Space

Ariane 6 is Europe’s new flagship launcher. In March 2022, the launcher’s fully integrated avionics network was qualified at ArianeGroup’s development center in Les Mureaux near Paris, France. This is a key milestone ahead of the first launch of Ariane 6 which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2023.

TTTech Aerospace’s highly reliable ASICs have been qualified for the use in the Ariane 6 launcher avionics. They are: Connecting all subsystems in the launcher using Time-Triggered Ethernet technology to replace the past MIL-1553 bus. Enabling safety-critical guidance, navigation and control data on the same network as non-critical monitoring or video data – on the same physical media, reducing cable harness.

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Building products for space is extremely challenging. The products need to withstand harsh environments including extreme temperatures, shock, and radiation – and they need to operate for many years without maintenance. Therefore, lots of development and testing effort is needed to mature these products before they can be released to the industry and integrated into a spacecraft.

TTTech Aerospace collaborated with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) and other major European space industry representatives, especially ArianeGroup, Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space and RUAG Space on the new European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standard ECSS-E-ST-50-16C.

TTTech Aerospace collaborated on the new European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standard ECSS-E-ST-50-16C along with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) and other major European Space Industry representatives, especially ArianeGroup, Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space and RUAG Space. This new open standard ensures interoperability and compatibility in space programs.

Join the AI meets Space event organized by organized by AI Austria and Brimatech Services (national space solutions partner of the European space agency ESA). We will be giving a keynote at the event, which will take place virtually on December 16, 2021.

Meet the TTTech Aerospace team at the 37th Space Symposium from April 4 - 7, 2022 in Colorado Springs, CO, USA. We will present our latest solutions for applications used in space exploration and human spaceflight at booth #306. You can arrange a meeting with our experts by mailing us at events@tttech.com.

TTEthernet® is an established standard for high-speed, highly reliable communication in the space industry, developed by TTTech Computertechnik AG. A tight cooperation of 10 years between TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space has been formalized by signing of a teaming agreement in June 2021. TTTech Aerospace is a technology leader in safety-critical communication products. RUAG Space is a market leader in highly-dependable space equipment.

Two years ago, TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space announced they were working together to develop TTEthernet® equipment for deep space and began to jointly develop commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) TTEthernet® network products for next generation avionics network and computing platforms. After being successful on the market and closing the first contracts within the NASA Artemis program, TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space strengthened their commitment to jointly develop spa

TTTech Aerospace’s TTEthernet® Systems on Chip (SoCs) network controllers (TTESwitch Controller HiRel and TTEEnd System Controller HiRel) have been successfully  qualified by STMicroelectronics to be used for space flights. They uniquely support standard Ethernet, rate-constrained and time-triggered traffic and their high Gigabit/second bandwidths allow for high data payload and control data transfers on a single network.

TTTech Aerospace’s TTEthernet® Systems on Chip (SoCs) network controllers (TTESwitch Controller HiRel and TTEEnd System Controller HiRel) has successfully been qualified by STMicroelectronics to be used for space flights. These are the world’s first radiation-hardened TTEthernet® SoCs space controllers to enter series production.

TTTech Aerospace und RUAG Space liefern die TTEthernet-Netzwerk- und Computing-Plattform für den von Northrop Grumman gebauten Wohn- und Logistik-Außenposten HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) des Gateway.