Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH (ASP) 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. ASP staff number is ca. 100. Throughout its existence, ASP achieved – without any year of exception – a steady growth of turnover, number of staff and profit. The company invested continuously into new buildings, facilities and tools to cope with the demands of the business growth as well as the introduction of new technologies.
ASP possesses unique experience in design and manufacturing of high voltage electronics for space applications. This predestines the company for the development and production of Power Supply Units for electrical propulsion (PPUs), which usually need high voltages to provide sufficient thrust. Predecessor versions of the PPU subject to the HEMPT-NG2 project have been developed under DLR funding and in ESA´s GSTP program.
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH (ASP) 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. ASP staf...
Business and strategic focus
The ASP design team looks back on in average more than twenty years of space experience per person, with major participation in a large number of national and international space programs. ASP´s main focus is on the development, manufacturing and test of various types of power electronics equipment for spacecraft and launchers such as:
The ASP design team looks back on in average more than twenty years of space experience per person, with major participation in a large number of national and international space programs. ASP´s main focus is on the development, manufacturing and test of various types of power electronics equipment for spacecraft and launchers such as:
- High Voltage Power Supplies (incl. for electric propulsion)
- Instrument Power Distribution Units (IPDUs)
- Power Control and Distribution Units
- DC/DC Converters
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH
Am Wasserstall 2
D-88682 Salem / Germany
www.asp-equipment.de
Role of Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH in the project
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH will develop LEO power processing units. ASP directly implements the flight representative design and builds an EQM for qualification representative of the flight units.
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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.