Astrium GmbH
Langer Grund
74239 Lampoldshausen
Germany
Capabilities
With its design,
production and test facilities, Lampoldshausen site near Heilbronn
features among Europe's most prominent manufacturers of thrusters and
propulsion systems. In order to obtain maximum service life from
satellites while still achieving the greatest possible savings in terms
of launch weight, the engineers in Lampoldshausen developed the Unified
Propulsion System. UPS is a combination of up to 16 thrusters with 10 N
thrust for orbit and attitude control and an apogee motor with 400 N
thrust, both of which are fuelled by two or four propellant tanks. With
over 50 satellites maintaining trouble-free operation using this
propulsion system - and additional more than 110 monopropellant
hydrazine propulsion systems produced for satellites and probes - some
for more than ten years now - Lampoldshausen can be counted among the
world market leaders in this segment.
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