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Backnang (Germany), October 27, 2025 - TESAT Government (TESAT Gov) and Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG (TESAT) today announced delivery of SCOT80 (Scalable Optical Terminal) Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) that will be demonstrated on a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) built by Lockheed Martin that is awaiting its call-up to launch.

Backnang (Germany) / Athens (Greece), October 6, 2025 - TESAT and Planetek Hellas are pleased to announce the delivery and acceptance of the first SCOT20 Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) flight model. The terminal will be deployed on Optisat, Planetek Hellas’ pioneering mission under Greece’s National Satellite Space Program, supported by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications.

Backnang, 28. März 2025 - Im Beisein von Vertretern aus der Bundes- und Landespolitik konnten Bürgerinnen und Bürger, Klein und Groß, am bundesweiten Aktionstag „Tag der Raumfahrt“ spannende Einblicke in aktuelle Raumfahrtprojekte bei der TESAT erleben und bei faszinierenden Mitmach-Experimenten teilnehmen.

Backnang, 3 December 2024 – Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG (TESAT) and TESAT Government (TESAT Gov) are pleased to announce their selection by Lockheed Martin to provide SCOT80 optical communication terminals (OCT) for a demonstration on a future GPS III spacecraft.

Backnang, 12 September 2024 – TESAT is proud to announce that its RF (Radio Frequency) products have surpassed an extraordinary milestone: one billion operating hours in space, which equals around 114,000 years. This achievement is an indisputable proof point of TESAT’s commitment to reliability, innovation and excellence in satellite communications.

Backnang, 21 August 2024 - In presence of representatives of the German Space Agency at DLR, the Baden-Württemberg state parliament and the city of Backnang, Minister President Winfried Kretschmann opened the world's first facility for the industrial production of large quantities of laser terminals and equipment for satellite communications. TESAT's new production building in Backnang can manufacture up to 100 units per month. A few years ago it was just one per year. This will enable TESAT to expand its leading position in a rapidly growing market.

Backnang, 1 July 2024. ESA – under its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES)’ Space for 5G/6G & Sustainable Connectivity programme line – selected TESAT for a pioneering 6G satellite precursor. 

Backnang, 28 May 2024 – TESAT announced today it has been selected to deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA™, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology.

Backnang, 30 April 2024 - TESAT and MPB Communications took an important milestone to a new performance level of optical LEO to GEO data relays: The companies successfully demonstrated a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission at 40 W optical output power over a distance of more than 45,000 km in a laboratory environment at MPB Communications' optical labs in Montreal, Canada.

Backnang, 09 April 2024 - Just a year after announcing the establishment of a US company to support military and commercial programs, TESAT Government completed construction of its facility in Merritt Island, Florida.