Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG
Company typeGmbH & Co KG
IndustryAerospace, communications
Founded1949, since 2001 as Tesat-Spacecom
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Thomas Reinartz (CEO)
  • Kerstin Basche (CFO)
  • Ralph Schmid (CPO)
245 Mio. EUR (2018)[1]
Number of employees
1038 (2018)[1]
Websitewww.tesat.de

The Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG (TESAT) from Backnang is an independently operating company of the Airbus Group and develops, produces and tests communication payloads for international satellite manufacturers.

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History

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TESAT in Backang

In 1949, the AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft AG) business area telecommunications technology was relocated from Berlin to Backnang.

In 1955, AEG's microwave radio relay division was relocated from Ulm to Backnang, and Telefunken GmbH was founded.

On March 1, 1967, the AEG Telefunken AG was founded with the aerospace specialty and the focus on development, sales, assembly and testing.

In 1982, the company was transformed into a GmbH, AEG Telefunken Nachrichtentechnik GmbH. AEG-Telefunken continued to hold the majority with 51% of the shareholder shares, 49% went to a consortium of Robert Bosch GmbH, Mannesmann and Allianz.

In 1983, as part of the AEG-Telefunken settlement application, the group's share was withdrawn by the three co-shareholders and divided in the same proportion as the previous shareholder base. The company now operated under the name ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH.

In 1995, ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH was transferred to Bosch Telecom GmbH. In 2000, the Bosch space product division was transferred to an independent company, Bosch SatCom GmbH.

2001 was the founding year of Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG. In November 2001, Bosch SatCom GmbH was renamed Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG and was acquired by EADS Astrium GmbH in December 2001. TESAT was expanded to produce intelligence payloads for satellites and remained as an independent company.

In February 2022 TESAT announced to establish an manufacturing facility in the United States[2].

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Products

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TESAT's product portfolio ranges from individual components to payloads and complete systems. These are supplied by TESAT to satellite manufacturers worldwide. Among the equipment and systems manufactured for satellite telecommunications are high-power amplifiers such as traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) and their power supplies electronic power conditioner (EPC). TESAT's other product segments include channel amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, modulators, transmitters and TTC transponders.[4]

Active Products

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Traveling-wave tube amplifier of TESAT

Passive Products

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Laser Products

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Laser Communication Terminal of TESAT

Services

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  • Manufacturing, testing, engineering
  • In-orbit commissioning
  • EEE Parts Agency

References

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  1. ^ a b Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2018 in the electronic Bundesanzeiger
  2. ^ "TESAT-SPACECOM TO ESTABLISH U.S. MANUFACTURING FACILITY". TESAT. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ^ "10,000 laser links between satellites established". TESAT. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  4. ^ "Products TESAT". TESAT. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
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