Tesat-Spacecom

At Tesat-Spacecom (Tesat) in Backnang, Germany, almost 1,200 employees develop, assemble, integrate, and test systems and equipment for telecommunication via satellite. Our product offerings encompass highly reliable equipment as for example the travelling wave tube amplifiers, multiplexers, waveguide switches, and modulators, which along with complete systems are delivered globally to all leading satellite manufacturers. Therefore, we offer the complete communication technology necessary, to for example emit television signals over the antenna of a satellite to each household. More than half of all communication satellites in orbit have Tesat equipment on board.

With focus on commercial space programs and the cooperation of military and institutional programs Tesat achieved total sales of 318,7 million Euro in 2016. To date the company has participated in more than 700 space projects.