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1 The Swiss Space Industry The Fine Art of High Technology Dr. Umberto Somaini former President, Swiss Space Industries Group

2 Just a few years after the launch of Sputnik I the Swiss space industry emerged in the frame of Europ s first science spacecraft ESRO

3 From the beginnings Integrating the ESRO-2B spacecraft 1968 Testing the ESRO-1 spacecraft 1968

4 to modern Space Technology

5 Space Technology today

6 The European Space Agency ESA 17 Member States Budget: ~ M Swiss Contribution ~140 MCHF This map shows ESA's Member States and the logos of the national bodies responsible for space in these countries.

7 The European Community is committed to exploit the benefits of space by means of a dedicated European Space Policy Security (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security GMES) Environment (GMES, Earth Observation Satellites) Traffic (Satellite Navigation System Galileo) Economy (Telecommunication Satellites) Social Policy (Bridging the Digital Divide: Telecommunication Satellites) in co-operation with ESA with its competencies in the design and implementation of space missions.

8 The Evolution of the European Space Market Mio E Commercial Market: Launchers Telecom Satellites Meteo Satellites Institutional Market: ESA Programmes National Programmes Military Programmes institutionell kommerziell While the institutional space market (driven mainly by ESA) exhibits a fairly constant volume over time, the commercial market undergoes strong ups and downs as a function of the cyclical demand for launch services and telecommunication spacecraft. Data: Eurospace

9 Elements of the Swiss Space Policy Currently under revision! Switzerland focuses its space activities on ESA guarantees together with its European partners the independent access to space exploits the European space assets to implement the national sectorial policies fosters the competitivity of the Swiss space sector through the development of specific technological competencies supports the scientific exploration of the Universe

10 The Evolution of the Swiss Space Market The Swiss contribution to ESA and the consolidated turnover of the Swiss space industry MCHF Commercial Market: Launchers Telecom Satellites Meteo Satellites Institutional Market: ESA Programmes No National Programmes No Military Programmes institutionell kommerziell CH - Beitrag The Swiss contribution to ESA has been approximately constant in terms of real buying power over the years. Yet the turnover of the Swiss space industry shows a slight decrease in the institutional market and a growth in the commercial market. This corroborates its excellent competitivity on the commercial market, but also the increasing pressure exerted by large international companies on the institutional market. Data: SSIG, SSO

11 The Swiss Space Industry

12 The Swiss Space Industry s Profile Structures and Pyrotechnics Optics and Opto-Electronics Mechanisms and Tribology On Board Data Systems Life and Physical Sciences Instr. Thermal technology field Spacecraft Power Application Specific Technology Materials and Processes Components Electromagnetics Technology Quality, Dependability and Safety Mission Analysis and Space Debris System Design and Verification S/C Environment & Effects Space System Software relative number strength of quotes 1) Source: SSIG Survey 2005

13 The Swiss Space Industry offers some 600 attractive job opportunities to highly qualified engineers and technicians Apprenticeship 48% without formal education 2% ETH / UNI / FH 37% in a fascinating international environment. HS + additional education 13%

14 Examples of the Swiss Space Industry s Achievements in International Space Programmes

15 The Swiss Space Industry has contributed to all of the 11 currently active ESA science spacecraft

16 The Swiss Space Industry s Participation in Spacecraft Development (example: ESA s Rosetta comet mission) Subsystem Company Mechanical Ground Support Equipment APCO Technologies, Vevey Quality Insurance, structural parts High Gain Antenna (HGA) Major Assembly and Pointing System Power- and Pyro- Check-Out Equipment Independent SW-Verification and Engineering support HTS, Wallisellen Clemessy, Pratteln Captec, Biel Thermal engineering support Activity Solar Array Mechanism Reliability Engineering support and structural bracket SW Quality Insurance Electrical Ground Support Equipment Simulator Electronics Systems for HGA Pointing Mechanism Contraves Space AG, Zürich Contraves Space AG, Zürich Mecanex, Nyon RST AG, Berg TG Alcatel Space (neu SYDERAL), Gals ETEL, Môtiers

17 The Swiss Space Industry s Participation in Instrument Development (example: the Rosina Mass Spectrometer for ESA s Rosetta comet mission) Subsystem Struktur, Ionenoptik, Thermaldesign für DFMS Verschlussmechanismus für RTOF und DFMS Struktur, Ionenoptik, Thermaldesign für RTOF Elektronik für COPS, Data Processing Unit Ionen Optik für DFMS, Ionenquellen Laserschweissen Präzisionsteile für DFMS Oberflächenbehandlungen Funkenerosion von Gittern (COPS) Ionenquelle DFMS Abschlussventil DFMS Flugventil RTOF Vakuum-Durchführungen COPS COPS, Ingenieurleistungen Isolationsmaterial COPS Konzipierung Thermalanalyse Hochspannungskomponenten COPS Keramik-Leiterplatten Comapny Contraves Space AG APCO Technologies SA montena emc sa BVE EMPA Schutzgastechnik Styner + Bienz FormTech Ltd. Collini-Flühmann AG EROWA, Rheinfelden Mecanex PhiTec Prophysik Meili Cryotechnik Buffat Engineering Romabau Helbling Technik INTEC (Spin-Off FH Bern) AIP-Wild Metalux

18 The Swiss Space Industry has developed atomic rubidium clocks for navigation satellites featuring a stability of 3 seconds in 1 million years

19 The Swiss Space Industry has developed a laser-based inter-satellite link system with a transmission rate in excess of 1 GBit / s over km

20 and Many Fascinating New Projects are ahead like for example The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) for ESA s forthcoming mission to planet Mercury

21 The ESA Aurora Space Exploration Programme ExoMars aims at further characterising the biological environment on Mars in preparation for robotic missions and then human exploration.

22 The ESA Telecommunications Programme The Small Geostationary general-purpose telecommunication satellite platform

23 The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Einstein's theory of general relativity, predicts that motions of mass produce propagating vibrations that travel through spacetime at the speed of light. LISA will sense vibrations of the fabric of spacetime itself.

24 The Swiss Space Industry s Participation in ESA s Launcher Programme Payload fairing The heavy lift launch vehicle Ariane 5 has acquired!! a 50% share in the global commercial launcher market

25 The Swiss Space Industry has developed and built the payload fairings for all generations of European Launch Vehicles as well as for the US launchers Titan III Commercial and the Atlas V-500 launcher

26 The Ariane 5 payload fairing separation test in the world s largest vacuum chamber of NASA in Ohio, USA

27 The Companies of the Swiss Space Industry Group Acutronic (Schweiz) AG, 8608 Bubikon AEO-Aerospace Engineering Office, 8855 Wangen Apco Technologies SA, 1800 Vevey 1 Art of Technology AG, 8005 Zürich Ascom (Schweiz) AG, 3000 Bern 14 Clemessy (Switzerland) AG, 4053 Basel Condor S.A., 2853 Courfaivre CSEM Centre Suisse d'electronique et de Micro- technique SA, 2007 Neuchâtel Fisba Optik AG, 9016 St. Gallen NEW AMBROSETTI TECHNOLOGIES SA, 6928 Manno Oerlikon Space AG, 8052 Zürich Precicast SA, 6883 Novazzano RUAG Aerospace, 6032 Emmen SYDERAL SA, 3238 Gals Vibro-Meter SA, 1701 Fribourg are welcoming young talents

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