Veoware

Veoware is a Belgian space technology company that specialises in high performance actuator systems for satellite attitude control and agile steering. Its tagline is empowering satellites with next gen agility. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium, with offices in Brussels and Guildford in the United Kingdom.

Its control moment gyroscopes suit spacecraft from 50 to 700 kg. The microCMG covers 50 to 250 kg spacecraft, the miniCMG covers 250 to 500 kg and the mediumCMG covers 500 to 700 kg. The company says its CMGs deliver 10 times the torque of reaction wheels and up to 10 times the maneuvering agility.

Its reaction wheels include the WHL-1000 for 100 to 200 kg satellites, the WHL-500 for 35 to 100 kg satellites, the WHL-200 for 16 to 27U satellites and the WHL-100 for 12 to 16U satellites. The miniGimbal range offers precision gimbal mechanisms for CMG orientation control and pointing accuracy.

Veoware's steering system is a turnkey product that drives a full CMG cluster across all three axes. It supports pyramid, box, rooftop and blended array layouts. It manages actuator limits, momentum saturation, singularities and gyroscopic effects, and it reports any shortfall in torque back to the spacecraft control loop.

Agile steering lets customers revisit targets faster, collect up to four times more images per orbit pass and capture stereo imaging and multi strip collections. Use cases include Earth observation, communications, space situational awareness and in orbit servicing.

The company reports six units in orbit and more than three years of heritage. Its technology was developed with several contracts with the European Space Agency, and its timeline starts in 2019 with CMG prototyping. Customers can request a mission analysis from the engineering team.

Services

• Control moment gyroscopes
• Reaction wheels
• Pointing mechanisms
• Steering system
• Cluster and steering software
• Mission analysis
• Attitude control solutions
• Earth observation agility solutions