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Madis VõõrasEnterprise Estonia,Head of Estonian Space Offi ce, NordicBaltSat project coordinator

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Dear User,

We are honored to introduce you the fi rst space technologies catalogue of ELLP countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithu-ania and Poland). ELLP space directory has been compiled during the Europe-an Commission 7-th Framework Pro-gram project NordicBaltSat, which one of the tasks among many others has been also the determination of space related capabilities in science, industry and the third sector.

From this book you will fi nd a brief overview of all ELLP countries, starting with fast facts, space and national his-tory, governance structure of space related activities on policy implemen-tation level and technological capabili-ties described using the Technology Tree classifi cation system used by European Space Agency. We have dedicated one page for every science institution and private company, not depending on their size, nature, bud-get or turnover and tried to bring their skills and capabilities to the user in most precise and comprehensive way without oversimplifi cations.

Herewith I would like to express my gratitude to the Research and Execu-tive Agency of European Commission

7-th Framework Program without whom the project NordicBaltSat would not have realized. I would also like to thank all national partners of the project – Wasat from Poland, Kaunas University of Technology from Lithu-ania, Ventspils High Technology Park from Latvia and Invent Baltics from Estonia and project guiding partners International Space University and Swedish Space Corporation who all contributed with their valuable know-ledge, data and personal efforts during the completion of this catalogue for this region for the fi rst time.

We hope you will fi nd this book as a useful tool to discover the space capa-bilities of ELLP countries when, show casing our unique qualities for this region and its interest to cooperate in a wide variety of space related fi elds.

We hope you will fi nd this book as a use-ful tool to discover ELLP countries from the space technologies prospective and consider the unique qualities of Nordic-Baltic region as one of the advantages while looking for potential future part-nerships for your organization.

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CROATIA

Helsinki

Stockholm

Warsaw

Vilnius

Riga

Tallinn

Strasbourg

Brussels

Ventspils

FINLAND

NORWAY

GERMANY

DENMARK

POLAND

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AUSTRIA

ITALY

FRANCE

HUNGARY

BELARUS

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

NETH.

BELGIUM

LUX.

GREECE

MONTENEGRO

BOSNIA

SLOVENIA

UKRAINE

MOLDOVA

SERBIA

SWITZERLAND

RUSSIA

SWEDEN

MACEDONIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

SLOVAKIA

ALBANI

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

TURKEY

KOSOVO

TyrrhenianSea

BlackSea

Adriatic

Aegean

Gulfof

Bothnia

NorthSea

NorwegianSea

el

BalticSea

Sea

Sea

60° N

30° E

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Country overviewSpace history Space GovernanceSpace related ScienceSpace IndustryIndustry clusters and associationsSpace educationSocial initiatives




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Contents

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1. ESTONIA.......................................................................................151.1.1. Short general history of Ancient Times.................................161.1.2. History before 20. Century......................................................181.1.3. 20. Century..............................................................................191.1.4. 21. Century..............................................................................211.2. Space Governance.....................................................................221.3. Space related memberships.....................................................241.3.1. Government level cooperation...............................................251.3.2. Interested international cooperation subjects.......................281.4. Space related Science...............................................................29Eliko Competence Centre.................................................................30Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Centre................................31Chemistry Institute,Tallinn University of Technology (TUT).............32Computer Engineering Department, TUT........................................33Computer Science Department, TUT...............................................34Electrical Drives & Power Electronics Department, TUT................35Electronics Department, TUT...........................................................36Gene Technology Department, TUT................................................. 37Industrial Psychology Department, TUT..........................................38Machinery Department, TUT............................................................39Marine Systems Institute, TUT.........................................................40Mechatronics Department, TUT.......................................................41Chemistry Institute, Tartu University (TU).......................................42Computer Science Institute, TU.......................................................43Estonian Marine Institute, TU..........................................................44Intelligent Materials and Systems Laboratory, TU..........................45Physics Institute, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, TU................46Tartu Observatory, TU.......................................................................47Institute of Technology, TU...............................................................48

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1.5 Space Industry............................................................................493D Technologies R&D.......................................................................50AA-Sat Professional..........................................................................51Apprise.............................................................................................52Artec Group.......................................................................................53Borthwick-Pignon Solutions............................................................54Clifton................................................................................................55Cybernetica.......................................................................................56Defendec...........................................................................................57Eli......................................................................................................58Elvior..................................................................................................59Englo.................................................................................................60Feanor...............................................................................................61Geosoft.............................................................................................62IB Krates...........................................................................................63Interspectrum...................................................................................64Komtronik.........................................................................................65Laser Diagnostic Instruments..........................................................66Logica Estonia..................................................................................67Metrotec...........................................................................................68Modesat............................................................................................69Molcode............................................................................................70Myoton ..............................................................................................71Nutiteq..............................................................................................72Nycosat.............................................................................................73Oskando............................................................................................74Positium LBS....................................................................................75ProtoBios..........................................................................................76Rantelon...........................................................................................77Regio.................................................................................................78Molycorp Silmet................................................................................79Skeleton Technologies.....................................................................80T+1 Solutions....................................................................................81Track 24............................................................................................82Tensiotrace.......................................................................................83Tracking Center/Navirec..................................................................84Vertex Estonia...................................................................................85Webmedia Group..............................................................................861.6. Space related education............................................................871.7. Space Related Social Activities.................................................88

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2. LATVIA..........................................................................................902.1. Short general history.................................................................912.2. Space History.............................................................................922.2.1. The beginning of 20. Century.................................................922.2.2. 20. Century.............................................................................932.2.3. 21. Century..............................................................................962.3. Space Governance.....................................................................992.3.1. Institutions and their role....................................................1002.3.2. Guiding documents...............................................................1012.3.3. Strategic Space infrastructure.............................................1012.3.4. Space related memberships................................................1032.3.5. Government level cooperation with ESA (and others).........1042.3.6. Interested international cooperation subjects....................1062.4. Space related Science.............................................................107Forest Owners Consulting Center LLC..........................................108Institute of Electronics and Computer Science.............................109Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LIWC).........................110Transport and Telecommunication Institute..................................111Astronomy Institute, University of Latvia (UL)...............................112Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, UL.............................113Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, UL...............................114Institute of Physics (IPUL), UL......................................................115Institute of Polymer Mechanics, UL.............................................116Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), UL.....................................117Building faculty, Transport building faculty, Department of Geomatics, Riga TU...............................................118Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Riga Technical University..........119Institute of Materials and Structures, Riga Techn.University........120Insitute of Radioelectronics, Riga Technical University.................1212.5. Space Industry.........................................................................122Algorego, Ltd..................................................................................123Audiogids, Ltd.................................................................................124Aviatest, Lab...................................................................................125Baltic Scientifi c Instruments, Ltd..................................................126Dynamic Research, Ltd..................................................................127Envirotech, Ltd................................................................................128Ģeodēzists, Ltd...............................................................................129Geostar, Ltd....................................................................................130Hanzas matrix, Ltd..........................................................................131

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HEE Photonic Labs, Ltd.................................................................132Kamri, Ltd.......................................................................................133Latvijas Valsts meži, JSC................................................................134LEITC (Latvian Testing Center of Electronic Equipment)..............135Metrum, Ltd....................................................................................136Mobile systems, Ltd.......................................................................137Norwecom, Ltd...............................................................................138Plasma & Ceramic Technologies, Ltd...........................................139RD Alfa ...........................................................................................140Sidrabe...........................................................................................141Starspace, Ltd.................................................................................142VentaCrew, Ltd................................................................................143Ventspils University College Engineering Research Institute Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre...........................1442.6. Industry clusters and associations.........................................1452.7. Space education......................................................................1462.8. Social initiatives.......................................................................148

