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SITAEL S.p.A.
Via San Sabino, 21
70042 Mola di Bari (BA) Italy
Telephone: +39 080 53 21 796
Fax: +39 080 53 55 048
[email protected]
 COMPANY PROFILE

GROWING
THROUGH INNOVATION

SITAEL is the largest privately-owned Space Company in Italy and worldwide leader in the Small Satellites Being one of the main players of the Space Economy, SITAEL is changing the way to conceive space
sector. With high qualified employees and state-of-the-art facilities, SITAEL covers a wide range of products, both in the upstream and downstream segments, providing competitive smart services for a wide
activities in development of small satellite platforms, advanced propulsion systems and on board avionics, range of applications.
providing turn-key solutions for Earth Observation, Telecom and Science.
SITAEL is part of Angel Group (an Italian holding company that designs and develops hi-tech solutions for
transport, aerospace, and digital mechatronics sectors); it employs highly qualified resources and is
endowed with cutting-edge infrastructures, thus positioning itself on the international scene among the
main players of the New Space Economy.

For further information visit www.sitael.com

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EARTHCARE MTG PLATINO SPACE RIDER

TELECOM
EARTH OBSERVATION More Than
SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION 25 Years In Space
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 OVERVIEW

SATELLITES

SITAEL offers a complete new generation Small Satellites Product Line, based on smart, modular, scalable
all-electric platform solutions in the class range from 50 kg to 350 kg. SITAEL platforms are designed to host
multiple payload technologies, covering applications from LEO Earth Observation (PAN-VIS, NIR/SWIR/TIR,
Multi/Hyperspectral, small SAR) to Telecom (i.e. LEO/MEO small constellations, Internet-Of-Things,
Machine-To-Machine), IoD/IoV and Science missions.

ELECTRIC PROPULSION
Since the early ‘80s, SITAEL has been involved in the development of Electric Propulsion Systems based on inno-
vative proprietary technologies. Electric Propulsion Products range from Low to High Power Hall Effect Thrust-
ers. SITAEL is today one of the few companies worldwide with the capability of developing and qualifying com-
plete Electric Propulsion Systems.

SPACE AVIONICS
SITAEL provides reliable equipment and sub-systems for space missions. In order to assure the best product
quality, the highest level system design techniques are used to provide flight equipment and components for
satellite power management, data processing, handling, storage and communications.

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 SMALL
SATELLITES

PORTFOLIO

75 200 300 +
Kg Kg Kg

S-75 S-200 S-300

P/L MASS 20 kg 80 kg 100 kg
P/L PEAK POWER 200 W 1 kW 1.5 kW
3 3 3 3
P/L VOLUME 320x320x400 mm 800x800x550 mm 800x800x550 mm

Earth Observation High Resolution Earth High Resolution Earth

Observation Observation
Internet-Of-Things/
Machine-To-Machine High Throughput High Throughput
Telecom Telecom
In-Orbit Demonstration/
In-Orbit Validation Multi-payload Small SAR
missions
Science
In-Orbit Servicing

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 SITAEL is today one of the few companies worldwide with development and qualification capabilities
not only of the thrusters, but of the complete Electric Propulsion System and related diagnostics.
ELECTRIC
PROPULSION

Electric Propulsion Products range from High and Low Power Hall Effect Thrusters to Electrothermal Thrusters, from micro-Newton
RAM-EP
Field Emission Electric Propulsions up to hundreds of kilowatts Magneto Plasma Dynamic Thrusters.
RAM-EP is an air-breathing electric thruster, featuring no propellant on-board. This paradigm changing technology will
revolutionize the way we access and work in space; RAM-EP works by ingesting atmospheric gases without the need to use
onboard propellants, it enables vehicles to orbit at very low altitudes (160 – 250 km of distance from Earth), effectively
creating new hybrid concepts intermediate between satellites and high-altitude platforms.
HT100
The smallest low power Hall Effect Thruster ever developed in Europe. Based on permanent magnets,
its performance and characteristics represent the forefront of this technology, making it the perfect
solution for small satellites operating in LEO and VLEO.
The thruster is also available in magnetically shielded version significantly increasing thruster lifetime.
RAM-EP, with its first experimental
demonstration worldwide, has been
awarded with the 2b AHEAD Innovation
HT400 Award 2018
A low power HET subsystem suitable for both Earth Observation and small Telecom missions, HT400 relies on
permanent magnets, but a coil-based version can be provided upon Customer’s request.

