HPS High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH

🛰 Space Update 🛰️ HPS CEO: "Congratulations to Fraunhofer for the successful launch of ERNST and wishing My Namesake a Safe Journey Home" Not every satellite grabs attention for its mission alone—sometimes the return home is just as important! 🌍 💡 Meet ERNST: A compact 18-kilo satellite developed by Fraunhofer Institute Freiburg launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9, designed for a crucial mission: detecting civilian and military rocket launches via infrared from space. 🚀 🔬 Why It Matters: ERNST is a milestone in European research, especially in a field where the U.S. Space Forces have long set the standard. This mission puts Germany on the map for space-based rocket detection technology. 🌱 Sustainable Space: The renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Freiburg is relying on tried and tested principles to avoid space debris: a braking system with a deployable sail for accelerated return at the end of the approximately three-year mission is also on board. HPS collaborated with Fraunhofer on the sail almost ten years ago as part of a master's thesis and provided support. 💪 HPS Leads the Way: The ADEO braking sails, now in 5 versions, are becoming the gold standard for LEO satellites. With new FCC regulations requiring deorbit tech, no satellite will fly without this gear from late 2024 onwards. 🔝 A Market Leader: ADEO is not only trusted worldwide but also tops NASA's technology report on deorbit systems. 🌠 CEO Ernst K. Pfeiffer’s Thoughts: "While the research mission of ERNST is groundbreaking, I’m particularly excited for its safe return home. Wishing my namesake a smooth journey back!" ➡ More here: https://lnkd.in/dnXgZ_HQ ⬅ Picture by: © Fraunhofer EMI #SpaceInnovation #SatelliteTechnology #DeorbitTech #HPS #ADEO #SustainableSpace #Fraunhofer #SpaceX

🛰 I-Hab & HPS 🛰 On the way to the moon: HPS secures participation in the humanity project I-Hab with a German SME consortium We are excited to share that HPS Munich, along with a consortium of leading German SMEs, has secured a crucial role in the I-Hab project, a key part of the Artemis mission! 💡 What We’re Doing: - Developing the "Internal Secondary Structures" for the I-Hab module. - Ensuring the internal structural integrity of the lunar outpost, which will serve as a hub for all activities on and around the moon. 🤝 Our Partners: - Astrofeinwerktechnik (Berlin) - HPS S.R.L. Romania (Bucharest) - INVENT GmbH (Braunschweig) - Space Structures GmbH (Berlin) - SpaceTech GmbH (Immenstaad) 🎯 Why It Matters: This is more than just a technical achievement—it's a significant milestone for SME German industry in international space exploration. Together, we are contributing to humanity's return to the moon, and we couldn’t be prouder! We look forward to continuing this journey and making history together! 🌍🚀 🔎 See the full story here: https://lnkd.in/duHWmWiD #SpaceExploration #IHAB #Innovation #SMEs #HPS #MoonMission #GermanEngineering #Artemis

🚀 NEWS NEWS NEWS 🚀 HPS secures a New Million-Euro Project: Advancing Innovation & Progress in the European Space Sector We are pleased to announce that HPS has achieved another significant milestone. On August 7, 2024, HPS signed a contract worth 1 million euros under the European Space Agency - ESA's new GSTP sub-program "Product Initiative." 🤝 This groundbreaking project, to be realized in collaboration with our esteemed partners Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH and the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. 📅 Next Steps: Over the next 24 months, HPS will be developing highly innovative films, provisionally named "ProFilm," which will be both ATOX-resistant and capable of being non-reflective or invisible. These advanced materials will open up new possibilities for applications such as thermal insulation for satellites and invisible drag sails, which represent an evolution of our #ADEO product line for the controlled deorbiting of decommissioned satellites. Strategic Goals Supported by this Project: 🚀 Achieving technological independence 💼 Enhancing the competitiveness of European spacecraft manufacturers 🌌 Mitigating light pollution in astronomy through non-reflective surfaces 🛰️ Paving the way towards making entire satellites invisible Ernst K. Pfeiffer, CEO of HPS, emphasized: "The innovation processes now underway will lead to highly exciting products. Our collaboration with partners, from DLR in the north to AAC GmbH in the south, is a strong foundation for success. Most importantly, this project demonstrates how quickly and effectively the European Space Agency can identify, embrace, and overcome technical challenges. This is precisely what European space exploration needs, and it is exactly what innovation leaders, particularly from SMEs, require to thrive." #Innovation #SpaceTechnology #HPS #ESA #EuropeanSpaceAgency

🌕 Conference Update 🌕 Exciting news from the International Moon Day in China! On July 20, 2024, our CEO Dr. Ernst K. Pfeiffer, proudly represented Europe at this high-profile event. As a key speaker in the "LUNAR HORIZONS: The Economic Implications of Lunar Exploration and Utilization" panel, he highlighted the immense challenges and opportunities in space exploration. Discover more about his insights and the importance of global cooperation in space endeavors: https://lnkd.in/dzzpK5ch #SpaceExploration #InternationalMoonDay #HPSGmbH #GlobalCooperation #Innovation #SpaceEconomy

