Tag: Cryocoolers

  • Thales Seizes Control of ESA Demonstration Satellite

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    The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency’s OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload’s global positioning system, attitude control system1 and onboard camera. Unauthorised access to these…

  • Thales Introduces New Pulse-Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications

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    Thales, one of the global leaders in designing, operating, and delivering satellite-based systems has partnered with Absolut System to provide a designed-for-manufacturability LPT6510 pulse-tube cooler for the institutional as well as the new-space industry. The LPT6510 design and processes are derived from flight-proven cooler designs, such as the LPTC compressor. The LPT6510 cryocooler is based…