Space

Space transportation vehicles require embedded real-time systems for guidance navigation and control (GNC) as well as for telemetry and telecommand, and video streaming. TTTECH Aerospace’s new, integrated deterministic Ethernet switch solution TTESwitch MYTHOS allows to integrate GNC, telemetry data, and video streaming on a single network without any interference to the safety-critical GNC data.

Critical avionics systems for the NASA habitation module for astronauts (called HALO) are being developed, produced, and assembled in Vienna, Austria, by TTTech and Beyond Gravity Austria. The HALO module is manufactured in Italy and will, in February, be delivered to the USA. This is an important milestone for the Gateway and the NASA Artemis program. 

How TTTech Aerospace supported the development of the Ariane 6 avionics backbone and the benefits of a TTEthernet data networkIn July Europe’s new launcher Ariane 6 completed its first flight, boosting the European space transportation market and its first commercial flight will take place soon.

The NASA Artemis program is one of the largest space projects of our time and will continue to include future generations. Technology from Austria is playing a big part. The Viennese high-tech company TTTech is on board, among others, on the Lunar Gateway space station and delivers communication technology for the setup of the data network (essentially the ‘central nervous system’).

TTTech Aerospace contributes to the European modules for NASA’s Lunar Gateway: The Lunar International Habitation Module (Lunar I-Hab) and Lunar View, a refueling module, both built by Thales Alenia Space and funded through the European Space Agency (ESA).This key contribution from ESA to NASA Artemis will use European versions of the TTEthernet networking and computing platforms already implemented in the US-built Gateway modules “PPE” and “HALO”.Vienna

As onboard computing power increases and the distance from Earth becomes greater, spacecraft will become even more autonomous. This shift has a significant impact on the skillsets required from astronauts. What remains unchanged, however, are the most important skills: Teamwork and international collaboration!  

Ariane 6’s inaugural flight came with spectacular images captured by the on-board camera system that provided live images   of the stage, fairing and booster separation events, and also included breathtaking views of the Earth from space, during the mission.

Open-standards-based networking technologies for safety-critical real-time applications 

Yesterday, the new European launcher generation Ariane 6 successfully started on its first mission. On board: electronic components from Viennese high-tech company TTTech that ensure fail-safe data transfer in safety-critical systems. 

#IMPACT25 Panel: Safety in human space flight – the astronaut’s perspectiveWe are entering a new era of human space flight. As humanity prepares to return to the Moon and even set foot on Mars, many commercial endeavors in space are also on the rise. One central concept that makes all of this possible is safety.