Astro and precision engineering
| Astro and precision engineering Adlershof GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | October 12, 1993 |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| management | Sebastian Scheiding |
| Number of employees | around 95 (2013) |
| sales | € 5.50 million (2013) |
| Branch | Space company |
| Website | astrofein.com |
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The Astro and Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH is a company of the German aerospace industry , mainly systems in manufacturing and testing of aerospace components and, in special machine construction and in the field of precision engineering works. The company started in 1993 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center by employees of the Institute for Space Sensors and is now an important medium-sized system house in the space sector. In Germany, Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH is one of the leading companies in the field of small satellites .
Business areas
The Astro and Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH is a German of the few companies that space systems to entire satellite buses developed, designed and tested. For example, reaction wheels , solar panels and expandable cantilever arms for satellites as well as the associated ground support equipment are built. The company also has an attitude control test stand at which various universities and companies test the Attitude Determination and Control System of their small and microsatellites in operation. Elaborate machines for environmental simulations such as vibration, vacuum and pyroshock tests, which have to be carried out for space systems, are also available. Due to these special machines, Astro- und Feinwerktechnik is also able to manufacture special machines for extreme applications on earth and to carry out extremely precise precision mechanical applications.
chosen projects
The Astro and precision engineering has been involved in various space projects known. She worked with the German Aerospace Center on the BIRD small satellite and on the construction and development of the Cosmic Dust Analyzer , one of the five main experiments of the Cassini-Huygens mission to study Saturn and its moons. On geostationary research satellites Heinrich Hertz , scheduled for launch in 2021, the company is involved in three payloads. Other projects mainly implemented through astronomy and precision engineering are:
- TET-1 : The TET-1 satellite (technology test vehicle 1) is a central component of the DLR's “On-Orbit Verification of New Techniques and Technologies” (OOV) program. This should give the German industry and research community the opportunity to verify new technologies and innovations in spaceand thereby improve their market opportunities. The satellite bus is based on the bus system of the BIRD small satellite and wasdeveloped and built by Astro- und Feinwerktechnik in cooperation with the DLRon behalf of Kayser-Threde GmbH . On July 22, 2012, TET-1 was launched on board a Soyuz rocket and was subsequently able to successfully carry out its mission.
- Nightpod : The Nightpod is a computer-controlled, intelligent camera tripod for the ISS . Since the International Space Station moves at high speed with respect to the earth on its orbit, images of the surface, especially night shots and shots with longer exposure times , are blurred and “blurred”. The Nightpod compensates for this motion blur and automatically adjusts the camera lens continuously against the direction of flight of the ISS, so that the selected subject remains constantly in the focus of the camera. The Nightpod was developed, designed and manufactured by Astro- und Feinwerktechnik directly on behalf of Cosine Science & Computing BV on behalf of ESA and has been in use in the ISS Cupola since 2011 .
Prizes and awards
- ESA Space Spin-Off Award 2012
- Germany - Land of Ideas - Selected Location 2011
- Bavarian State Prize 2011 and 2010
- Lilienthal Prize Winner 2010
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statista: Astro and precision engineering. Retrieved September 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH: Company presentation. (PDF) (No longer available online.) VDI - Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, November 19, 2003, pp. 21–26 , archived from the original on November 5, 2014 ; Retrieved September 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michael Turk: TET-1. (PDF) In: DLR Newsletter COUNTDOWN 20th DLR, September 2012, pp. 10–14 , accessed on September 22, 2014 .
- ↑ ESA: Nightpod. September 8, 2014, accessed September 22, 2014 .
- ↑ ESA: Space technology makes rocks transparent. April 27, 2012, accessed September 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Germany - Land of Ideas: TET-1 small satellite platform. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lilienthal Prize Foundation: The Lilienthal Prize - a special kind of honorary award. Accessed on September 22, 2014 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 50.7 ″ N , 13 ° 32 ′ 12.3 ″ E