We Connect in space

We deliver innovative solutions for satellite communications. For everyone. For a better world.

Data transmission via satellite is indispensable for sustainable development. We supply the key components for satellite communications technology and are continuously improving them. As the leading manufacturer of secure space-based communications, we are helping to connect the world and make it a better place to live.

Every day, we are working hard on our contribution to sustainable development:

We help people to connect (telephony), stay informed (satellite TV, internet for remote areas), and find their way (navigation).
We enable better earth observation for climate, disaster prevention, security and higher yields in agriculture.
We contribute to scientific progress. We cooperate with universities and serve various scientific projects such as the James Webb telescope.

On our 63,000m² premises in Backnang, Germany, about 1,100 employees develop, assemble, integrate, and test products, systems and solutions for satellite communications. To date, nearly 1,000 space projects have been completed. More than half of all communication satellites in orbit have TESAT equipment on board.

We offer the complete communication technology necessary, for example to emit television signals via satellite antennas to each household. As the first organization in the world, we have been developing and delivering equipment for optical broadband communication in space. Advantages of laser communication are the high data transfer rate, its transmission security and its stability. More than 85,000 laser transmissions have been successfully performed so far.

From a social point of view, we value different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, skills and individual qualities. Together, we stand for a culture of open discussion, integrity, focus, entrepreneurial thinking and action, and leadership by example.

Environmental protection and the economical use of resources are part of our daily activities, from product development to production.

In short: We are shaping the future of communications. For our employees, for our customers, for our partners, for everyone. For a better world.

Thomas Reinartz

Chief Executive Officer

Since March 1st 2022, Thomas is member of the board in the position of CEO. He has already gained extensive experience at Airbus Group since 1996. Amongst others, he was responsible for several departments in a managerial capacity, lastly in the role of Head of Marketing in Airbus Defence and Space GmbH.

Kerstin Basche

Chief Financial Officer

Kerstin Basche joined TESAT as Chief Financial Officer on September 1, 2019. She joined the Airbus Group in March 2004 in the IFRS department, which she led from October 2011 to June 2015 for Airbus Commercial and Airbus HQ.

Subsequently, she took over the management of central controlling including the cost accounting of Space Systems and was CFO of Airbus DS GmbH. Afterwards she took over the management of Planning and Performance Analysis of the Airbus Defense and Space Division from 2017 to 2019.

Ralph Schmid

Chief Program Officer

Ralph Schmid is member of the board since March 2022 and Chief Programs Officer at TESAT since April 2022. Ralph Schmid has already gained extensive experience in managerial positions at TESAT since 2011. In his former role as Head of Operations he has wide-ranging experience and knowledge of TESAT’s fields of operations.

In space communication, we strive to be the number one partner for your success. Our solutions set standards that open borders, and connect people worldwide.
TESAT understand itself as Europe's largest equipment supplier in the field of satellite communications and serves the global market with a regional emphasis on Europe, North America, and the Far East.
The market for satellite communications can be essentially divided into three segments:
- commercial applications
- civil applications e.g. earth observations for scientific purposes,
- exploration of space and military communications, such as remote sensing
The most important application for commercial satellite communication is the distribution of TV channels that are received in tens of millions of households via satellite system operators, either directly or through cable networks. They allow direct transfers of news and sports programs. But also the development of devices for data and video communications has changed the applications of communications satellites in different market segments significantly.
The ongoing conflict and extreme violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is fueled in part by the trade of "conflict minerals", which are defined as tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold as well as any of their derivatives (3TG).

Since Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010, every company traded on American stock exchanges has been required to look into the origin of conflict minerals in their supply chains and report on the reasonable inquiry and due diligence in order to determine whether their purchases supported armed groups in the DRC and adjoining countries.

Consequently the U.S. law mentioned above does not only impact U.S. companies but a much larger number of companies worldwide.

Quality

Quality in a nutshell
- EN 9100 certified management system
- Direct reporting line to the CEO
- Materials, components and production processes are based on ECSS-Standards
- ESA qualified lines for PWB production and PCB assembly
- ESA Capability approval for the microwave manufacturing Line,
- Metrology and calibration lab accredited to ISO17025
Certification in accordance with EN 9100

Since 1994, the TESAT's (quality) management system is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001. Since October 2006, we maintain a certification to the aerospace standard EN9100, which links global customers and suppliers in a continuous quality chain. This European Standard is equivalent to the American AS9100 and the Asian JISQ9100 standards.
In the continuous development of quality standards at Tesat we see the tangible benefit to get products and processes even more efficient and effective.
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Accredited according to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025:2018

TESAT's calibration laboratory is accredited to DIN EN ISO 17025:2018 for selected measurements since August 2003. Therefore the standard of our calibration department corresponds with national and international guidelines.
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Certification in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017

TESAT's information security is accredited to DIN EN ISO / IEC 27001:2017 .
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