Tesat-Spacecom

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Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG
Company type GmbH & Co KG
Industry Aerospace, communications
Founded1949, since 2001 as Tesat-Spacecom
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Increase2.svg 280M EUR (2021) [2]
Number of employees
1050 (2021) [2]
Parent Airbus Defence and Space
Website www.tesat.de

The Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG (TESAT) from Backnang, Germany is an independently operating subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space which develops, produces and tests communication payloads for international satellite manufacturers.

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Company

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In 1983, as part of the AEG-Telefunken settlement application, the group's share was withdrawn by the three co-shareholders and divided in the same proportion as the previous shareholder base.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 a manufacturing facility in the United States. [3]

Milestones

Finances

YearRevenue
in m. EUR€ [7]
Net income
in m. EUR€ [7]
Employees [7]
2010182.657.74897
2011208.8510.00996
2012301.29-13.951101
2013267.1111.681187
2014331.602.611150
2015427.7550.301137
2016317.082.451129
2017218.85-10.611093
2018245.03-10.831038
2019263.330.011020
2020188.42-16.98993

Products

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. [8]

Active products

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Traveling-wave tube amplifier of TESAT

Passive products

Laser products

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Laser Communication Terminal of TESAT

Services

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Change In management At TESAT-SPACECOM". SpaceRef. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. 1 2 "Neuer Tesat-Chef sucht dringend Personal". Backnanger Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  3. "Tesat-Spacecom to establish U.S. manufacturing facility - SpaceNews". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. "100 Jahre Telefunken - Förderverein Technikforum Backnang e.V." Förderverein Technikforum Backnang e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  5. "Tesat celebrates 10 Years of Laser Communications in Space". TESAT.
  6. "10,000 laser links between satellites established". TESAT. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  7. 1 2 3 "Startseite – Bundesanzeiger". Bundesanzeiger (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  8. "Products TESAT". TESAT. Retrieved 2022-05-03.