3. LITHUANIA.................................................................................1493.1. Short general history................................................................1513.2. Space history............................................................................1523.2.1. Before 20. Century................................................................1533.2.2. 20. Century............................................................................1533.2.3. 21. Century............................................................................1573.3. Space Governance...................................................................1583.3.2. Guiding documents...............................................................1613.3.3. Strategic Space infrastructure.............................................1633.3.4. Space related memberships................................................1643.3.5. Government level cooperation with ESA and others...........1643.3.6. Interested international cooperation subjects.....................1653.4. Space related Science.............................................................167Biomedical Engineering Institute, Kaunas University of Technology (KUT).........................................174Faculty of Electronics and Control Engineering , KUT...................175Defence Technologies Institute, KUT..............................................176Electrical and Control Engineering Faculty, KUT...........................177Food Institute, KUT.........................................................................178Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, KUT..........................................179Faculty of Informatics Real Time Computing Centre Faculty, KUT.....180

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Mechatronics Center for Research, Study and Information, KUT.......181Physical Electronics Institute, KUT................................................182Technological Systems Diagnostics Institute, KUT........................183Telematics Sc. Lab., KUT................................................................184Ultrasound Institute, KUT..............................................................185Institute of Biochemistry................................................................186Institute of Mathematics and Informatics......................................187Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemistry.....................................................................188Nature Research Centre, Institute of Botany.................................189Nature Research Centre, Institute of Geology and Geography........190Centre for Physical Science and Technology, Institute of Physics.......191Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology Semiconductor Physics Institute.............................................................................192Institute of Aerial Geodesy, Ltd., Applied Research Center...........193Institute of Marine and Cultural Landscapes, Klaipeda University.........................................................................194Marine Seascape Research Institute, Klaipeda University............195Lithuanian Energy Institute, Klaipeda University...........................196Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry............197Mechatronics Science Institute, Klaipeda University.....................198Military Technology Centre, The General J.Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania.....................................................................199Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy............................................................................200Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lithuanian University of Agriculture..............................................201Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.........................................202Faculty of Electronics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University..........203Research Institute of Geodesy, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University..........................................204The laboratory of ultrasonic mechanisms, Vilnius Pedagogical University........................................................205Institute of Applied Research, Vilnius University...........................206Kosminiu Technologiju Studiju Centras, Vilnius University...........207Lithuanian Innovation and Technology Institute, Vilnius University............................................................................2083.5. Space Industry..........................................................................209

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Arcus Novus UAB...........................................................................212GPS partner UAB............................................................................213IN RE UAB.......................................................................................214Konstravimo biuras UAB................................................................215Laser Technology Center UAB.......................................................216Minatech UAB.................................................................................217Precizika Metrology UAB................................................................218PTEC UAB.......................................................................................219Satgate UAB....................................................................................2203.6. Industry clusters and associations..........................................2213.7. Space education.......................................................................2223.8. Social initiatives.......................................................................223

4. POLAND......................................................................................2244.1. Short general history...............................................................2254.2. Space history............................................................................2264.2.1. Before 20. Century................................................................2284.2.2. 20. Century............................................................................2294.2.3. 21. Century............................................................................2334.3. Space Governance...................................................................2354.3.1. Institutions and their role.....................................................2364.3.2. Guiding documents...............................................................2374.3.3. Strategic Space infrastructure.............................................2384.3.4. Space related memberships................................................2384.3.5. Government level cooperation with ESA and others...........2384.3.6. Interested international cooperation subjects....................2394.4. Space related Science.............................................................240Department of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, University of Warsaw.......................................................................241Department of Aerospace Technology,Warsaw University of Technology (WUT).......................................242Institute of Heat Engineering, WUT................................................243Institute of Radioelectronics, WUT.................................................244Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, WUT.....................245Department of Telecommunication,Wrocław University of Technology..................................................246Gdansk University of Technology, Department of Geoinformatics......................................................247

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Department of Electronics,AGH University of Science and Technology....................................248Institute of Power Engineering and Electromachinery, Silesian University of Technology...................................................249Institute of Applied Optics - INOS..................................................250Institute of Aviation..........................................................................251Institute of Geodesy and Cartography............................................252Institute of Geodesy, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.................................253Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences ...................254Institute of Meteorology and Water Management.........................255Institute of Navigation and Hydrography,Polish Naval Academy....................................................................256Institute of Precision Mechanics....................................................257Institute of Thermal Machinery,Częstochowa University of Technology..........................................258Tele & Radio Research Institute.....................................................259ITME – Institute of Electronics Materials Technology....................260Military Communication Institute...................................................261National Institute of Telecommunications.....................................262PIAP - Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements.....................................................263PIT Telecommunications Research Institute S.A. .........................264Space Research Centre..................................................................265Students’ Space Association...........................................................2664.5. Space Industry..........................................................................267Avio Polska Sp. z o.o. .....................................................................268Biatel SA.........................................................................................269CECOMM SA...................................................................................270DGT Sp. z o.o. ................................................................................271Electronic Power and Market Sp. z o.o. ........................................272GEOSYSTEMS Polska Sp. z o.o. .....................................................273Infotron Sp. z o.o. ...........................................................................274KAMIKA Instruments......................................................................275KUZIEMSKI PL................................................................................276Materials Engineers Group Sp. z o.o. ...........................................277NAVI Sp. z o.o. ................................................................................278NOMA2 Sp. z o.o. ...........................................................................279POI ‘OPTYKA’..................................................................................280

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Polish Air Navigation Services Agency............................................281PZL-KALISZ....................................................................................282QWED Sp. z o.o. ..............................................................................283Radiotechnika Marketing Sp. z o.o. ................................................284Robotics Inventions Sp. z o.o. ........................................................285Tooling Company Mielec Sp. z o.o. ................................................286Transbit Sp. z o.o. ..........................................................................287Ultratech Sp. z o.o. .........................................................................288Wasat Sp. z o.o. ..............................................................................289WB ELECTRONICS Sp. z o.o. .........................................................290Vigo System Sp. z o.o. ...................................................................291WSK PZL-Rzeszów S.A. .................................................................292WSK PZL-Warszawa II...................................................................293

5. ESA Technology tree..................................................................294

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1. ESTONIA

59 00 N, 26 00 E

Capital - TallinnPolity - ParliamentTerritory - 45 227 km2

Currency: EURMemberships: NATO, EL, OECD

GDP (2010) - 20.858 billion USD (2008)GDP per capita - 22 730,725USD (2010, IMF)Nr of inhabitants: 1340122 (01.01.2011)

1.1. Short general history

In 2010, exports of goods from Estonia totaled 8.75 billion euros and imports to Estonia 9.24 billion euros at current prices. Compared to 2009, exports increased by 35% and imports by 27%. Annual turnover of exports in 2010 exceeded also the highest level recorded until now i.e. the level of 2008. The trade growth accelerated especially in the last months of the year, because the economy was recovering in Estonia and also in Estonia’s partner countries. According to the data of Eurostat, the annual growth rate of exports in the European Union (EU) countries was on average 18% and that of imports 19% in 2010. Estonia’s growth rate of exports was the biggest of the EU countries. Regarding the growth rate of imports, Estonia ranked the third after Lithuania and Sweden.

