References

Reference cooperations

APCON – AeroSpace & Defence GmbH mainly addresses the development and production of customer specific high reliability power supplies and DC/DC converters for use in military avionic and space applications and the development and production of test equipment and simulators.

APCON has more than 30 years of experience with Hi-Rel Power Supplies, especially for space and military equipment.

The following list shows some of the more important cooperations of APCON – AeroSpace & Defence components used in international applications.

Airbus DS Defence & Space | Airbus Eurocopter | Alenia Spazio | ArianeGroup | Boeing Space Systems | DLR German Aerospace Agency | ESA European Space Agency / ESTEC | Eurocopter | Jena Optronik | KARI | Loral Space Systems | Lockheed Martin | MBDA Missile Germany | MDA MacDonald Dettwiler | Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) | NASA | JPL Northrop Grumman | OHB Space Systems / Kayser-Threde | Orbital Science | RapidEye | Space System LORAL | STI Spacetech | TAURUS Systems | THALES Alenia Space Group | TransMIT | UZAY Tübitak | University of Justus Liebig Gießen | TUM Hessen | BWB Neubiberg Munich

Network for special manufacturing, and special environmental tests

ACB (PCB) Belgium | Aerospazio | Airbus DS + ArianeGroup | AT & S (PCB) | Bosch | DLR | ESA | IABG | Kubatronik (PCB) | STEEP | SIRAVONNI | STI SpaceTech | TESAT Space Com.

Reference projects

ESA EnMAP

Power Supply VNIR FPA Camera

RIT-2x High Power Thruster

Radio Frequency Generator

RIT3.5 Mirco Thruster

Radio Frequency Generator

AOCS StarTracker (ASTRO15)

Power Supply for S/C-Bus-Systems 18V – 52V

NASA GRACE Follow On

Power supply and mirror drive unit

MILAN Anti-tank weapon system

MES 1-2 Test-Unit

ESA Rosetta & Venus Express

Power Supply Virtis H/M

TIGER – Power Supply FCU

Power Supply FCU Fire & Control Unit

EuroFighter EFA-EDU

Power Supply – Enhanced Distribution Unit

List of all important projects

Extract of important projects over the last 27 Years. (more than 500 projects are realised…)

SPACE

(> 250 Units active in Space + EM/QM 32 Units)

  • AOCS StarTracker ASTRO15 (188 Units)
  • ESA ROSETTA Mission
  • ESA VENUS Express Mission
  • ESA EnMAP & DESIS
  • NASA ISS DESIS
  • NASA GRACE Folow On
  • GökTürk-2
  • Globalstar Satellite
  • KOMPSAT-3
  • KOMPSAT-3A
  • OptSAT VNIR (Series FM 20 Units BWB)
  • RapidExe
  • JSS56 Jena Spaceborn Scanner
  • Space Standard 52V-Bus Converter (AOCS)
  • Digital Correlator System DICOS #1-2-3
  • XMM
  • Power Converter Module OBPE
  • DICOS Digital Correlator System and power supply

APPLICATIONS for Space

  • BOEING 752 SpaceBus
  • BOEING 702 SpaceBus
  • DIRECT TV-Sat
  • Intelsat IS-22

AOCS StarTracker ASTRO15 (188 Units)

  • Different versions for BOEING, Intelsat, SS Loral Space, Orbital Science, Northrop Grumman, MELCO

ION THRUSTER & ELECTRIC PROPULSION

(FM 24 + 28 + 37 EM/QM)

  • Radio Frequency Generators for ION THRUSTER
  • RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM 16 Units Boeing Space)
  • RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM 8 Units ESA MSR Mars Project)
  • RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM28 Units Thales Alenia Intelsat)
  • RFG60 µRIT (ESA Lisa Pathfinder, MRGAN, RITSAT)
  • Various RFG-Radio Frequency Generator RFG60 – 1000Watt (37 Units)
  • Power Supply & Electronic (PSU, PSCU, PPU, high voltage, beam current control)
  • RF-Neutralizer Unit RFG
  • Beam Current Control Unit (BepiColombo)
  • Nano Thruster Engines <100nN – Power Supply
  • Nano Thruster Engines <100nN – Control Unit

DESIGNS – STUDIES – DEVELOPMENTS – COMPETITION

  • BepiColombo (Beam Current Control Unit)
  • GOCE
  • HUYGENS – ECLPS-LISN
  • CCU LOAD SIMULATOR
  • AIR LIQUIDE – Space Cooler Drive Electronics
  • RADARSAT2 MGU-CU
  • EUROFIGHTER Landing Gear Computer
  • EUROFIGHTER STV-DECU Converter engine electronics
  • ESA Des-Risk (DLR GSTP) RFG600
  • A400M Aircraft – M2AC-PSM – Power Supply
  • NH90 – MilOWS Power Supply
  • METEOR Missile – Valve Drive Unit
  • EURAAM Missile
  • MILAN_4 – Control electronic
  • MILAN-RFI Power Converter
  • PARS3/TRIGAT LR – Fin Actuator Assembly
  • PARS3/TRIGAT LR – Fin Drive
  • TAURUS KEPD-350 DC/DC Converter + AC/AC Converter

MISSILE (> 2.052 Units)

  • TAURUS Missile KEPD-350 Seeker Head – (3*684 = 2.052 Unit)
  • TAURUS KEPD-FM3 – Power Distribution Box
  • MILAN Weapon System Anti Tank (20 Unit)
  • POLYPHEM /TRIFOM – Powersupply
  • ASRAAM
  • PARS3 Fin Drive

HELICOPTER TIGER (420 Unit)

  • Helicopter TIGER (Total 3*140 = 420 Unit)
  • HOT Missile
  • PARS3 Fire & Control Unit
  • PARS3 Launcher
  • PARS3 Missile Findrive
  • PARS3 LIE Launcher Interface Electronic

AERONAUTIC/AIRCRAFT

  • EUROFIGHTER (55 Units)
  • TRANSALL C135

TEST_SYSTEMS_EQUIPMENT

  • MES1-2 – MILAN Weapon System Anti Tank
  • Hot Missile – Test Unit
  • VXI Test Unit EGSE

STANDARD CONVERTER / SYSTEM

  • SPACE STANDARD Converter
  • ARINC 600 System

COMMERCIAL

  • SOLAR-Power-Conditioner
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