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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.

Backnang, 01 December 2023 - TESAT delivers the first SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Optical Communication Terminals to Lockheed Martin.

TESAT’s Optical Communication Terminals successfully passed Interoperability Testing for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

In 2020, ESA and TESAT launched a development programme to improve the functionalities and design of MPMs. This programme laid the foundation for the final design and qualification process for the Quad-MPM.