FYST & SOLAT telescopes
The CCAT consortium’s FYST and SOLAT telescopes, with 6-meter apertures, use Airborne’s CFRP Mirror Support Structures, designed with CPI Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH.
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ALMA
Manufacturing 25 antennas for the largest astronomical telescope that helped capture the first image of the black hole
Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) presented in Germany with key technology contribution by Airborne
Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) presented in Germany With key technology contribution by Airborne As a proud project partner, Airborne’s development team attended the recent presentation of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Germany. The telescope is intended to provide insights into the origin and development of our universe since the Big Bang as
SMall Innovative Launcher for Europe (SMILE)
A Horizon 2020 project aimed at developing critical technologies to make dedicated launchers to launch small satellites. In 2018 we completed our contribution: automating the production of the SMILE demonstrator with our Automated Laminating Cell.
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Delft students from hydrogen racing team drive first meters with latest racing car with support from Airborne
Last Monday, the new Forze IX of the Forze Hydrogen Racing team drove its first metres on the so-called superbattery at the Circuit of Zandvoort. With this milestone achieved, the next step is to integrate the hydrogen system into the car. The hydrogen racing car has a top speed of 300 kilometres per hour and will compete
Getting smallsats into space: how automation will give you the acceleration power you need to attract new investors
Where the space industry used to be a battleground for superpowers with agencies sponsored by governments, today newspace companies are shaping the future. In the space market, there is an increasing demand for small satellites: in the next decade many thousands of these smallsats must find their way into Earth orbit. But without access to
Back to the Future: why the Space Sector needs a ‘New Space-race’!
Last week the international space sector gathered at the 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen. For perspective, IAC is the world’s premier space event. And this year’s theme ‘Involving Everyone’ was spot on. Why? Because in practice the opposite is true: despite all the attention for New “Astropreneurial” Space it is still Old “Governmental” Space
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Why delivering Jason-CS-A solar-array substrate panels to SpaceTech GmbH is so spectacular
Here at Airborne we try not to get too carried away. But being market leader in Europe in manufacturing solar-array substrate panels, and still growing, we were selected by SpaceTech GmbH in Immenstaad (STI) to manufacture the Jason-CS-A panels. Airborne was thrilled to be selected and working together with STI for the first time. And now
7 Years in Orbit: What makes our panel production so special
When on December 12, 2017 the Ariane 5 was launched with four additional Galileo satellites aboard, I couldn’t be more proud. Not only is it one of the largest navigation satellite constellations ever, Ariane was also carrying four more Galileo navigation satellites. With sixteen of its substrate panels built by Airborne. What is so special about these panels?
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