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Airborne Aerospace has been selected by SpaceTech GmbH for the manufacturing of the solar-array substrate panels for the Jason-CS satellites. The solar generator of these satellites consists of two body-mounted as well as two deployable solar panels. Airborne and SpaceTech have started to develop and qualify the Jason-CS substrate panels, using state of the art composites manufacturing technology.
[Sandor Woldendorp, Airborne]:
“This cooperation with SpaceTech, as our newest customer, is supporting our position and ambition to be the best supplier in the solar-array substrate market. Airborne is very proud to work with SpaceTech, a relatively new space company that is also recognising the importance of affordability for spacecraft structures.”
[Dr. Kolja Nicklaus, STI]:
“SpaceTech is pleased to work with Airborne, a well-known supplier of high quality composites for space missions, on the development of the Solar Array for Jason-CS. This new cooperation widens our supplier base for our various development activities on space programs.“
The Jason-CS mission is developed by ESA under the Copernicus Space Component Segment 3 (GSC-3), previously known as the GMES programme. The main objective of this mission is to provide a long-term availability of high precision ocean surface topography observations. The Jason-CS mission consists of two identical spacecraft that will provide Earth observation measurements in the 2020–2030 timeframe. The launch is targeted for April of 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Measurements of ocean topography are enabling numerical prediction of the three-dimensional ocean and is necessary to improve the long-term forecast forecasts of the weather conditions. Variations of sea level and ocean surface topography measurements are essential to understand how the ocean stores and redistributes heat, water and carbon in the climate system.
SpaceTech GmbH in Immenstaad is an independent German medium size enterprise operating in the space sector, offering a wide spectrum of products and services for science and Earth observation space missions. In particular SpaceTech has also developed into a provider of solar generator systems, with several systems operational in orbit. SpaceTech was selected to design and manufacture the solar-array for Jason-CS, as subcontractor to the mission prime Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen.
Airborne Aerospace based in the Hague, the Netherlands, is a full subsidiary of Airborne International, a leading company in the manufacturing of high precision, high quality components in composites. It has been engaged in the manufacture of solar-array substrate panels since 2005 and is proud to have supplied already 200 panels to paramount satellite programs including Galileo FOC and Sentinel 1 and 2.
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