Thales Alenia Space in Belgium
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. The 2019 turnover was above 90M€. The company has more than 50 years of expertise in space and telecommunications, with, among other for this project, design skills in power elements, digital signal processing, and ASICs.
TAS-B Power Conditioning and Distribution Units cover the whole satellite range, from the micro-satellites for Earth observation up to the large geo-stationary satellites for telecom applications, with power needs up to 20 kW.
Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM manufactures a full range of Motor Drive Electronics, Avionics modules, Power Units for electric propulsion and specific Power Units for dedicated payloads and radar instruments.
Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM proposes a range of Electronic Power Conditioning units (EPC) for Travelling Wave Tubes (TWTA), whose references exceed 6 million hours of in-orbit operation.
Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM has also developed and qualified a family of Power Processing Unit (PPU) able to supply and control Thrusters of Electric Propulsion System more and more used for attitude control of satellites.
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. The 2019 turnover was above 90M€. ...
Thales Alenia Space Belgium Facilities
Always at the forefront of the space product research, development and production, TAS-B has an extensive selection of tools and facilities to ensure cost-effectiveness and schedule responsiveness.
For Space Hardware Design, more than hundred engineers and specialized technicians work in four electronics domains (Power Conditioning, Power Supplies, Data Handling & Signal Processing and Launchers) by respecting defined methodologies and with common tools and databases.
All facilities intended to be used in the present project are TAS-B properties. No external facility is intended to be used. They cover design & development phases as well as manufacturing and test activities.
Always at the forefront of the space product research, development and production, TAS-B has an extensive selection of tools and facilities to ensure cost-effectiveness and schedule responsiveness.
For Space Hardware Design, more than hundred engineers and specialized technicians work in four electronics domains (Power Conditioning, Power Supplies, Data Handling & Signal Processing...
- CAD system for hybrid circuits, PCB, ASIC and FPGA, and mechanical design.
- Design tools for electrical design, thermal analysis, radiation analysis, custom magnetics
- ESA qualified hybrid production line (low level and high power, single cavity and multi-cavity packages).
- SMT assembly line
- Mechanical workshop
- Wiring production line for custom magnetics (low and high voltage applications)
- Clean rooms for assembly and integration of space equipment.
- test facilities (electrical and environmental)
Thales Alenia Space Belgium
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Role of Thales Alenia Space Belgium in the project
Design and development of a PPU to drive HEMPT Ev0 thruster for LEO applications, on-going in the frame of EPIC H2020 HEMPT-NG project.
Other HEMPT-NG2 Consortium Members
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 BELGIUM is a Belgian industrial establishment with over 650 employees, 35,000 square meters of which 6,000 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.
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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.
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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.