Rocket launchers
As the successor to the companies MAN Technologie and MT Mechatronics we are specialists in the construction of rocket launch systems. Based on our decades of experience in the implementation of projects on the European Start site in Kourou, we supply groundfacilities of all kinds - from the engine test stand to the launch table.
Steel and mechanical engineering on a large scale is our root and strength. We use this ability to build launch pad infrastructure to our customers' exact specifications. We have worked on all launch facilities for the previous generations of the European Ariane rocket and build infrastructure elements that will serve reliably for decades.
The commercialization of space travel is a driver to break new ground. As a system supplier, we know what our customers need. We use our experience to modernize modernize existing ground facilities and develop the launch sites of the future. This includes, among other thingst planning and realization of flexible launch facilities for small launch vehicles (microlaunchers).
Current projects
Launch facilities for Ariane 6
For the Ariane 6 launchkomplex ELA-4 at the European launch site in Kourou, we have the French space agency CNES on behalf of MT Aerospace AG supplied key componentsincluding the launch table, the mobile pallet pallet systems for transporting the solid fuel boosters, the 66-metre-high supply tower and the deflector for deflecting the rocket's exhaust jet.
Offshore Spaceport
Under the name Offshore Spaceport our sister company OHB System AG is working together with several partners on the realization of a mobile launch pad to enable the launch of small launch vehicles from the German North Sea. For this project, we are developing a large part of the required ground facilities on land and at sea, including the preparation hall for the rockets and the so-called launch box, which contains the infrastructure required for launching from a ship.
Eu-BEST
As part of the project funded by the EU funded by the Horizon Europe program Eu-BEST (European Bench for Engine and Stage Testing) we are responsible for for the market analysis and thethe resulting business modelas well as for the development and provision of the mechanical structure of the Ptest stand to be developed. The aim of the project is to realize an infrastructure that can be used for various launch vehicles for testing engines and entire stages of launch vehicles.
Digitization of the space center in FrenchGuiana
In order to prepare the European launch site in Kourou for the future, are planned for the extensive digitization measures are planned for the next few years. planned. As part of a consortium of several European companies, we are contributing our expertise to concrete measures for various areas (including the digitalization of telecommunications and electricity supply as well as the development of a digitaln twin) and implement them.
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