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The Swiss
Space IndustryThe Fine Art of High Technology
Dr. Umberto Somaini former President, Swiss Space Industries Group
Just a few years after the launch of
Sputnik Ithe Swiss space industry emerged
in the frame of Europ‘s first
science spacecraft
ESRO
• 17 Member States
• Budget: ~ 2‘900 M€
• Swiss Contribution
~140 MCHF
The European Space AgencyESA
This map shows ESA's Member States and the logos of the national bodies
responsible for space in these countries.
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.
The European Community
The Evolution of the European Space Market
Data: Eurospace
Commercial Market:• Launchers• Telecom Satellites• Meteo Satellites
Institutional Market:• ESA Programmes• National Programmes• Military Programmes
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005E
€ M
io
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.
Elements of theSwiss Space Policy
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
Currently under revision!
Data: SSIG, SSO
The Evolution of the Swiss Space Market
The Swiss contribution to ESA and the consolidated turnover of the Swiss space industry
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
MC
HF
institutionell kommerziell CH - Beitrag
Commercial Market:• Launchers• Telecom Satellites• Meteo Satellites
Institutional Market:• ESA Programmes• No National Programmes• No Military Programmes
The Swiss contribution to ESA has been approximately constant in terms of real buying power over the years. Yet the turn-over 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.
The Swiss Space Industry’s Profile
0 10 20 30 40
Space System Software
S/C Environment & Effects
System Design and Verification
Mission Analysis and Space Debris
Quality, Dependability and Safety
Electromagnetics Technology
Components
Materials and Processes
Application Specific Technology
Spacecraft Power
Thermal
Life and Physical Sciences Instr.
On Board Data Systems
Mechanisms and Tribology
Optics and Opto-Electronics
Structures and Pyrotechnics
tech
nolo
gy fi
eld
number of quotes
1) Source: SSIG Survey 2005
relative strength
The Swiss Space Industry
ETH / UNI / FH37%
Apprenticeship48%
HS + additional education
13%
withoutformal
education2%
offers some 600
attractive
job opportunities to
highly qualified
engineers and
technicians
in a fascinating
international
environment.
Subsystem CompanyMechanical Ground Support Equipment APCO Technologies, Vevey
Quality Insurance, structural partsHigh Gain Antenna (HGA) Major Assembly and Pointing SystemPower- and Pyro- Check-Out Equipment Clemessy, Pratteln
Independent SW-Verification and Engineering support Captec, Biel
Thermal engineering support Activity Contraves Space AG, Zürich
Solar Array Mechanism Contraves Space AG, Zürich
Reliability Engineering support and structural bracket
Mecanex, Nyon
SW Quality Insurance RST AG, Berg TG
Electrical Ground Support Equipment Simulator Alcatel Space (neu SYDERAL), Gals
Electronics Systems for HGA Pointing Mechanism ETEL, Môtiers
HTS, Wallisellen
The Swiss Space Industry’s Participation in Spacecraft Development (example: ESA’s Rosetta comet mission)
Subsystem ComapnyStruktur, Ionenoptik, Thermaldesign für DFMS
Verschlussmechanismus für RTOF und DFMS
Struktur, Ionenoptik, Thermaldesign für RTOF APCO Technologies SA
Elektronik für COPS, Data Processing Unit montena emc sa
Ionen Optik für DFMS, Ionenquellen BVE EMPA
Laserschweissen Schutzgastechnik
Präzisionsteile für DFMS Styner + Bienz FormTech Ltd.
Oberflächenbehandlungen Collini-Flühmann AG
Funkenerosion von Gittern (COPS) EROWA, Rheinfelden
Ionenquelle DFMS Mecanex
Abschlussventil DFMS PhiTec
Flugventil RTOF Prophysik
Vakuum-Durchführungen COPS Meili Cryotechnik
COPS, Ingenieurleistungen Buffat Engineering
Isolationsmaterial Romabau
COPS Konzipierung Helbling Technik
Thermalanalyse INTEC (Spin-Off FH Bern)
Hochspannungskomponenten AIP-Wild
COPS Keramik-Leiterplatten Metalux
Contraves Space AG
The Swiss Space Industry’s Participation in Instrument Development (example: the Rosina Mass Spectrometer for ESA’s Rosetta comet mission)
The Swiss Space Industry has developed atomic rubidium clocks for navigation satellites
featuring a stability of 3 seconds in 1 million years
The Swiss Space Industry has developed a laser-based inter-satellite link system with a transmission rate in excess of 1 GBit / s over 80’000 km
… and Many Fascinating New Projects are ahead like for example
The BepiColombo
Laser Altimeter (BELA)
for ESA’s
forthcoming
mission to
planet Mercury
ExoMars aims at further
characterising the biological
environment on Mars in preparation
for robotic missions and then human
exploration.
The ESA Aurora Space Exploration Programme
The
Small Geostationary
general-purpose
telecommunication
satellite
platform
The ESA Telecommunications Programme
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.
The Swiss Space Industry’s Participation
in ESA’s Launcher Programme
Payload fairing
The heavy lift launch vehicle Ariane 5 has acquireda 50% share in the global commercial launcher market! !
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
The Ariane 5
payload fairing separation
test in the world’s largest
vacuum chamber of NASA
in Ohio, USA
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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