How tanks from Holzhausen end up in space

How tanks from Holzhausen end up in space

The collaboration with Airbus is part of the Galileo project, the EU’s navigation satellite system. The order is worth two million euros and the fuel tanks will be used to power the future generation of satellites. This was announced by the founder and managing director of Peak Technology, Dieter Grebner, today, Wednesday, at a press conference in Holzhausen. “For us as a company, this order is a milestone, not so much in terms of finance, but above all in terms of image,” said Grebner.

Specifically, tanks made of aluminum and sheathed with carbon fibers that hold more than 150 liters of xenon are produced in Holzhausen. These will be attached to the satellites and the launch vehicles and will help to find the satellite’s intended orbit at an altitude of 23,000 kilometers. The new generation of Galileo satellites should be significantly more precise and more interference-free than before, explained Grebner. Around 70 percent of the fuel in the tanks is used up during the ascent. The rest will be used to hold the satellite in position for the next 15 years.

The satellites collect data and serve, among other things, as orientation for global air traffic. The European Space Agency (ESA) needs twelve satellites for the next generation of satellites, and Peak Technology is supplying the tanks for six of them.

Grebner used to work in Formula 1 and founded the company in 2007. Today, it employs 125 people, has a turnover of 13 million euros and an export quota of 97 percent.

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