Agriculture, hunting and fishing

Forestry

Mining and quarring

Manufacturing

Electricity, gas and water supply

Construction

Wholesale and retail trade

Hotels and restaurants

Transport, storage and communication

Financial intermediation

Real estate, renting and business activities

Public administration and defence

Education

Health and social work

Other community, social and service activities

Net taxes and products

404,8

481,2

634,3

903,7

2551,4 472,7

1451,1

172,8

1575,9

722,9

580

2126,1

173,6155,8

285,6

1809,1

Diagram GDP composition

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1.1.1. Short general history of Ancient Times

The fi rst inhabitants arrived in the territory of the present Estonia about 10,000 years ago. The oldest known settlement is on the banks of the Pärnu River and dates back to the 8th millennium BC. The fi rst inhabitants hunted, fi shed and gathered roots and berries.Cultivation of fi elds started to fl ourish in the 5th millennium BC.With the raids from the west by the Vikings and the Baltic tribes from the south, large strongholds started to appear. Although Estonians themselves was made Viking raids to Denmark, Sweden and to the east trough large Russian rivers to Constantinople.The territory of Estonia was divided into counties, which, in turn, were divided into parishes. Elected elders led the parishes and villages.

Ancient Estonians worshipped elves and ancestors. Main God were Thara (Mother Earth) in with hole nature were written. They believed that every object in the nature had a soul.

Estonia was fi rst mentioned in written documents in 1154 by the Arabic geographer Al-Idrisi but in 98 AC Roman geographer Tacitus mentioned one of the norther nation aesti, in whom many historians believe as ancient Estonians.

By the 13th century the Baltic countries and Finland were the last pagan countries in Europe. Estonia’s neighbours started to demon-strate their interest in Christianising the country.In 1219 the Danish fl eet, led by Valdemar II conquered Tallinn, bap-tised the people and fought for more land.

During the middle ages, areas of the present Estonia and northern Latvia were divided between several small feudal states. The strongest military power belonged to the Livonian Order.Many of the towns had joined the Hanseatic League by that time, so commercial life was active.

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Although the upper classes in cities consisted of Germans, the share of Estonians was fairly large.

The rights of Estonian peasants were gradually restricted. By the 16th century the peasants weren’t allowed to leave their residence without permission.

In this period the extensive construction of stone churches and castles began. The fi rst stone churches were simple. The best-preserved medieval town is Tallinn.

It was during this period that Christianity started to gradually infl u-ence the way of thinking. Christian motifs can be noticed in folk art and the main holidays were connected with the names of the saints (St Catherine, St Michael).

Medieval Tallinn / Image credits: www.medievalarchives.com

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1.1.2. History before 20. Century

The ReformationThe Reformation reached Old Livonia in 1524 when crowds, inspi-red by the ideas of Martin Luther, attacked the churches in Tallinn destroying paintings and statues. By 1526 most Estonian towns had been converted to Lutheranism. The Reformation marked the publication of the fi rst book in Estonian in 1525.

Livonian war and Swedish ruleIn 1558 Russian troops, lead by Ivan the Terrible, launched a war for conquering the territories of Old Livonia. Sweden, Poland and Denmark wanted to do the same, so by 1583 Estonia had been divided between Sweden, Denmark and Poland.

In 1600 war started again between Sweden and Poland which lasted for 30 years. It ended with the Altmark Peace Treaty, which marks the beginning of the Swedish period in Estonia. During the Swedish period, Lutheranism was spread and services were held in Estonian.

In 1632 by order of King Gustav II Adolf the fi rst university in Estonia, the University of Tartu, was established. It gave chance for locals to get higher education as Estonians could also study there.

In 1811 Tartu Observatory was founded.

Tartu Observatory in 1811 / Image credits: Tartu Observatory

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1.1.3. 20. Century

By the early 20th century, Estonia had become economically and culturally one of the most advanced areas of the whole Russian empire. This was mainly due to the advanced industry and infra-structure. Trades were blossoming and this had an impact on the economy.

Throughout the last centuries, Estonian culture had to develop under the pressure of two countries. German language education prevailed in the 19th century, Russian language in the early 20th century. In 1906, the tsarist government granted permission to establish Estonian private schools.

The fi rst decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of professional theatres in Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu.

Estonian independenceFor several years the active warfare of WW I, which had started in 1914, did not reach Estonia. Most of the 100,000 mobilised men survived, only 10% were killed.

On Nov 28, 1918 the Russian Red Army invaded Estonia. Major General Johan Laidoner was appointed the commander-in-chief and by the summer of 1919 the Red Army was forced out of the territory of Estonia.

The Russians made the last attempt to occupy Estonia, but the War of Independence ended with the Tartu Peace Treaty, signed on Feb 2, 1920.

Estonia became a democratic parliamentary republic with a uni-cameral parliament, the Riigikogu. There was no president nor prime minister – the government was lead by the head of the state.

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1939 The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agree-ing to a division of much of Europe between those two countries.

1940 The Red Army occupied Estonia and Latvia. Estonia was unlawfully declared the Estonian SSR and was incorporated into the Soviet Union.

1944 Most of Estonians unite the German army to defend his country by Soviet invaders. In the end of Nov. Estonia has reoccupied by Soviet troops.

1988 Estonia, 300,000 people demonstrated for independence.

1989 Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithu-ania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union, joined hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.

1991 The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR recognized Estonian independence from the Soviet Union and the Republic of Estonia was re-established.

Estonia became a member of the United Nations on September 17, 1991 and is a signatory to a number of UN organizations and other international agreements, including IAEA, ICAO, UNCTAD, WHO, WIPO, UNESCO, ILO, IMF, and WB/EBRD. 1999 Estonia joined with the World Trade organization (WTO).

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1.1.4. 21. Century

Estonia was one of seven Central and East European countries to be invited to join NATO in 2002. In May 2004 Estonia joined the European Union, along with nine other countries and fi ve years later, in 2007 with Schengen zone.

Since the beginning of 2011 Estonia joined the Euro zone. The process to meet all necessary requirements like keeping the state budget defi cits and infl ation rate constantly low have not been easy tasks. Estonia became a member of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2010.

Since the beginning of 21.-st century Estonia has been contributing hard in order to develop modern infrastructure and has been imple-menting many innovative public services, for instance paperless e-government system, e-election and e-health systems. Broadband internet access has been delivered through all over the country, including remote rural areas. Estonia has triple coverage of GSM networks and high-speed mobile internet.

With the multipurpose personal ID card every citizen has a direct electronic access to make transactions in main government held reg-istries, such as commercial register, fi nancial securities register and road vehicle register. 90 % of citizens report their taxes electronically. Government developed digital signature and mobile signature systems have proven their reliability and meet the highest standards set for on-line security. Services like parking and making payments with mobile phones have become very popular amongst people.

Many companies have implemented electronic invoice systems which their clients can directly interlink with their accounting pro-grams and internet banks. There have been also developed many advanced fi nancial applications and payment systems by local fi nancial institutions. Regular bank transfers between Estonian commercial banks take usually one hour and payments are being processed 10 times a day.

