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Nitrexo’s Expertise

Thermal engineering, particularly in the space industry, is the expertise of Nitrexo, a start-up company based in Ireland. The company provides engineering and consultancy services, as well as digital solutions, thermal analysis reports, and various space products, to its clients.

Nitrexo’s competence involves using ESATAN-TMS® for conducting thermal analyses on space systems and sub-systems prior to the implementation of the thermal design. This ensures that the device or product that undergoes analysis and testing will function effectively under certain space conditions.

In addition, the company specializes in payloads, system level, solar panels, mechanisms, instruments, antennas, sensors, mirrors, electronics, optoelectronics devices for satellites, rockets, microelectronic components, and ground support equipment. Clients are also assured of receiving a thermal analysis reports on their projects.

Having completed projects for the European Space Agency and QinetiQ, Nitrexo’s strengths include running tests and verifications, as well as the integration of improvements to various engineering designs and processes.

Nitrexo’s Mission and Vision

Nitrexo believes in democratic ways of doing things to achieve competence and expertise, particularly in the field of space thermal engineering. In this regard, it uses education as an effective platform and tool for enhancing people’s capabilities.

Through its digital solutions, it aims to provide any interested party--whether business entities or individuals--equal access to educational and skills enhancement materials and applications that will help them create and innovate effectively.

Knowledge Management

Nitrexo guarantees that its training programs are not limited only to the transfer of theoretical knowledge to thermal engineers but that they also teach them how to accurately apply such knowledge in their field of work. Thus, Nitrexo trainings are designed to ensure a delightful user experience.

MECANO I&D offers a range of skills covering all phases of a project :

• mechanical and thermal architecture
• product design on CAD systems
• design basis validation and/or optimisation using finite element analysis
• prototype qualification or flight model acceptance testing for vibration and shock environments
• screwed connection characterisation

Ever since its incorporation in 1994, MECANO ID has enriched its service offering item by item :

• 1994 : Mechanical architecture and analysis
• 1998 : Screwed connection characterisation
• 1999 : Vibration testing laboratory
• 2001 : CAD design office 
• 2002 : SRS shock testing laboratory
• 2004 : First Space Flight Model equipment manufactured
• 2008 : Half-sine shocks
• 2009 : Design, mechanical sizing and manufacturing of composite elements with RTM process

Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation is a spacecraft technology and robotics company located in New York, USA.

Honeybee Robotics has particular expertise in developing and operating small mechanical tools used on Mars missions. Some of the robotic devices it has developed and successfully demonstrated on Mars include:

• The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) instruments used on both Mars Exploration Rovers.
• The Icy Soil Acquisition Device (ISAD), sometimes called the "Phoenix Scoop", a soil scoop and a precision ice-sampling tool successfully demonstrated on the 2008 Mars Phoenix Lander mission,
• The Sample Manipulation System and Dust Removal Tool used on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which landed in August 2012.
• In addition, they are developing tools to be used to live and work on the moon as part of NASA's Constellation program.

Honeybee Robotics delivers flight-qualified products, from specialized mechanical components to precision positioning and deployment systems. It also offesr a range of engineering services, from specification development to design, build, test, and integration of a final product. 

Honeybee Robotics was established in 1983.

SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956 specialized in technological solutions.

For the space industry, SENER has developed from its beginnings mechanisms and mechanical systems that cover almost all the needs of the Flight Segment. Moreover, SENER supplies essential items for completing successful missions, such as Attitude or Control Systems (AOCS) and Guidance, Navigation and Control systems (GNC). All this is backed up with technical solvency, successfully proven with more than 20 satellites and spacecrafts currently operating with SENER equipment on board. In fact, SENER has a major history of meting deliveries, with which it has achieved a reputation for quality and reliability in Space.

Rocketstar Robotics is an American company dedicated to providing actuators and mechanisms for spaceflight applications.

The company has over 25 years of experience in the design and manufacture of spacecraft mechanisms.

Planetary Systems was founded in 1998 with the goal of providing high-quality, affordable mechanical systems to the aerospace industry.

Notably it provides lightweight, cost-effective, and test verified separation systems for the aerospace industry. Specifically for the Space industry, it provides separation systems for payload separation and vehicle staging.

From its own R&D efforts, Planetary Systems produces the Lightband, a  patented system in the US and abroad.

AEROSTUDI, a certified company with integration of all necessary skills, from requirements definition to full production, with savings in terms of cost and time, keeping the highest quality standards.

Since 1989 AEROSTUDI has been developing and manufacturing mechanical systems and sub-systems as well as high performance light metallic and composite structures in the aerospace field.