Telespazio Germany

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

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 Gilching, 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 Thomson CSF 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 formed
 * 2004: VEGA Group acquires Anite Systems GmbH
 * 2001: Thales acquires Alcatel Space
 * 2000: Thales acquires Thomson CSF
 * 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

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
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)
 * Eurospace
 * SpaceOps

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 Deutsche Flugsicherung (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 German Agricultural Society (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, commonly known as DLG) and John Deere 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 European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Space Agency (DLR).