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1.2. Space Governance

Diagram Estonian Space Governance

TartuObservatory

EnterpriseEstonia

EstonianSpaceOffice

SpaceCommitee

SpacePolicy

Working Group

Space StudiesSupport Group

Estonian Parliament - Riigikogu

Ministry ofEnvironmental

Affairs

EUMETSAT

EuropeanSpace Agency

GMES

IAF

EURISY

Galileo

European SouthObservatory

Governmental institution

Public institution, committee

Foreign Space Organization

Ministry ofEducation

and Science

Ministry ofEconomicAffairs and

Communication

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and help to achieve the objectives set out in the development plan better.

In addition to the Ministries, Enterprise Estonia also plays a central role, being the technology and business competence centre of Estonian space affairs and also performing the functions of the Estonian Space Offi ce. The purpose of the Space Offi ce is to manage the international relations related to business and technology of Estonian space affairs, being a national contact point for ESA, IAF and EURISY, communicating informa-tion and participating in the work of the corresponding consultative and decision-making councils.

The competence centre of space science, space research and observa-tion in Estonia is Tartu Observatory.

The activities of education, science and innovation, including fi nancing of space and security programmes are coordinated by Archimedes Foundation.

As a Member State of the European Union, Estonia is involved in prepara-tion of the GMES, actively participates in the governing bodies develop-ing Galileo, and is represented in other working groups related to space affairs. In the European Union space policy and relations with the ESA, Estonia is represented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communi-cations.

In order to implement the development plan of Estonian Space Strategy, a plan of action is prepared with the participation of the public sector enter-prises, scientifi c research establishments and other enterprises. In the framework of this development plan, following Ministries are responsible for development of the areas of application under their governance.

• Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Estonia – safety and security• Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Estonia – environment and health;• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia -

transport and logistics;• Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Estonia – agriculture and forestry• Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia - education

and research.

The coordinated actions and close cooperation of the Ministries and other public sector institutions ensure effi cient use of the space affairs resources

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1.3. Space related memberships

Estonia is a member or has active members in following worldwide space related organizations:

ESA European Space Agency Enterprise Estonia (www.eas.ee/space)

GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Communication Departement (www.mkm.ee)

ITU PP International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary ConferenceMinistry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Communication Departement (www.mkm.ee)

ITU WRC International Telecommunication Union World Radio ConferenceThe Technical Surveillance Authority (www.tja.ee) guided by Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

IAF International Astronautical Federation Enterprise Estonia (www.eas.ee/space)

IAA International Academy of Astronautics Mrs Ene Ergma, Speaker of Estonian Parliament, member of basic sciences

EUMETSAT Membership in the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites - Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI) (www.emhi.ee) governed by the Ministry of the Environ-ment (www.envir.ee)

EURISY a European Non-profi t Association Bridging Space and Society Enterprise Estonia (www.eas.ee/space)

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1.3.1. Government level cooperation

Estonia has signed a ECS (European Cooperating States) Agreement with ESA in 2009 and PECS Charter in 2010. Following institutions and compa-nies have been approved by ESA to have cooperation projects in coming years. Accepted list of project names, contractors and project objectives are brought out as follows:

GAIA – Emission Line Star Classifi cation in the GAIA Catalogue. Phase I – Contractor: Tartu Observatory, in collaboration with the Royal Observa-tory of Belgium. Objective: To widen the contribution of Tartu Observatory in the fi eld of ground-based support to the Gaia mission in the pre-launch period and during the mission.

Improving the quality of greenhouse gas inventory in Estonia. Contractor: Regio LLC. Objective: To improve methods for providing and processing Earth observation data to be used in CO2 absorbing modelling for Estonia.

Services based on optical radiometry applications for aquatic environment (ORAQUA). Contractor: Tartu Observatory, in collaboration with Hohenheide and Interspectrum. Objective: To establish Nordic reference testing centre for optical para-meters of aquatic environment, relevant for remote sensing applications.

Environmental monitoring of harbour dredging. Contractor: Marine System institute of the University of Technology in col-laboration with Regio LLC and the Port of Tallinn. Objective: To improve the methodology and to develop software for moni-toring suspending matter load into the water column during the dredging operations.

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Heart rate and blood circulation Holter device for continuous monitoring of cardiovascular parameter on Earth and in the space. Contractor: Tensiotrace LLC, Tallinn in collaboration with the Cardiology Polyclinic Institute of Tallinn. Objective: To study the feasibility of a portable heart rate and blood cir-culation Holter device that records patient’s ECG (electrocardiography) signal synchronously during twenty-four hours with the pulse wave signal of peripheral arteries.

Development of a Myoton device for medical measurements of superfi cial skeletal muscle tone and biomechanical prop-erties. Contractor: Myoton LLC. Objective: To introduce and integrate muscle diagnostic device to space sector for the purpose of pre-, on- and post-fl ight monitoring of astro-naut’s muscle properties and condition. This enables to assess astro-naut’s muscle development, atrophy progression and on-fl ight training effectiveness.

Study of the role of individual plant myosins in gravitropism. Contractor: Technical University of Tallinn, Gene Technology Institute. Objective: To get better understanding ot the biological role of individual plant myosins in gravitropism.

Enhanced synchronization for DVB-S2/RCS on SDR platform. Contractor: Modesat LLC. Objective: To develop and test an advanced satcomms modem supporting DVB/S2 and DVB/RCS waveforms and incorporating Modesat PilotSyncTM technology for improved synchronization performance.

High Accuracy Refl ector Panel. Contractor: Vertex Estonia, subcontracted from Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH (D), leads the project. Tallinn University of Technology co-develops the project. Objective: Development of a new refl ector panel design with improved performances compared to DSA1 and DSA2.

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Radiation and Temperature Induced Damage of Ionic Electroactive Polymer Materials for MEMS Devices in Space (EAP4SPACE). Phase I. Contractor: Estrotech LLC in collaboration with the Intelligent Materials Science Lab in the Tartu University for material development, equipment usage and knowledge transfer. Collaboration with EPFL-LMTS (CH) for proper test procedures and validation routines. Objective: To study effects of the extreme space conditions to Carbon-(polymer)-ionic-liquid (CIL) electroactive polymer (EAP) materials.

Electric Double Layer Capacitors for Space Applications. Phase I. Contractor: Skeleton Technologies LLC, in collaboration with EADS Astrium / SSTL. Objective: In the course of the project electric double layer capacitors (EDLC) with 30-50% better performance (capacitance and power) than the existing commercially available EDLCs will be developed. The EDLCs will be designed for a variety of space applications.

Estonian participation in the European Student moon Orbiter (ESMO). Contractor: Tartu University, in collaboration with SSTL Surrey. Objective: To prepare and carry out assembly, integration and testing operations (AIT/OPS) activities in the frame of the European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO).

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1.3.2. Interested international cooperation subjects

Although the European Space Agency is the most important partner, Estonia also seeks cooperation possibilities with American, Russian and Ukrainian space agencies and different international organisa-tions. In the framework of global cooperation, mostly participation in the work of international organisations, visiting important confe-rences and industrial exhibitions on space affairs in other regions, analysing the received information and communicating it to Estonian enterprises and scientifi c research establishments is intended.

Gathering information and communicating it to the interested parties in Estonia is part of the obligation of Enterprise Estonia as Estonian Space Offi ce.

Enterprise Estonia aims to have direct contacts with the most im-portant enterprises and national agencies of space affairs in the world. Please contact Enterprise Estonia for Your guidance in local economic landscape in case you or your organization is interested in any particular fi eld of cooperation. You are also welcomed to contact any company or science institution mentioned in this catalogue directly.

