INVENT manufactured approx. 70 Aluminum/Aluminum sandwich raw panels for the first 14 Galileo satellites.

Following a 3 year development INVENT manufactures raw CFRP waveguides and thermally high conductive CFRP parts for the SAR antennas of TerraSAR-X, Tandem-X and Sentinel 1A + B since 2004. Within these projects INVENT made more than 5000 CFRP parts for several QMs and FMs.

Following a 3 year development INVENT manufactures raw CFRP waveguides and thermally high conductive CFRP parts for the SAR antennas of TerraSAR-X, Tandem-X and Sentinel 1A + B since 2004. Within these projects INVENT made more than 5000 CFRP parts for several QMs and FMs.

Following a 3 year development INVENT manufactures raw CFRP waveguides and thermally high conductive CFRP parts for the SAR antennas of TerraSAR-X, Tandem-X and Sentinel 1A + B since 2004. Within these projects INVENT made more than 5000 CFRP parts for several QMs and FMs.

In the frame of the Herschel project INVENT developed and built mechanically high-stressed, but thermally isolating, isostatic mounts, made of CFRP & aluminum. Further on, a thermal strap out of copper and CFRP could be developed. All components work under cryogenic temperatures between 2 and 4 K.

The ALADIN sun baffle consists of a CFRP strut framework. Each strut features CFRP inserts (to cover CTE mismatch) for the strut connection.

The IOU (Instrument Optical Unit) and the STSA (Star Tracker Sensor Assembly) supports were designed as CFRP/AlBeMet and Titanium/Invar bipods. The major design driver was the required mechanical performance going simultaneously with a small thermal conductivity and expansion.

The deployable mast assembly (DMA) consists of a CFRP boom with titanium fittings, which support the Rover’s stereo camera system.