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The device for the JUICE mission in Astri Polska laboratory (picture: Astri Polska) Astri Polska delivered the electrical device for the scientific mission of European Space Agency (ESA), which aims to explore the Jupiter and its three icy-moons. The device will have a significant impact on the development of the mission, and it's the most advanced product delivered by the company so far. In the forthcoming year, Astri Polska plans the further expansion on the European Space Market.   JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) is a scientific mission of European Space Agency, which aims to explore Jupiter and its three icy-moons. The probe will be launched in 2022. The device developed by Astri Polska will be connected to the probe making it possible to test its electronic systems before launching…

In October, Astri Polska finalized the satellite river-ice monitoring system. The role of the service is to deliver up to date information about the current situation on the rivers and help to avoid the floods. The solutions were developed within the ESA and World Bank EO4EP programme.  The ice-jams are one of the main reasons for the floods in Poland in the winter season. The system developed by Astri Polska allows to monitor the rive-ice and divide it into 3 categories. - Our system’s use of the free-of-charge data, derived from the European “Copernicus” satellite EO programme is its major advantage. Thanks to the above the user does not bear extra costs stemming from gathering of the new data. Furthermore, the accuracy of the gathered data reaches up to 90%…

Astri Polska delivered the last of four electronic devices (EGSE) contracted within the NeoSat (Eurostar Neo) programme. The contract value was 5 mln PLN (1,2 mln EUR).  The Eurostar Neo programme aims to develop the new generation platform of the telecommunication satellites. The new platform will be 30% less expensive, in comparison with the designs used so-far, also offering a better capability regarding the payload. The prime contractor of the Eurostar Neo programme is Airbus Defence and Space. Within the contract, Astri Polska delivered 2 types of EGSE’s: two Simulated Electrical Flight Model and two Simulation Front End. The role of the devices will be to validate the electronic systems of the satellites. - Delivery of hardware for the Eurostar Neo satellites is a major milestone in the history of…

We’ve finalized the last stage of the radiation tests of the AGGA-4 advanced integrated circuit which is the key component of the space-grade GNSS receivers. The AGGA-4 was exposed to the protons, and being monitored by our test environment.  In the nearest future, AGGA-4 will be running the space-grade GNSS receivers installed on Earth observations, navigations, telecommunication satellites, as well as launch vehicles. The test programme aims to verify the operation of the AGGA-4 during exposure to the space radion, in particular, heavy ions and protons. The tests were held at the Belgian Université Catholique de Louvain and Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute. - We have managed to collect a lot of valuable data during the radiation test programme, pertaining to the operation of the AGGA-4 circuit. At the moment the…

Astri Polska started the assembly of the electronic devices, which will make it possible to test the ground stations responsible for the communication with the MetOp-SG satellites. The equipment is called the MetOp-SG RF Suitcases Astri Polska has been assigned to design and manufacture three types of the ESGE’s for the MetOp-SG programme. The Simulation Front End and the Simulated Electrical Flight Model, are used to validate electronic systems of the MetOp-SG satellites. The RF Suitcases are used during the validation and qualification of the MetOp ground stations, responsible for communication with the satellites. In total, Astri Polska will deliver 8 EGSE devices for the MetOp-SG programme. The first two Simulated Electrical Flight Model were already delivered. Among the four RF-Suitcases manufactured by our company, two are dedicated to the…