Signing ESA PECS Charter Agreement in 2010 / Image credits: ESA From left: Ene Ergma, Speaker of Estonian Parliament; Peter Hulsroj, ESA Head of External Relations; Ahti Kuningas, Deputy Secretary General of Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications; Ülari Alamets, CEO of Enterprise Estonia

1.4. Space related Science

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COMPETENCES ACCORDING TO ESA TECHNOLOGY TREE

1 2 3 6 8

A C A B C C A A B C D

I, II, III I, II I, II I, II, III I III I, II I, II, III I, II I, II

9 12 13 14 15 20 25

C B C A D D F A B

I, II, III I, II II I V II I II

Competence Centres

Eliko Competence Centre

Teaduspargi 6/2, Tallinn 12618 e-mail: [email protected]

Nr. of employees - 20Founding Year - 2004Revenue - 1 033 069 €

Contact personAlar Kuusik / [email protected] / +372 502 0210

Activities

Revenue per empl. ratio - 51 653 €Capital - 2500 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet -1 373 176 €

Short description of activitiesSensor signal processing, semantics based interoperability in heterogeneous (wireless) networks, model based testing, formal reasoning.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesCompetence in real time signal processing including several patented techniques, PCB level electronic circuit and software design competence, prototyping facilities. Biomedical engineering. Test software development.

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14 17 24

A B D B A B

I I I I-VI I I-IV

Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Centre

Riia 142, Tartu 51014Phone general +372 742 2150

e-mail [email protected]

Nr. of employees - 36Founding Year - 2005Revenue - 416 127 €

Revenue per empl. ratio - 11 559 €Capital - 26 843 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet -394 261 €

Contact personIlmar Kink / [email protected], +372 526 2830

Activities

Short description of activitiesResearch on nanotechnology and advanced materials. At present we focus on electro-optical coating, carbon-nanotube composites, and gas sensors. Our customers are local companies from very different fi elds (e.g. textile, building materials, glass manufactures etc.) and research is done in collaboration with University of Tartu (www.ut.ee)

Specifi c technological capabilitiesDevelopment of new materials and devices based on these. Nano-analysis of materials (e.g. element analysis, mechanical composition, and surface analysis at nanometer level.)

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Light-weight composites using carbon-nanotubes, No 2:: electro-optical coatings, No 3:: new materials for fi lters, purifi cators, etc.

Competence Centres

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C

I

Tallinn University of Technology

Chemistry Institute, Tallinn University of Technology

Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn 12618Phone general / Fax general

www.chem.ttu.ee

Nr. of employees - 20Founding Year - 2002

Contact personMihkel Kaljurand / [email protected] / +372 53422 2555

Activities

Short description of activitiesChemical analysis (analytical separations using chromatography and capillary electrophoresis), development of fi eld portable portable analytical instrumenta-tion, data processing and chemometrics. Teach analytical chemistry at under-graduate and graduate level

Specifi c technological capabilitiesPerforming chemical analysis of various objects (environmental and biological samples). Research and development of new analytical chemistry methods.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Field portable sensors and instruments for use in space probes.

Interested international cooperation subjects - Previous experience with space-related activities as well as existing and earlier partnerships. At 1995-1996 year I was awards US NSR Research Associates program for work-ing at NASA Ames Research Center (Life Science Department) for developing chromatographic methods for analysis extraterrestrial planetary atmospheres composition.

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1 8 20 23 25

A B C E A A

II I, II, IV I IV I, II, III I

Computer Engineering Department, Tallinn University of Technology

Raja 15 Tallinn 12618Phone general / Fax general

http://ati.ttu.ee

Nr. of employees - 40

Contact personGert Jervan / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesThe Department of Computer Engineering is developing advanced computer systems, including design, diagnosis, testing and software. Among the entity’s key expertise is mainly the Centre for Integrated Electronics Systems and Bio-medical Engineering CEBE (http://cebe.ttu.ee). Other noticeable activities are the design for reliable embedded systems; the Centre of Research Excellence in Dependable Embedded Systems CREDES (http://credes.ttu.ee); specialties in Electrical and Information Engineering; multiprocessor systems; reconfi gurable computing; self-diagnosing digital systems; test, dependability and fault tolerance of (network-on-chip based) multicore systems; digital systems verifi cation and test using High-Level Decision Diagrams; and others. The contracts with industry include embedded systems test, verifi cation and debug.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesThe Department has a pioneering position in developing theory of decision dia-grams for multi-level diagnostic modelling of digital systems; many application oriented developments have been carried out such as hierarchical automated test program generator, defect-oriented test generator or ultrafast fault simulator for scan-path circuit. It has good expertise in design and analysis of reliable embed-ded systems, multiprocessor systems and systems-on-chip.


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1 2 5 8

A B A B C D E A A C D

I, II, III I I, II I, II, III I, II I-IV II I I I

9 13 14

B C C B

II I, III II, IV, V II


Computer Science Department,Tallinn University of Technology

Ehitajate tee 5, TallinnPhone general / Fax general

www.cs.ttu.ee


Contact personJüri Vain / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesModel based testing of distributed systems. Formal methods for real time sys-tems verifi cation: model checking, 1st order theorem proving based methods, constraint solving techniques. Product prototypes developed: distributed model-based control framework for robot (scrub nurse robot) control; reactive planning online tester generator for black box testing; robot swarm architecture and its full implementation.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesProgramming skills: Java, C, C++, C#Python, Prolog, functional languages, TTCN-3, Theorem proving skills: PVS, Gandalf, Isabel, Model checking skills: Uppaal family, NuSMV, Spin,...Modelling skills: FSM and EFSM, timed automata, UML and OCL, SMT constraint solving: Z3 Semantic web and data mining, Low-level hard-ware programming, Design of web-based applications.

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3 15

A B C D A

I, II, III I, II I, II, III VII

Electrical Drives & Power Electronics Department, Tallinn University of Technology

Ehitajate tee 5, VII-40 Tallinn 19086Phone general / Fax general

www.ttu.ee


Contact person Dimitri Vinnikov / [email protected] / + 372 620 3705

Activities

Short description of activitiesResearch and development of power electronic converters (mostly DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/DC), control algorithms, redundant protection and diagnostics systems of power converters. Implementation of new semiconductors (GaAs, SiC, GaN), cooling and packaging technologies. Elaboration of converters for alternative and renewable energy systems: power conditioners, solid state protection devices, power electronic transformers. Development of integrated converters for hydro-gen-based energy storage systems. Development of electric drives, optimization of operating properties of power converters.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesLong lasting experience in design and implementation of different power electro-nic converters and control systems. Modern laboratory facilities and wide coope-ration with foreign industrial and research organizations.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: DC/DC converters with high power density, effi ciency and high reliability, No 2:: Smart metering devices, No 3:: Power conditioners for fuel cells and solar panels.


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3 6 7 8 10 12 14

D A E A A B B A B A

II II, III, IV II, III, VI V II II I III I I

15 16 17 20 23 24

D E B B D B B

II III IV VI, VII, VIII I


Electronics Department,Tallinn University of Technology

Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn www.elin.ttu.ee


Contact personToomas Rang / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesR&D activities in the fi eld of wide band-gap materials based semiconductor power devices (mostly GaAs and SiC). Diffusion welding metallization technology for semiconductor substrates. Specifi c low energy signal processing chip circuitry solutions for battery energy management solutions.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesSpecifi c metallization technology for power semiconductor devices; Chip design for specifi c signal processing solutions.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: high temperature and super fast power semiconductor devices for energy con-verters. No 2:: specifi c circuitry solutions for battery energy management solutions.

