry-level…

Trimble Alloy GNSS Reference Receiver

Multi-constellation GNSS reference receiver used as a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS), including in International GNSS Service (IGS)…

TSD I/F Bridge

Rack-mountable interface bridge connecting on-board interfaces (SpaceWire, SerDes) to standard Ethernet.

Command & Telemetry Ground Units

• ArchitecturePC-based, Windows OS
• Coding hardwareFPGA-based PCI board
• I/F to ModulatorRS422 Data + Clock

PC-based TT&C ground units implementing CCSDS telemetry decoding and telecommand encoding chains.

EGSE and SCOE Ground Test Equipment

• Programs supportedPRISMA, SENTINEL-3, ISS EML, SAR-LUPE, ARGO, FOTON, VIRTIS/Rosetta/Venus Express, USV, TEXUS/MINITEXUS/MAXUS/MASER sounding rockets, stratospheric balloon TC ground station

Family of Electrical Ground Support Equipment and Special Check-Out Equipment supporting numerous ESA and ASI missions.

CWICOM Validation & Evaluation Platform

Ground validation platform for the CCSDS Wavelet Image Compression (CWICOM) ASIC.

RF Management & Switching Control Units for Ground Stations

• FunctionsSignal routing, distribution, amplification, attenuation, monitoring, filtering, frequency translation
• InterfacesFront-panel GUI and web-based remote MMI
• CertificationCE

RF interface and switching control units for SATCOM ground stations and automated test equipment, handling signal routing, distribution,…

Cryogenic LNA Range (Radio Astronomy & Deep Space)

• W-band72 - 116 GHz, ~31 K average noise temperature
• Q-band31 - 50 GHz, ~14 K average noise temperature
• K-Ka band18 - 32.4 GHz, ~8 K average noise temperature

Cryogenically-cooled low-noise amplifier portfolio spanning UHF to W-band for radio astronomy, deep-space ground stations and quantum computing applications.

Outdoor Frequency Converters (Up/Down Converters)

• Ku-band up-converter (1)950-1450 MHz IF -> 12.75-13.25 GHz RF
• Ku-band up-converter (2)950-1700 MHz IF -> 13.75-14.5 GHz RF
• Ku super-extended up-converter950-1450/1700 MHz IF -> 12.75-14.5 GHz RF

Outdoor-rated Ku/DBS-band up-converters and Q-band down-converter modules for ground station uplink/downlink chains, with redundancy and remote monitoring.

C-Band GaN SSPA/BUC (800 W – 4.8 kW)

New-generation GaN-based C-band solid-state power amplifiers/block upconverters for broadcast SATCOM ground stations, from 800 W single units to…

X-Band LNA for Earth Observation & Lunar Communications

• Variant 1 frequency7.9 - 8.5 GHz
• Variant 2 frequency8.0 - 8.5 GHz
• Variant 3 frequency8.4 - 8.5 GHz

New-generation low-noise amplifiers (LNAs/LNBs) for X-band satcom ground stations, engineered for earth observation and lunar communication receive chains.