OrganizationCOMPANYCONFIRMED
TESAT
@tesatspacecom
T 
Legal name
Tesat-Spacecom
Founded
1949
Employees
1,100
Website
X profile
X bio link
Location
Backnang, Deutschland
Ownership
PRIVATE
Contract Awards
Consolidated award signal from sourced logistics events.
Award count
0
Total disclosed
Not available
Latest award
Not available
No contract award source available.
Links
Identity Trust
Computed from durable identifiers and the number of independent source systems attached to this entity.
Trust score
21/100
Confidence
Sparse
Identifier types
3
DOMAINX_USER_IDX_USERNAME
Reference sources: SpaceIndex.io Firecrawl review, Space Index external X list import
Company News
World-first gigabit-per-second laser link between aircraft and geostationary satelliteESA / Feb 26, 2026Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and German payload manufacturer TESAT (as subcontractor) successfully connected an aircraft to a geostationary satellite using laser communications, bringing people closer to seamless, high‑speed connections in daily life.U.S. Space Force to test laser communications on a GPS satelliteSpaceNews / Dec 18, 2024The GPS SV-10 satellite will carry an optical communications terminal developed by German aerospace manufacturer Tesat-Spacecom
The post U.S. Space Force to test laser communications on a GPS satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.U.S. military satellites built by York Space demonstrate optical communications in orbitSpaceNews / Sep 16, 2024York is the second satellite provider for SDA to demonstrate in-space communications using Tesat terminals, following a previous demonstration by SpaceX.SpaceX satellites with Tesat terminals achieve first laser data exchange for U.S. militarySpaceNews / Sep 4, 2024This marks the first time that satellites built for the Space Development Agency demonstrate laser communications in space using optical terminals compliant with military standards
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Profile Metadata
X location
Backnang, Deutschland
X bio link
Outgoing Relationships
Description states 'equipment manufacturer for telecommunication, navigation and earth observation satellites'.
Manufacturesoptical terminals for laser data transmissionTECHNOLOGYSpace Index external X list import
Description states 'unique provider of optical terminals for data transmission via laser'.
xLocation field.
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All Contract Awards
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Identifier Reference
DOMAIN
tesat.de
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X_USER_ID
796731810273181696
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X_USERNAME
tesatspacecom
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