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14

A C

III I

Gene Technology Department, Tallinn University of Technology

www.geen.ttu.ee/?lang=en


Contact person Heiti Paves / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesThe coverage of scientifi c topics in Department of Gene Technology ranges from fundamental studies– protein and nucleic acids chemistry, regulation of gene expression, developmental biology of the nervous system, plant-pathogen inter-actions – to applied research ones, such as mechanisms of cancer induction and metastasis, molecular mechanisms of certain pulmonary diseases, Alzheimer and Parkinson disease, production of labelled compounds in fermenters, plant cell cultures and plant breeding, DNA detection and DNA diagnostics.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesThe Department coordinates the teaching of gene technology curriculum on BSc and MSc levels (ca 130 students) and is also responsible for teaching PhD students of chemistry and gene technology curriculum specializing in gene technology (ca 30 PhD students).


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Industrial Psychology Department,Tallinn University of Technology

Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn www.enop.ee/tpi/


Contact personMare Teichmann / [email protected] / + 372 508 7510

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3 8 13 14 15 20 24

C B C B C D G E G J A

II I, II, III I, II I V I, II II, IV I, II I

Machinery Department, Tallinn University of Technology

Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn www.ttu.ee


Contact personTauno Ott / [email protected] / +372 514 2460


www.ttu.ee

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2

D E

I, II I, II, III


Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology

Akadeemia 21b, Tallinn 12618 www.msi.ttu.ee


Contact personRivo Uiboupin / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesMarine Systems Institute is concentrated on marine research using in-situ mea-surements, hydrodynamical modelling and remote sensing. That includes ana-lyzing EO data and relating the EO data to (operational) hydro dynamical models which are exploited by end users. MSI provides and processes EO information about the following parameters: sea ice, sea surface temperature (SST), chloro-phyll a, CDOM, turbidity, marine wind etc.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesMSI has competence on processing of earth observation data (optical and radar/SAR) as well as on providing remotes sensing based services that are related to marine and coastal environment monitoring. MSI has experience in developing services and applications in the frame of R&D projects.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Developing marine and coastal zone applications/services from EO data; No 2:: Analysis of long term variations of marine parameters (climate change).

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13

B C

I, II, III I-V

Mechatronics Department, Tallinn University of Technology

Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn www.ttu.ee/en


Contact personMart Tamre / [email protected] / +372 512 0982

Activities

Short description of activitiesR&D in the fi eld of robotics, autonomous systems (UGV, UAV), UGV design and embedded control, navigation and control algorithms and hard terrain path plan-ning, industrial automation, PLM and product and material global traceability, traceability databases, sensor networks in PLM and product traceability applica-tions, reliability of sensor networks, innovative sensors for product traceability and tactile applications, machine vision, smart camera networking, metrology and calibration services, machine reliability and dynamics modelling.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesStrong practical skill of integration hard- and software as well as optimizing structures on system level. Hardware design optimized for embedded control, sensor technique.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Global product traceability systems covering at least EU region as whole. No 2:: Developing of UAV, UGV, UUV integrated systems and services No 3:: Novel tactile technology for 3D intuitive sensing graphic information

Interested international cooperation subjectsExperience from EU FR programmes and grants from Estonian Ministry of Defence.


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3 13 17 24

C D C B A B

I II III V I II, III, IV

Tartu University

Chemistry Institute, Tartu University

Ravila 14a, Tartu 50411 http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~enn_lust/


Contact personEnn Lust / [email protected] / +372 511 2030

Activities

Short description of activitiesInstitute of Chemistry of the University of Tartu (ICUT) is developing aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes and ionic liquids based supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries with high power and energy densities. ICUT is developing polymer elect-rolyte fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells, high-temperature electrolysers and hydrogen-absorbing systems.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesInstitute of Chemistry of the University of Tartu (ICUT) is a world-leading centre in the synthesis and characterization of superstrong Lewis acids and bases, i.e. raw materials for synthesis of new ionic liquids. ICUT is developing new synthesis methods for materials with a certain pore size distribution (materials for super-capacitors, solid oxide fuel cells, high-temperature electrolysers, polymer elect-rolyte fuel cells, catalysts, carbon-based hydrogen storage systems, gas cleaning devices, etc.), and electrolytes for supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Supercapacitors as energy storage systems and peak power sources, No 2:: Fuel cells as energy generating systems, No 3:: Li-ion batteries as long term energy storage systems.

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1 2

A A B C D E

I, II, III I, II I, II, III I, II I-IV

Computer Science Institute,Tartu University

Liivi 2, Tartu 50409 www.cs.ut.ee

Contact personEero Vainikko /[email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesComputer Science, in general. Strong world-class research center with main competence in the following areas: 1. Distributed Systems (parallel/scientifi c computing; grid and cloud computing environments) 2. Software Engineering (business process management, service-oriented computing) 3. Language Tech-nology (Formalisms and effi cient algorithms of natural language processing and their implementation) 4. Bioinformatics (gene regulation and expression data analysis, biological data mining, systems biology, combinatorial pattern match-ing, developing software for biomedical research databases) 5. Semantics of Programming Languages (semantics of PL, methods of program construction and transformation, static analysis of programs, functional programming, type theory, category theory).

Specifi c technological capabilitiesHigh-end research in the key areas of comprehensive computer science; related software development with applications in applied and fundamental research areas; tight collaboration with some leading software development companies; innovative ideas application into real prototypes for future products.

Tartu University

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2

E

I, II

Tartu University

Estonian Marine Institute,Tartu University

Mäealuse 14, Tallinn 12618 [email protected] / www.ut.ee

Nr. of employees - 100/3500Founding Year - 1972/1632

Contact personTiit Kutser / [email protected] / +372 511 0961

Activities

Short description of activitiesResearch related to aquatic optics and remote sensing of coastal and inland waters: developing remote sensing methods for mapping benthic habitat , water depth in shallow areas and water quality parameters (chlorophyll, turbidity, etc.) in lakes and coastal waters. Global carbon cycle studies. Operative monitoring of water quality.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesRemote sensing algorithms and methods development, remote sensing (airborne and satellite) image processing, GIS.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Water quality monitoring No 2:: Spatial planning

Interested international cooperation subjects - Previous experience with space-related activities as well as existing and earlier partnershipsRemote Sensing and Aquatic Optics Department has about 30 years of experience in the fi eld. Most of the staff has worked abroad for shorter or longer periods in leading remote sensing laboratories.

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Intelligent Materials and Systems Laboratory, Tartu University

Nooruse St 1, Tartu 50411 www.ims.ut.ee


Contact personAlvo Aabloo / [email protected] / +372 507 8356

Tartu University

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15 16 17 18 19 21 23 24

F B C A A C D B B

II II V I III V I IX II, IV

Tartu University

Physics Institute, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Tartu University

Riia 142, Tartu 51014 http://hexagon.fi .tartu.ee


Contact personLaur Järv / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesResearch in theoretical cosmology and gravitation.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesCompetence in the theory of general relativity and related subjects (theoretical and mathematical physics).

