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A WORLD LEADER IN STAR TRACKERS, OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & SPACE OPTRONICS

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Auriga

Hydra

SED 26 & Horus

LucyPléiades

KazEOsat 2

JPSS 2

ISS Resupply

GEO Deepspace

LEOEarth

Angels

OneWeb

DirectTV

Eurostar NEOMicroCarb

Kibo

Japan’s « Selene »

Korea’s « Pathfinder »

India’s Mars Orbiter

Japan’s « Planet C »

FLIGHT HERITAGEA FEW EXAMPLES

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HYDRA Hydra is a multiple-head star tracker with separate optical heads and electronic units.

Enabled by its high degree of modularity, Hydra can be tailored to suit the need of every customer. Attributed to its exceptional robustness, Hydra can survive high mechanical loads

and performs under very harsh conditions such as high slew rates, protons, stray-light to deliver accurate attitudes.

Cross strapping Data fusion CMOS/HAS-2 detector Exceptional robustness

Optical Head:• 166 x 160 x 283 mm (LxWxH) & 1 400 g• Power consumption: < 1 W

Electronic Unit:• 170 x 146 x 103 mm (LxWxH) & 1 800 g• Power consumption: < 7 W

* GOES R: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

HYDRA BaselineHydra baseline is optimized for earth observation, telecommunications and science missions and can accommodate up to 4 optical heads and 2 electronic units.

They trusted us:Latest generation US meteorological satellite GOES R* was launched by Lockheed Martin to GEO in 2016. It’s equipped with 3 Hydra baselines optical heads and 2 electronic units for real time weather forecast.

Lucy is an interplanetary deep space probe that will explore 6 Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Lockheed Martin will build the spacecraft for NASA. The launch of Lucy is scheduled in October 2021.

The Earth Observation satellite Pleiades Neo, with 30cm resolution will be launched in 2021 by Airbus. It’s equipped with 3 Hydra baselines and 2 electronic units.

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HYDRA MHydra M is a two head star tracker. Hydra M has a low power consumption and a low mass.

HYDRA Two Channels [TC]Hydra TC features 2 separate optical heads and 2 electronic units close-coupled within a single housing.

Flight heritage: an exampleThe high-power telecommunications satellite providing back up capacity and fleet expansion services for DirecTV was launched in May 2016 with Hydra TC star tracker.

Flight heritage: an exampleMicroCarb, a CNES mission, is equipped with Hydra M. The spacecraft performs measurement of atmospheric spectra.

* KazEOsat: Kazakhstan Earth Observation Satellite** JPSS 2: Join Polar Satellite System

Flight heritage: two exemplesThe first Earth Observation satellite KazEOsat-2* from Airbus Defence Space and its subsidiary SSTL was launched in 2014 with Hydra CP star tracker.

HYDRA Centralized Processing [CP]Hydra CP hosts the software in spacecraft’s on board computer. The star tracker enables mass and cost optimization at platform level.

The launch of the meteorological satellite JPSS 2** is scheduled in 2022. Northrop Grumman innovative system will build the spacecraft for NASA, NOAA to help to study global change.

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AURIGA Auriga is an innovative, cost competitive star tracker designed specifically for

the small satellite market. Auriga features compact size, low weight, robustness, and low power consumption and over 100 units per month are being produced. As already demonstrated with its flight heritage on Airbus One Web Satellites,

Auriga is the best star tracker available in its class.

AURIGA Centralized Processing [CP]Auriga CP can accommodate up to three optical heads and comes with a software library that runs on the satellite’s On Board Computer. Image pre-processing is carried out within the FPGA close-coupled with the optical head. The software library is available for different processors on demand.

AURIGA Stand Alone [SA]Auriga SA can also accommodate up to three optical heads and includes one electronic unit hosting Sodern’s software and compute the attitude solution. Auriga SA features a plug-and-play solution with multiple head operation. Auriga SA achieved TRL-9 in December 2019 onboard CNES’ ANGELS satellite.

Flight heritage, an exampleThe Auriga CP is flight proven as demonstrated with its continued performance on board the One Web constellation.

Flight heritage: an exampleSodern has equipped the CNES satellite ANGELS* with an Auriga SA.

* ANGELS: Argos Neo on a Generic Economical and Light Satellite

High volume production & quick delivery Design to cost & manufacture Easy to assemble Up to 3 optical heads connected to their own electronic unit Fast acquisition and arcsec tracking Long lifetime in critical environment

Optical Head:• 66 x 56 x 94 mm (LxWxH) & 205 g• Power consumption: 0.8 W

Electronic Unit:• 91 x 117 x 25 mm (LxWxH) & 315 g• Power consumption: 3.3 W

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HORUS Horus is an autonomous and robust standalone star tracker,

using innovative technologies to associate high performance and competitivity. Horus will be available in 2021.

They have trusted us:Horus is already selected by Airbus Defence & Space for its GEO satcom Eurostar NEO platform.

