HEMPT-NG2 Consortium Members
The HEMPT-NG2 consortium is led by TD (Thales Deutschland GmbH), responsible for thruster development and integrated EPS. There are other European Industrial partners.
These seven partners present in the four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdoms) will develop an economical and well performing HEMPT LEO EPS to guarantee European leadership, competitiveness and non-dependence of European capabilities in electric propulsion.
The HEMPT-NG2 consortium is led by TD (Thales Deutschland GmbH), responsible for thruster development and integrated EPS. There are other European Industrial partners.
These seven partners present in the four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdoms) will develop an economical and well performing HEMPT LEO EPS to guarantee European leadership, competitivenes...
- AST providing the Fluidic Management System,
- TAS-B and ASP responsible for the LEO PPUs
- Aerospazio, providing excellent test facilities and know-how as well as their experience for diagnostics and non intrusive optical investigation (e.g. LIF). They will provide critical diagnostics data to calibrate the lifetime modelling
- The University of Greifswald will provide plasma simulation to provide the necessary inputs for lifetime prediction. The models will be augmented by the diagnostics data taken on the test specimens.
- TAS-UK will provide key inputs updating the business case for the LEO application. TAS-UK as Platform Provider, integrating the EPS on spacecraft level, will maturate the spacecraft side interface definitions and is the contact for spacecraft integration and spacecraft interaction studies.
HEMPT-NG2 Consortium overview
As Power Lead Center inside the Thales Alenia Space group, Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM is the European number one in power conditioning and distribution equipment for any type of satellites. Thales Alenia Space in Belgium is a Belgian industrial establishment with over 600 employees, 35’400 square meters of which 6’550 square meters of cleanrooms.
Aerospazio Tecnologie was founded in 2000 with the aim of providing testing and engineering services in the fields of vacuum technology and Electric Space Propulsion to European industries and R&D organisations. In 2003, the first vacuum test facility was employed for the endurance test of the RIT-22 thruster proposed by Astrium (now part of Airbus D&S) for the ESA Bepi-Colombo mission to Mercury.
The University of Greifswald was founded in 1456 and is one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe. Over 12,000 students from all over the world receive the most modern academic instruction and exciting research opportunities in a time-honoured environment. Research priorities at the University of Greifswald are in the life sciences, physics and geosciences, cultural interaction in the Baltic/Nordic region, as well as law and economics. Scientists engage in inter-disciplinary collaborations across faculties and aim for excellence in both research and teaching.
TAS-UK is a subsidiary company of Thales Alenia Space. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a key supplier of satellite and orbital infrastructure solutions. The company develops the very latest space and ground segment technologies for scientific, commercial, military and security applications. It is a global market leader in telecommunications, navigation, space exploration and Earth observation, particularly for weather forecasting, altimetry, oceanography and environmental management applications.
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defense, aerospace and security markets worldwide. 22.000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems support Thales leading-edge technology.
The company Advanced Space Technologies GmbH has been founded by Dr. Harmann in June 2010. Funded by the European Commission, AST gained technological leadership in miniaturized fluid control components.
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH is a privately owned company registered in Germany. ASP is fully registered as Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME). The company was founded in January 2004. It is 100% privately owned. Most of the owners work in the company, a fact that definitely supports the strategic direction of the company towards long-term and sustainable business.