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1 2 4 8 9

A D E A C A B D B

III I, II I-IV I I I, II I, II I, II I, II

12 16 17 19

A A C B C

I-V I, II I I, II, III IV

Tartu Observatory, Tartu University

Address Tõravere 61602 http://www.aai.ee


Contact personAnu Reinart / [email protected] / Phone: +372 74 10 265

Activities

Short description of activitiesResearch and development in remote sensing of vegetation and water bodies and atmosphere, space science: cosmology and astrophysics. Development of related experiment hardware and software. Consulting and services development in above-mentioned key areas, with partners (institutions and enterprises). Near real-time reception of remote sensing data.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesThe strategic professional skills of Tartu Observatory have grown with the insti-tution since it was established. The majority of employees have long research experience in key areas mentioned in the question 2 and related core competen-cies such as mathematical modelling of complex systems algorithm development, time series analysis. Together with the managerial and collaboration competenc-es these establish a solid ground for world-wide collaboration with other institu-tions, public sector and enterprises.

Tartu University

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1 13 15 24

C B C A D E F A

II I, II, III I-V I I, II I

Tartu University

Institute of Technology,Tartu University

Nooruse St 1, Tartu 50411Phone +372 737 4800

[email protected]

Activities

There are 46 researchers in institute’s emerging research groups and labs conducting applied research in four main fi elds.

Material and chemical technologyCombinatorial chemistry; Elaboration of new technological methods for the syn-thesis of antibiotics and anticancer drugs using immobilized enzymes; Molecular modelling and design.

Biomedical technology Studies on the drug resistance of infectious agents, molecular epidemiology, con-struction and use of gene transfer system based on viruses; Studies on the viral life cycles; Construction and use of vectors for gene vaccination and gene therapy, development of new methods for therapy; Development of new vaccines; research in molecular immunology ; Construction of animal models for human diseases; Functional proteomics, peptidomics and metabolomics with a special focus on molecular mechanisms involved in cell cycle control; Functional and morphologi-cal analysis of gene expression, Development of new type of antibiotics.

Environmental technologyClean-up technologies for polluted air, soil and water; Waste management tech-nologies; Environmental monitoring technologies; Monitoring of global changes.

Information technology Situation-aware interactive computing: agent-based software development tools, situation aware, autonomous agents, ad hoc networks of autonomous agents, generic geospatial agent technologies, foundations of interactive computation; Application of electroactive materials in robotics; Underwater robotics; Electroac-tive polymers and polyelectrolytes.

1.5 Space Industry

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3D Technologies R&D

Address Filosoofi 3, Tartu 50108Phone general +372 740 0805


Nr. of employees - 14Founding Year - 2006Revenue - 57991 €

Revenue per empl. ratio - 4142 €Capital - 40 903 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet -689 579 €

Activities

3-D Modelling, 3-D Scanning, 3-D software development. Satellite imagery processing capabilities.

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AA-Sat Professional

Pirita tee 20, Tallinn 10127 Estonia Phone 6014570 / Fax 6014570

[email protected]


12

A

II, III


Revenue per empl. ratio - 440 044 €Capital -2500 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 480 789 €

Contact personRamo Kure / +372 501 6691

Activities

Short description of activitiesAA-SAT Professional is a telecommunication system integrator, mainly on the satellite communication fi eld. We have some running project on MSS fi eld (based on Iridium SBD service).

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentOur strength is a long and wide experience on the satellite communication fi eld. We have made several turn-key projects, including corporate networks for a mari-time applications and for a cable TV distribution operators.Certifi cates and awards granted

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Communication No 2:: Infrastructure for satellite communication No 3:: ConsultingInterested international cooperation subjects

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Apprise

Lõõtsa 2a, Tallinn 11415Phone general +372 617 7495



2 25

A B C E B

I, II II, III I, II, III, IV I, II


Contact personAhti Aho / [email protected] / +372 501 6691

Activities

Revenue per empl. ratio - 46 550 €Capital - 11 504 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet - 267 914 €

Previous experience with space-related activities as well as existing and earlier partnershipsApprise has been member and coordinator of many international R&D projects in EU Framework Programmes and Eurostars project.

Important cooperation partners in space-related activitiesNo 1:: Invent Baltics, No 2:: Estonian Space Industry Cluster initiative, No 3:: Competence Centre ELIKO.

Short description of activitiesApprise LLC is a tailor-made software developer interested in new opportunities arised in aerospace industry.

Specifi c technological capabilitiesApprise holds high competence in development of Ruby on Rails platform in following business areas: transport, fi nancial services, security services and utilities sector for Baltic and Scandinavian markets with the main focus on self-service solutions. Certifi cates and awards granted.

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Artec Group

Address Teaduspargi 6/1, Tallinn 12618 Phone +372 671 8550

e-mail [email protected] www.artecgroup.com

Founding Year - 2001Revenue - 894 568 €

Revenue per empl.ratio - 223 641 €Capital - 2500 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 74 965 €

Activities

Hardware designSchematic design, PCB layout, FPGA.

Software designEmbedded Linux drivers, applications; Windows CE, Windows Embedded Microcontroller systems; Android, iPhone application development.

Industrial designConceptualization, Plastic design, Mechanical design.

ManufacturingPrototyping, SMD assembly, Testing.

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1 2 7 8

A B C A B C D C B C D

I, II, III I, II, III, IV I, II I, II I, II, III I, II I, II I, II, III I, II I, II

9 12 13 14 15 17 20 25

C B A C A B D B F B

I, II, III I, II I, II I-V I, II, III I, II, III I-VI I, II, III I, II

Activities

Contact person (relevant people names, degrees, positions, phone, e-mail)Paul Pignon / [email protected] / +372 5346 3942

Short description of activitiesA proven low-power small-format computing platform capable of running different applications to receive, process and transmit data, with special emphasis on digital signal processing. Electronics circuit and PCB design, especially for small footprint and power parsimony. Software expertise on all levels from microprocessor assem-bler to advanced networking and database management. Mechanical design. Specifi c technological capabilitiesSoftware engineering in many fi elds, especially digital signal processing, net-working, Linux (kernel and applications), Windows programming (PC and WinCE) database design, microprocessor programming, etc. Electronics circuit design. Printed circuit design. Three associates have degrees in physics. Mechanical design (housings, mountings).

Borthwick-Pignon Solutions

Liivaoja 1/33, Tallinn 10155 Phone general / Fax general

[email protected]


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Clifton

Address Riia 185a, Tartu 51014Phone general +372 730 1540

[email protected]


Revenue per empl. ratio - 6803 €Capital - 126 834 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 1 897 708 €


3

A B D

I I, II, III

Activities

Short description of activitiesA proven low-power small-format computing platform capable of running different applications to receive, process and transmit data, with special emphasis on digital signal processing. Electronics circuit and PCB design, especially for small footprint and power parsimony. Software expertise on all levels from microprocessor assembler to advanced networking and database management. Mechanical design.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentSoftware engineering in many fi elds, especially digital signal processing, networ-king, Linux (kernel and applications), Windows programming (PC and WinCE) database design, microprocessor programming, etc. Electronics circuit design. Printed circuit design. Three associates have degrees in physics. Mechanical design (housings, mountings).

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: The BPS Ngine as is or custom modifi ed as a compact computing/signal-processing/network module; No 2:: Custom design of electronic circuits and/or PCB’s; No 3:: Software engineering (BPS/Texas Instruments or other platforms) at any level.

