Stephen McPartland, Member of Parliament for Stevenage, congratulated Tessella, the international provider of science powered technology and consulting services on its award of a contract for the development and design of the Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem (AOCS) for ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission.
Stephen said, "Stevenage has a proud history as the capital of the UK Space Industry and I am delighted one of our local companies has won such a major contract. Tessella are a unique company with incredible expertise which is in high demand all over the world and I am proud they continue to base themselves here in Stevenage."
Alan Gaby, Managing Director of Tessella commented, “This is a tremendous win for Tessella and for the UK Space Industry. The project will be Tessella’s largest ever contract, underlines Tessella’s leading edge scientific skills and will fuel Tessella’s expansion through increased recruitment.”
Solar Orbiter has the objective of sending a spacecraft to monitor and observe the sun using a suite of advanced scientific instruments at a proximity never before achieved. A team consisting of OHB Sweden, a Swedish provider of space systems, and Tessella will be key suppliers to Astrium UK, the prime contractor for the Solar Orbiter mission.