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Cailabs develops, manufactures and delivers TILBA®-OGS turnkey optical ground stations, supplying its customers and partners with industrial optical ground stations that meet both industry standards and the specific requirements of space-to-ground links.
Note from Baader Planetarium
For our partner Cailabs, we were able to install a 4.2 m Advanced slit dome and an Observable Space (formerly PlaneWave) RC700 telescope at their company site in Rennes, France. The facility serves as a reference installation and test station for the TILBA product line. Cailabs manufactures turnkey optical ground stations for its global customer base, equipped with atmospheric turbulence mitigation and designed for optical “free-space” communication (LaserCOM) with satellites.
The dome from Baader’s Advanced (High-Speed) series is a key component in this system. Thanks to its exceptional durability (MTBF), high rotation speeds (up to 30°/sec), and robust design (high burglary and resistance class), it is ideally suited to the operational requirements of an industrially used ground station and protects this critical infrastructure.
Our domes underwent an extensive testing phase for this purpose and were reviewed and certified for system suitability according to Cailabs’ criteria. We are proud to have been selected as a system supplier for Cailabs and look forward to continuing our collaboration on many more optical ground stations to be built in Rennes in the future for Cailabs’ customers.
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