🌟 HPS Celebrates "Family & Friends" 🌟 July 10, 2024, was a special day for us at HPS! We came together with our entire workforce, their families, and the many friends of our company to celebrate under the motto: "Shared joy is double the joy." We have many reasons to be happy: 🎉 Since July 1, 2024, our HPS family has grown to a new record of 93 employees, including 11 freelancers and students, across our Bucharest (HPS Romania), Münchberg (HPtex), and Munich (HPS HQ) locations. 🏢 In Munich, we've expanded with a new, large floor in Hofmannstrasse and a spacious assembly area in the basement. 🤝 The circle of our friends from joint projects and association activities is huge. Many from the Munich area joined us today, and we were overwhelmed by the large number of surprise guests. Success is best celebrated with "Family & Friends"! Chers to many more shared joys and milestones together! 🎊 #HPSFamily #Celebration #Growth #Success #Community #Joy #Space

🗣 Bayern und Raumfahrt 🗣 Raumfahrt bleibt ein zentrales Zukunftsthema für Bayern! Gestern durfte unser CEO Ernst K. Pfeiffer Staatssekretär Tobias Gotthardt (Freie Wähler) im Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie umfassend über die Herausforderungen und Chancen in der Raumfahrt informieren. Themen wie KMU-Politik, Förderquoten und internationale Zusammenarbeit standen im Fokus. Herzlichen Dank für das offene Gespräch, Herr Gotthardt! 🙏🛰️

🚀 NEWS NEWS NEWS 🚀 ESA pushing market-driven series production with co-financing of 1.2 million euros 🤝 With the #ADEO variants “Pico”, “Cube”, “Nano”, “Medium” & “Large”, HPS meets the market demand for all sizes of LEO satellites in orbits between 300 & 900 kilometers. All variants are already in production, with manufacturing at the HPS production sites in Munich (Germany) & Bucharest (Romania) which are closely working together. 🤝 Nevertheless, HPS & the technical ADEO experts at ESA have identified a number of optimization & expansion opportunities in order to urgently increase the pace of the series production & in response to the increasing price pressure of the New Space scene. 📈 The company is now raising the required #funds for the implementation of these opportunities in the short term, using #cofinancing of 1.2 million euros signed by European Space Agency - ESA on June 28, 2024. 💰 👏   👍 ESA-Director Dietmar Pilz for Technology, Engineering and Quality in a videocon on July 1st: „my best wishes for this important technology development.“ 👍   HPS CEO Ernst K. Pfeiffer: “As a company, we are very pleased about the trust and continuous support from the European Space Agency, and therefore indirectly also from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs. However, this is at least as much a reason for joy for all those who, thanks to its #technology programs such as #GSTP, would like to see Europe in a leading role in the development of components for #space technology and -transport, especially in the commercially so important LEO and MEO supplier market." 🌐 ➡ Full Article: https://lnkd.in/d7Bbjrqc ⬅

First three VACENCIES 2024 are out now: 1) System Engineer (mechanical/structural/RF) with CFRP know-how for our high performance reflectors & antennas. 2) AIT Engineer for a very complex LDRS (large deployable reflector subsystem full of mechanisms) never built before on this globe. 3) Project PA for various structures, mechanisms, mechatronics projects. Details you will find here: https://lnkd.in/dPARWy3c New facilities and offices, as well as open minded collegeagues are waiting for you. Please send your application to: personal@hps-gmbh.com We are in space-business since more than 20 years and steadily growing: HPS High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH

🚩New #ZeroDebris milestone: dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero Debris Charter at #ILA2024 More than 40 companies, research centres and international organisations signed the Zero Debris Charter at the Berlin International Airshow (ILA) today, confirming their dedication to the long-term sustainability of human activities in space. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4YYya3S #ZeroDebrisCharter The Zero Debris Charter, unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville in November 2023, is a world-leading initiative aiming for future missions to become debris neutral in space by 2030. The space community has shown robust support for the Zero Debris Charter initiative. Together with ESA, twelve European countries were recently the first to sign the Zero Debris Charter at the ESA/EU Space Council in Brussels. Over 100 organisations worldwide have registered their intent to sign and join the collaborative effort in the coming months – dozens of them signing today. Find out who they are & how your organisation can join the community 👉 https://lnkd.in/eneEHjrC

🛰 Space Debris Update 3 / 3 🛰 The Charter was signed in Brussels on May 22 by 12 countries, including Germany. 👏 Since then, over 100 organizations, companies and entrepreneurs have been waiting for their cue to sign. The ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace 2024 marks a very important stage on this path towards the sustainability of European space travel and sets an #example for companies on other continents. 🚀 💫 📸 : 42 Signatories at ILA today 📸 : Audience, record-breakingly full