Annual Turnover: 85 M€                                            Export Turnover: 34 M€

Number of Employees: 450                                      Capital stocks: 426 857 €

Address 

20, avenue Descartes 

Limeil-Brevannes 94450

France

Year of establishment 1962

Parent Company ArianeGroup  WWW.sodern.com/en

Description

• Star trackers

• Space cameras

• Filters for Earth observation

• Neutron generators / tubes

• Analysers for mining industry

Geographies served & Export Reference: World-wide leader for star trackers

Main Export Strategies: Depending of countries: direct export or agents

Activities in Indonesia: Ongoing discussion with Indonesian actors

What is your experience in the space sectors?

Sodern provides space equipment for 50 years:  

• Star trackers

• Space cameras

• Other optical instruments for scientific missions

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What are the competitive advantages of your solutions for the space sector?

• Very high performances and robust star trackers for large satellites

• A small product (Auriga) adapted to small platforms

• Full systems (SSA, Rendez-vous) based on cameras + algorithms

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Main projects using your solutions (space or other industry):

• One third of large1 satellites world-wide are equiped with Sodern star trackers

• One-Web mega-constellation has selected Sodern Auriga star tracker. More than 1000 units are already flying 

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Collaboration with universities or clusters to develop new technologies/concepts?

Yes