HT5k
HT5k is a high efficient thruster with a magnetic system based on toroidal coils. Suitable for
Vacuum Chambers
orbit raising/station keeping of large Telecom satellites and as an innovative propulsion system for launcher & Diagnostics
upper stages.
Designed to be fed with Xe, it can be operated also with Kr and Xe-Kr blends maintaining excellent performance.
With 15 vacuum, thermal vacuum and ultra-high vacuum chambers
The thruster is also available in magnetically shielded version significantly increasing thruster lifetime.
ranging up to 6 m in internal diameter, SITAEL is equipped with a unique
set of test facilities, covering all phases of advanced propulsion technol-
ogy development and qualification.

Besides the extensive test services offered, SITAEL can manufacture

custom turn-key vacuum and thermal-vacuum facilities fully
equipped with diagnostics, control and feeding systems.
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 MICROELECTRONICS

For more than 20 years SITAEL’s Microelectronics Design Center has been pioneering radiation hardening techniques for the
design of Integrated Circuits suitable for space environment.

SITAEL provides complete solutions, including screening and qualification services according to ESA and NASA standards.

Analog, Digital and Mixed Signal ASIC

Thanks to an extensive access to silicon foundries, SITAEL is able to develop analog, digital and
mixed-signal ASICs resistant to significant values of TID and SEE, starting from the selection of the
most appropriate commercial processes (1um down to 150nm), up to the application of specific
radiation hardening measures at architectural, schematics and layout level.

Digital Ip Cores For Rad-hard FPGA

SITAEL microelectronics library includes digital IPs for rad-hard FPGAs (CANopen Controller, SpaceWire
RMAP and Bridges, Microcontrollers, DSP, SPI and UART/LIN) available to customers together with
source code, simulation/synthesis/compilation scripts, testbench, and documentation, under specific
license agreements.

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 POWER, DRIVE DATA HANDLING/
AND CONTROL PROCESSING AVIONICS
AVIONICS
SITAEL designs and produces a very wide range of reliable, low noise and high efficiency spaceborne power supply systems, drive and Adopting the most advanced system design techniques SITAEL provides flight equipment and components for satellite data processing,
control electronics devices for propulsion and thermal control applications. The heritage and experience in power, drive and control handling, storage and communications. Moreover, SITAEL is currently involved into the Enabling and Critical Technologies harmonization
products includes units and sub-equipment on several Earth Observation and Science missions. process to propose innovative solutions for several space data system scenarios.

High And Low Voltage Power Supplies

With an engineering staff working on power supplies for over 25 years, SITAEL is able to produce space qualified Instrument Control Units
power supply systems to meet any requirements coming from different satellite payloads and platform
Powerful Units composed by CPU, TM/TC, House Keeping and Power boards to manage and
sub-systems, such as Optical Payloads (Detectors, Imagers, Spectrometers, APD, PMT, CCD), RF Payloads (SAR,
control complex scientific and Earth Observation Instruments with full internal redundancy,
SRAL), Data Systems (PDHU, MMU).
1553/CAN I/F to S/C, Instrument Thermal control and Motors drive Management.

Drive Electronics For Cryocoolers

SITAEL conceived, produced and qualified a spaceborne Control Drive Electronic (CDE) Unit for Pulse Tube Coolers.
SITAEL CDE demonstrates an extremely accurate control over cryogenic temperature down to 15 K; mvoreover, it
is able to reduce self-induced vibrations during normal operations and it has an active damping feature against
mechanical shocks during the launch phase.
Single Board Computers
Single-board or modular compact computers designed and produced according to ECSS
standards, based on SPARC processors with co-processing and communication FPGAs, with large
on-board memory and wide communication capabilities (CAN, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire).
Power And Processing Units For Electric Propulsion
Within the past 20 years, SITAEL made several developments in the field of Electric Propulsion avionics, with a
focus on High Voltage Power Supplies (HVPS) and Power and Processing Units (PPU) for Low and High Power Hall
Effect Thrusters (HET). Today’s main products are a 300W PPU and a 5kW PPU, both successfully coupled with
SITAEL Thrusters (HT100 / HT400 and HT5k, respectively).

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 REFERENCE &
CUSTOMERS

is a leading contractor and preferred partner for many

stakeholders in several international space projects,
thanks to its skilled staff and years of proven experience.

This extensive heritage in a wide range of solutions has

been enriched through the years by a long-term and
strong worldwide collaboration with Space Agencies and
Industries.

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