FAINSTAR (CMOS detector)

Optical Head:• 141 x 141 x 250 mm (LxWxH) & 1 600 g• Power consumption: 7 W

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High data transmission

No interference

Compact design

OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS & MODULAR PAYLOADS LASER LINKS

Data transmission via laser links offers higher throughput & security than radio-frequency.A laser link terminal is made of 4 building blocks including a laser modem, a fine pointing device,

a beam expanding telescope, & a coarse pointing gimbal, and connects satellites to the ground (feeder links) or to other satellites within a constellation.

FINE POINTING DEVICE (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT) An optical sensor is used to track the received beams and actuate a fine steering mirror to optimize the transmission. Sodern leveraged its heritage with piezo mechanisms and optronic detection to develop this device.

COARSE POINTING GIMBAL (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT) Its function is to point the larger beam on the other terminal according to its coarse position. The gimbal has two axes of rotation in order to be able to reach any other satellites.

BEAM EXPANDER TELESCOPE (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT) The function of the telescope is to expand the diameter of the laser. A laser beam means that the laser energy is more concentrated by the emitting terminals, and more energy is collected by the receiving terminals. The telescope is manufactured thanks to advanced mirrors fabrication technologies and innovative integration methods.

OPTICAL SWITCH (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT)

The switch matrix is an innovative solution to manage photonic signals in a communication payload. The switch enables remote interconnection of a large number of fiberchannels (up to 96 x 96) with very low insertion loss thereby providing a high degree of flexibility to the payload architecture.

Up to 96 x 96 ports 1.5 dB insertion loss 1550 nm

Driving Electronic :• Ampli • Laser Emitter & Receiver

Pointing Acquisition & Tracking(Under consideration)

Telescope (Under development)

Gimbal (Under consideration)

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CAMERAS & FILTERS

ARAMIS (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT)The Approach and Rendez-vous Automated Multi-mission Integrated Sensor (ARAMIS) is a rendez-vous sensor that uses advanced algorithms for non-cooperative approach, proximity operation and docking.

AURICAM (UNDER DEVELOPEMENT)Auricam is a compact, affordable camera designed spacecrafts’ surroundings. Several field of views are possible depending on customers needs.

STRIP FILTERSStrip filters are designed to be assembled on detectors to form a multi-spectral detection module for Earth Observation missions. Sodern offers high radiometric and spectral performance, high flexibility (design, spectral characteristics, number of stripes), and very high precision assembly.

Non-cooperative vision-based navigation with 6 degrees of freedom Autonomous from long distance detection to the final approach High-Performance & robustness Smart design

CMOS camera from 1 to 4 Mpixel Compact design 35 degree fields of view available

Multiple strips Very tight spectral precision

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Franck POIRRIER, CEO “ Our goal: combining technological excellence and competitiveness, to transform our customers’ ambitions into realities. “

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NEUTRON ANALYSISOur neutron exploration tools make it possible to explore terrain with exceptional precision and

unmatched speed. These tools represent a

tremendous opportunities to revolutionize the mining and petroleum industries for both exploration and exploitation. Our material analysers enable precise determination of the composition of raw material flows, which is particularly interesting for cement applications. Our neutron generators provide science and industry players with the power and reliability of these particles. Sodern produces nearly one hundred neutron tubes a year which are used by a wide variety of companies and research institutes in more than forty countries around the world, reinforcing our position as the world leader in this market.

DEFENCEOur neutron sources

are designed to offer an absolut guarentee of reliability and security.

This imperative is evidence of the technological expertise of our teams. Using our optronic and neutron know-how, we provide the defence authorities with earth observation instruments, hardenedstar trackers, etc. We anticipate future strategic issues for the armed forces: in particular, we develop solutions that can replace GPS localization, or protect our vital infrastructure in space.

EQUIPEMENT FOR SATELLITESOur star trackers allow satellites and spacecraft to orient

themselves by detecting, identifying and measuring the direction of the stars. Their role is thus essential to ensure that the satellites function correctly. Our rendez-vous sensors

guide space vehicles to their destination in orbit, and make it possible to meet and dock between celestial objects. Our optronic technologies

integrated into Earth observation satellites, contribute to our knowledge of the climate, the ecosystem, the geography and the wonders of our planet.

SCIENTIFIC & SYSTEM EXPLORATION INSTRUMENTS

We proudly participate in extraordinary programs pushing the envelope of humanity’s scientific knowledge.

Examples include the PHARAO cesium atom clock which will be installed on the International Space Station, the heart of NASA InSight’s seismometer to study Martian seismology, and the Pockels cells for the Megajoule Laser. These instruments perfectly exemplify Sodern’s technological prowess and strong desire to innovate and seek solutions to challenging problems. We have applied this creativity and tenacity to improve our internal processes thereby revolutionizing our competitiveness and efficiency.

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CREATED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF SODERN, SUBSIDIARY OF ARIANEGROUP

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