Real missions, real results. Here’s how Nitrexo’s thermal engineering expertise has supported some of our clients’ most demanding space programmes, from concept through launch.
Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands
Sentinel-5P / TROPOMI — Thermal design study for the TROPOMI instrument, successfully launched October 2017 and now used to detect methane leaks worldwide.
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Solar Orbiter / SWA-EAS — Thermal control system design for the SWA-EAS instrument, successfully launched and having completed its first close pass through the Sun’s corona.
Thales Alenia Space
SATCOMBw (COMSATBw-1 & 2) — Thermal Balance/Vacuum test predictions and correlated thermal models for the German Armed Forces’ satellite communication system. Both satellites successfully launched.
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