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Alphasat Poster - Technology Demonstration Payloads

- Title Alphasat Poster - Technology Demonstration Payloads
- Released 18/07/2013 12:07 pm
- Copyright ESA
- Description
In addition to the large and powerful communications payload, Alphasat carries four hosted payloads developed through ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme, to qualify new technologies in space.
- Laser communication and Ka-band downlink (TESAT, Germany, supported by DLR). A precursor to the future European Data Relay System EDRS.
- Q/V-band communication and propagation (Thales Alenia Space and Space Engineering, Italy)
- Startracker (Jena-Optronik, Germany)
- Environmental testing and radiation sensor (Efacec, Portugal)
- Id 295003
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