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Cybernetica

Address Akadeemia tee 21, Tallinn 12618Phone general +372 639 7991

e-mail [email protected] www.cyber.ee


1 2 4 6 12 13

A B A B E A A B A

I, III I, IV II III I II III I, II II


Revenue per empl. ratio - 735 959 €Capital - 25 565 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet - 3 668 307 €

Activities

Navigaton Systems Marine visual Aid to Navigation (AtoN) systems and their components. LED-based visual signal-ling solutions for application in demanding environmental conditions. Telematics products, remote monitoring and control systems. Development of software/hardware systems for control, measurement, remote monitoring and power supply.

Information Security SystemsX-Road - secure information exchange layer; i-voting - Internet-based voting system; Cus-toms Engine software for customs authorities; Auditing and Consulting.

Surveillance SystemsVHF for VTS - Distributed voice and data radio communication systems for coastal marine VHF+AIS with secure IP-based access; GoFREP - Vessel traffi c monitoring and reporting system.

ProductsMarine Aid to Navigation (AtoN) Products; LED Signalling Products; Customs Engine software for customs authorities; Surveillance systems GoFREP and VHF for VTS.

Research Applied research - digital documents, communication security, privacy-preserving data min-ing; Fundamental research - information security, cryptology, foundations of risk analysis; International projects - VirtualLife, HiTS/ISAC, AELOS, DASPTOOL, eVikings II, Open Evidence.

PublicationsArticles & Papers, PhD & Master Theses, UML & RUP dictionary (eng-est), Book “UMLi kontsentraat.”

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1 2 4 6 12 13

A B A B E A A B A

I, III I, IV II III I II III I, II II

Activities

Short description of activitiesDefendec develops wireless sensor networks technology and solutions based on that technology. We are developing networking methods applicable in a wide range of applications.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentR&D activities in the fi eld of ICT.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: wireless sensor network technology solutions in spacecrafts No 2:: mesh networking solutions for inter-satellite communication No 3:: wireless sensor network technology solutions in on launch platforms.

Defendec

Teaduspargi 6/1, Tallinn 12618Phone general +372 602 7995



Revenue per empl. ratio - 15 837 €Capital - 8308 €Total assets of Balance Sheet- 887 379 €

Contact personJurgo Preden / [email protected] / +372 551 5283

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1 6 9 12 13 15

A B C A B A B C A B C D G

I, II, III I-IV I, II I-V I-IV I, II, III I, II, III I I, II, III I-V I

Contact Tõnu Vaher / +372 565 1525

Activities

Research, development, conceptual design, testing and production of Unmanned Aviation Vehicles (UAV) for wide range of civil and military missions and applications.

Eli

Address Haljas tee 25, Tallinn 12012Phone general +372 648 0242



Revenue per empl. ratio - 165 589 €Capital - 5113 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 979 937 €

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Elvior

Address Mäealuse 4/1, Tallinn 12618Phone general +372 667 1737

[email protected]


Revenue per empl. ratio - 64 480 €Capital - 6300 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 230 449 €


1 2 12 13 25

A B A B E B C B

I, III II, IV I I, III I-IV II V I, II

Contact personErki Lipre / [email protected]

Activities

Short description of activitiesElvior is focused on software test automation by providing software testing services and tools. We are specialized in test automation of embedded and distribution systems and have vast experience in software testing with leading telecommuni-cation companies. Our core competences are software black-box functional tests, test automation, TTCN-3 testing and model-based testing.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentModel-based testing; TTCN-3 testing; Test automation; Black box functional testing; Test environment development.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Model-based testing to increase the test effi ciency of a system and get better test coverage No 2:: Communication systems testing (protocols etc) No 3:: Test automation of any software/integrated system.

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Englo

Akadeemia tee 21G, Tallinn 12618Phone general + 372 670 2444

[email protected]


Revenue per empl. ratio - 43 820 €Capital - 2500 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet - 306 731 €


1 14

A C A B C

I, II, III II I I I

Contact person Karin Punning

Activities

Short description of activitiesR&D, design, prototyping and production of electronic and fi ne mechanical devices, apparatus, sensors, measuring devices. Our main products at moment: portable falling weight defl ectometers, blasting devices, metal detectors, vehicle crossing sensors, radiation measuring devices and surveillance systems, area monitoring systems, customer specifi ed devices etc.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentMechatronic system design; R&D, prototyping, production of fi ne mechanical sensors, devices; R&D, prototyping, production of electronic sensors, devices; Product computer aided design and construction analysis; Microcontroller system design, interfacing and programming.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: R&D, prototyping and production of electronic devices, systems, sensors etc. No 2:: R&D, prototyping and production of fi ne mechanic sensors, devices, systems No 3:: Microcontroller system design, interfacing and programming.

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Feanor

Address Faehlmanni 1-3, Tallinn 10125Phone general +372 699 6339

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Capital - 2500 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet - 175 851 €

Contact personLuca Giorgio Bochese / +372 5656 3724

Activities

Short description of activitiesSpecial measurement systems including contact and non-contact, using laser interferometry. We are currently working on projects related to defense in China and India. Interested in UAV development, nanosatellites, optical sensing devices, proximity sensors, ballistic analysis, vibration analysis in harsh environment.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentEngagement in Far and Middle East countries. Globally, we are active in 35 countries through hi-tech partners, speed and fl exibility.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: vibration analysis from -200 / 900 deg No 2:: impact analysis on steel using laser interferometry.

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Geosoft

Address Pärnu mnt. 388 B, Tallinn 11612Phone general / Fax general



Contact personHugo Toll / [email protected] / +372 524 8648

Activities

Revenue per empl. ratio - 89 757 €Capital - 12 782 €Total assets of Balance Sheet - 138 097 €

Short description of activitiesGeosoft OÜ together with Trimble Europe BV offers high accuracy (1-3 cm Horizontal and 5 cm Vertical) satellite positioning service all over Estonia.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentEnd customers support using high accuracy satellite positioning service.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: High accuracy farming No 2:: High accuracy machine control.

Interested international cooperation subjects - Important cooperation partners in space-related activitiesNo 1:: Trimble Navigation Ltd.

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IB Krates

Address Mäealuse 4, Tallinn 12618Phone general +372 680 5600



Revenue per empl. ratio - 33 510 €Capital - 2876 €Total Assets of Balance Sheet - 273 441 €

Contact personToomas Toomingas / [email protected] / +372 5680 5602

Activities

Short description of activitiesSoftware tools; Development of the Gene-Auto toolset (a code generator for safety critical embedded systems); Process control – PLC based applications in water treatment, food processing and manufacturing; Communication – development with PSTN, GSM, GPRS and proprietary communication protocols and hardware; SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems – process visualisa-tion, remote control, data acquisition and communication; General purpose soft-ware, database and internet applications.

Specifi c technological capabilities, equipmentProcess control and industrial automation (from design to implementation); Soft-ware tool development (code generators, modelling tools); Embedded software; DO-178B compliant development process.

Main areas in space fi eldNo 1:: Gene-Auto code generator is already used (for R&D projects so far) for devel-opment embedded software for satellites; No 2:: IB Krates has competencies for developing supervisory control and data acquisition systems for ground systems; No 3:: IB Krates has competencies for developing safety critical embedded software for both on-board and ground systems.

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Interspectrum

Address Riia 185a, Tartu EE2400Phone general +372 738 3008



Contact +372 514 5517

Documents

Kataloog kaanederaldi 148x210mm+3mm · Madis Võõras Enterprise Estonia, Head of Estonian Space Ofﬁ ce, NordicBaltSat project coordinator Conversion Dear User, We are honored to