15 Years in the Vanguard of Galileo & GNSS Receiver Technology

Space Applications for BE

ir. Peter A. GROGNARD

Founder & Executive Director

Brussels, 19th June 2014

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Septentrio Company Introduction

Spin-off of Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center (IMEC) world’s #1 independent research center microelectronics

http://www.imec.be

Preparation of spinoff started on 22th June, 1998

Started with seven people on January 21, 2000 Today, some 100 people – mostly in Leuven

Today, Europe’s premier manufacturer of professional GNSS Receivers and ESA Prime Contractor for 2nd TUS Engineering and manufacturing based in Leuven/Europe Sales offices in Los Angeles and Beijing, along with network of

agents and resellers around the globe

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1999 – 2000: starting up Septentrio

1996-1999: Advanced GPS-GLONASS ASIC (AGGA) developed by IMEC under ESA contract

Handover from IMEC in 1999:

working demonstrator

2000: First Year, First Product:

PolaRx1

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2001 – Start of First Co-funded R&D with ESA

Sales first PolaRx1 => 2nd slice venture capital released

Allowed to fund development of first industrial product One single PCB Development of two new chips!

Very substantial technical risks

Complex and expensive new development Co-funding obtained through ESA in 2001

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2005 – Winning Volume Customers & Increasing Sales

Increasing volumes Broader product portfolio

New products: Smaller/lower power/...

Selling receivers around the world, including Belgium!First batch of receivers of 1M€ ordered end 2005

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Lift-off mass 600 kg

Power demand 700 W

Stowed Dimensions: 1.3 m x 1.8 m x 1.65 m

Lift-off mass 495 kg

Power demand 760 W

Stowed Dimensions: 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 2.4 m

GSTB-V2 / A GSTB-V2 / B

The GALILEO GSTB-V2 Satellites

2006 – A Once-in-a-Lifetime Pioneering ExperienceSecuring the Galileo Frequencies

GIOVE-A

Tracking the World’s First Galileo Signals with Septentrio Receivers on January 12, 2006

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2008 – Two important OEM contracts awarded

ALTUS (survey equipment manufacturer Supply of AsteRx2 receiver for APS-3

VERIPOS (marine engineering contractor) Provider of positioning services

Contract for development of L-band receiver

(correction signals) and supply of AsteRx2 receiver

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Prime (and leading) Contractor for Galileo Test User Segment

2004 – KO of contract

2006 – world’s first Galileo signal

2008 – first Test User Receiver

2011

Support to first IOV Launch

2012

First tracking PRS signalJune 30, 2014

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Septentrio Today

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Septentrio Activities

Sales of OEM GNSS receivers for industrial markets, requiring precise position and time information for Measurement : survey and science Machine control: agriculture, construction, mining Maritime: dredging, offshore engineering Navigation: automation & robotics, aviation, … Security: PRS receivers

Represents 75% of revenues – Almost 0% at start-up

Custom engineering of advanced GNSS receivers For institutional customers (mainly ESA) Galileo receiver technology Integrity infrastructure components

Represents 25% of revenues – Almost 100% at start-up

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GNSS receivers and applications

MEASUREMENT

MACHINECONTROL

MARITIME

AVIATION

AUTOMATION

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Our Mission: Delivering accuracy in the most difficult environments

1m

50cm

10cm

1cm

DG

NSS

, EG

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SR

TKP

PPA

RP

PP

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Worldwide Customer Base

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Very Important Home Market Marine Applications

Marine positioning Offshore construction

Survey, Exploration seismic

DP marine

Dredging

Scientific Measurements Unmanned (surface, underwater)

Buoys

Harbor activities

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Final Remarks

Valorization of space R&D key for Septentrio We always seek to align project and product R&D

Re-use results of ESA projects in Septentrio products Win-win: cost-effective state-of-the-art products It’s all about creating recurrent, sustainable business

Sincere gratitude to Belgian DelegationThanks for 15 years of strong relation of trust & cooperation

Thank you ESA for invaluable partnership Keep doing what you do so well: Galileo/EGEP/ARTES/… Thanks for helping us grow as European company Help us protect ESA/EU IP and know-how

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