Space and New Space
CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES is continuously developing and improving space mechanisms based on proprietary piezoelectric and magnetic actuator technologies. Starting more than 25 years ago with the qualification of piezo-actuators with CNES, CTEC is now providing to space customers complex mechanisms and actuators, such as Fast and Fine Steering Mirrors (FSM), optical scanning XY stages, voice coil actuators, electro-magnets, sensors, and piezo-motors.
The field of CTEC applications for space science, is ranging from either low earth altitude (LEO & MEO) or geostationary satellites (GEO), to far distance space exploration, with the capacity to provide custom mechanisms according to high space quality standards, as well new space standards.
After demonstrating the CTEC knowhow on major science space flight missions, such as ROSETTA (1999), PHARAO (2003), EARTHCARE (2014), MTG (2018), PSYCHE (2020) and IASI-NG (2022), in the field of optical pointing, nano-positioning, large angle optical scanning, and deep space optical communication, CTEC is continuously expanding its production capacity for space recurrent production, and is now developing new space drive & control electronics.
Beam Steering Mirror DTT60S
Earthcare ATLID
XYZ nanopositioning stage
Rosetta MIDAS
Point Ahead Mechanism PAM30
PSYCHE DSOC
Rotary Voice Coil Motor RVCM
Meteosat Third Generation SCA
Double Tip Tilt DTT35XS
PHARAO ACES
Piezo Motor
MetOp-SG IASI-NG
CCBu20-NS
New Space Driver
SADM
Electro Holding Magnet
P-FSM35XS
Mini Fast Steering Mirror
Benefitting from its optronic heritage with mass-production requirement, CTEC is now delivering FSM & active optic solutions respectively for optical ground station (OGS), optical communication terminals (OCT) & Earth imaging systems embedded in LEO, MEO and GEO Satellites’ constellation.
This emerging new space market is a significant opportunity and a core driver for CTEC growth, through the expansion and the qualification of its space recurrent production facility. CTEC is now looking forward to meet the industrial challenge of the new space market in terms of quality standards and production cost demands.
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