Projects

LoLaSat - Very low latency satellite communication system

LoLaSat aims at enabling satellite communication systems in 200 km to 300 km orbits for applications requiring a very low latency of less than 10 ms. The activity covers payload and platform development, manufacturing and six months of operations to characterise the orbital environment and test the functionality, versatility and performance of the communication link in this orbital range.

DEALS3D: 3D Monument Protection

In the DEALS3D project, a technical solution is being developed to create accurate three-dimensional models of culturally relevant buildings. In order to capture all required perspectives, images are generated and automatically fused by ground-based 3D sensors and by sensors carried by unmanned flight systems.

TIM & TOM

The Telematics International Mission (TIM) is a multinational project to combine several nanosatellite missions in an international formation/constellation with the goal of enabling different photogrammetric earth observations with small satellites. For this purpose, the satellites simultaneously observe certain target points on the earth from different angles. From this, 3D models of the observed sceneries can be generated.

CloudCT - Using computer tomography to look inside the clouds

Enabled by the interaction of ten nanosatellites, which are to be developed and operated in space within the project, algorithms of medical computer tomography are used to obtain a better image of small cloud fields. The aim is to better understand and model the influence of clouds on climate.

NetSat - Pioneering Research in Formation Control

NetSat is to demonstrate for the first time the self-organization of several satellites in three-dimensional space within the framework of a formation in orbit. To this end, important new technologies for formation control and coordination are being researched.

CubeGrav

Cube-satellite networks for geodetic Earth observation on the example of gravity field retrieval.

ForTe

The aim of the ForTe project is to launch and operate a network of four micro-satellites into orbit. This will enable and conduct experiments on formation control and inter-satellite communication. These experiments will provide important data to optimize future Internet of Space applications.

Adaptive Management & Security System

The failure of a machine has far-reaching consequences in industrial companies and must be rectified without long delays. We offer the tailor-made solution for your company.

SpaceFactory 4.0 - Space factory for small satellites

A swarm of small satellites - manufactured from standard components - in a space factory - and ready for operation within one month after receipt of order! Impossible? We do not believe so! It is generally expected that one day we will produce satellites outside the earth. The question is not if, but when. This question is the starting point of the joint project Space Factory 4.0, which is funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi).

QUBE - Secure communication using quantum encryption

Data transfers via conventional systems always guarantee the risk of unwanted monitoring. Even encrypted transmissions generally allow them to be intercepted and decrypted unnoticed. The situation is different with quantum encryption, where secure communication channels are created that offer robust protection against interception.

YETE2

With the YETE2/SIW technology, physically distributed systems are designed and implemented in a way never achieved before. For the data management system, including control, there will be no physical boundaries between the individuals involved. All together form a collective, a single system consisting of components in both the space segment and the ground segment. Based on this, there will then be a global control system and a global data management system.

Eins3D - Airborne environmental reconnaissance in 3D

In the event of major emergencies such as major fires, mass pile-ups or large-scale flooding, it is difficult for the emergency services to obtain an overview of the situation on site. In addition, changes in the damage situation can usually only be registered with a time delay, which makes it considerably more difficult to manage the emergency services effectively.

Adaptive Industrial Production

The Bayern Digital future strategy is designed to address the current trend towards digitisation. Numerous companies, research institutes and universities are working together to play a key role in shaping these developments and thus open up new future opportunities for Bavaria. The ZfT is part of this initiative and works on aspects of adaptive industrial production.

¡VAMOS!

The aim of the project ¡VAMOS! (Viable Alternative Mine Operating System) is the development and construction of an underwater robot for the mining of minerals in flooded open-cast mines.

LiBeRo: Line Coating Robot

The line coating robot is a system for the automated, precise application of line markings on different floors. Application examples are markings in factory halls, swimming pool floors or roadways.

MainTelRob - Maintenance and Telematics for Robots

The enormous progress in telecommunications and information processing technologies enables the provision of increasingly sophisticated services even over long distances without the need for energy-intensive travel.

Smart Grids

Smart grids are one of the technical challenges of the coming years. For the Internet of Energy, energy production, energy storage and energy consumption must be coordinated. The automation and communication technology superimposed on the classic energy networks is a typical area of application for telematics.

TeleMedicine: Remote care for COPD and home respiration

The aim is to further develop the outpatient care of patients using telematics methods - initially in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as an example.

TeleMedicine: Supporting the autonomy of dialysis patients through telematic methods

The care of chronically ill dialysis patients in permanent medical-technical therapy should enable an increase in therapy quality with reduced costs in health care by means of modern telematics technologies.

NaKoFo-Study

In the past, the great potential of small satellites and clusters of small satellites has already been identified and demonstrated several times. Nevertheless, satellite swarms and their coordination make high technological demands.

SiNafaR - Safe Navigation for Autonomous Robotic Platforms

Until now, safety aspects have often stood in the way of civil use of autonomous mobile robots. However, if these can be met, new opportunities for marketing on a very large scale will arise.

NetSat-Launch Event

Here you will find all information about the launch of our four Netsat satellites.