Telespazio Telespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services company founded in 1961. It is a joint venture owned by Leonardo (67%) and Thales Group (33%) headquartered in Rome. Telespazio provides services that include the design and development of space s ...

Germany GmbH is a European aerospace company, founded in 1978. The company provides consulting, technology and engineering services in aerospace missions for ESOC (European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Telespazio Germany is a subsidiary of

SpA. The Telespazio group is part of the Space Business Unit within

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Office sites

Darmstadt (Hessen)

Headquarters is near the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ( EUMETSAT).

Gilching (Bavaria)

Office site in

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, near the German Space Operations Centre(GSOC) in Oberpfaffenhofen/Weßling (Bavaria).

History

Telespazio Germany was established in 2012 when Telespazio Deutschland and VEGA Space GmbH were merged. The roots of Telespazio Deutschland may be traced back to the

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Group (now Thales), having been active in space missions since the early 1970s. VEGA, on the other hand, had its first contract with ESOC in 1978. So Telespazio Germany has around 40 years experience in spaceflight. * 2012: The German company VEGA Space GmbH merges with Telespazio Deutschland in Telespazio VEGA Deutschland * 2012: VEGA Space Ltd changes its name in Telespazio VEGA UK * 2011: VEGA Space becomes part of Telespazio * 2010: The German VEGA is split into two companies: VEGA Space GmbH and VEGA Deutschland * 2008: VEGA Group PLC is bought by Finmeccanica * 2007: VEGA Group acquires Anite Deutschland GmbH & Co KG in Köln. * 2005: Thales and Finmeccanica form the Space Alliance – merger between Telespazio and the space services division of Alcatel – Telespazio Deutschland is formedMcGraw-Hill: "Telespazio". Aviation Week & Space Technology 164:315, 2006, pp 1-10. * 2004: VEGA Group acquires Anite Systems GmbH * 2001: Thales acquires Alcatel Space * 2000: Thales acquires

* 1992: VEGA Group PLC floats on the London stock exchange * 1978: VEGA receives its first Operations Engineering contract with ESOC * 1974: Alcatel Space receives first contract with ESOC

Missions and programs

Mission involvements

Programs

* HETEREX: Leading of the project HETEREX which was funded by BWT (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie), the project executing organisation was DLR. The project ended in 2013. * Space Data Routers: Leading of the group 4 "Link Layer Implementation" * Space Situational Awareness (SSA): Telespazio Germany (formerly VEGA Space) was rewarded with the initial hardware and software components of the Combined Air Operations Centre in Uedem (Nordrhein-Westfalen). * EGS-CC – The European Ground Systems Common Corecontract was conducted by a consortium of 20 companies from ten European countries under the leadership of Telespazio Germany.

Shareholdings and memberships

Shareholdings

Telespazio Germany is a shareholder in Centre for Satellite Navigation in Hessen (cesah)

Memberships

Telespazio Germany is an active member in the following associations: * BavAIRia * Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie * Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation (DGON) * Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wehrtechnik (DWT) *

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* SpaceOps

Competences

Aerospace/space

Telespazio Germany supports and operates several spacecraft for ESA and DLR. Aerospace is the most important segment with more than 80% sales volume.

Civil aviation

Telespazio Germany works on programs with

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(DFS) and Frankfurt Airport. Up to 2013 the company led HETEREX-project.

Military aviation

Development of training systems for training of pilots and technicians as cockpit procedure trainer for the CH53-GA helicopter and a virtual maintenance trainer for helicopter NH90 /MRH90.

Applications

Development of applications for satellite-based positioning used by automatic precision guidance system in agriculture for

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(Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, commonly known as DLG) and

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Also, Telespazio Germany has contributed to the project agriloc through its expertise in Satellite Communication, meaning the provision of reliable connectivity to precision agriculture applications of farms and agricultural machinery in the countryside. Agriloc is a project within the ARTES 20 ( Integrated Applications Promotion) programme, funded by the

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(ESA) and the German Space Agency (DLR).

References

{{reflist, 30em Aerospace companies of Germany Leonardo S.p.A. Technology companies established in 1978 1978 establishments in Germany Privately held companies of Germany Joint ventures Companies based in Hesse Darmstadt