• SPACEBEL Belgium: 53
• SPACEBEL SAS: 10
• SDC: 25

SOME FACTS

• 1993:
  • Delivery of the first implementation of the end-to-end CCSDS protocol for satellite communications;
  • Delivery to ESO (European Southern Observatory) of the control software for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.
• 1994: Successful implementation of the on-board software for the Vegetation Instrument embarked on SPOT 4.
• 1995: Award of the ISO 9001 Tick-IT quality certificate by Lloyds Register.
• 1996: Opening of the subsidiary in France (Toulouse).
• 1997: Acquisition of the DA VINCI Company in order to diversify the activities in the field of Earth Observation (thus covering geographic and environmental applications).
• 1998: Opening of the subsidiary in Vietnam.
• 1999: First contracts to implement the Patient Record Software Product (ACTIPIDOS-Sxe) in French hospitals (Durtol, Hayange).
• 2000: Delivery of the software for the protontherapy control system of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (USA).
• 2000: Buy-out of 32% of the SPACEBEL shares by the personnel.
• 2001: Successful implementation of the on-board software for the Belgian satellite PROBA.
• 2002:
  • Successful implementation of several essential elements of the SPOT 5 satellite
• 2003: Delivery of the on-board software for the first European moon probe SMART-1, successfully launched at the end of September 2003.
• 2004: Obtention of several important contracts:
  • Development of the on-board software for the Pléiades satellites;
  • Feasibility study of the Mekong River flood management;
  • Software development for the Belgian micro-satellite PROBA-2;
  • Hospital Information System of the French Hospital in Hanoï (Vietnam);
  • Support for the HELIOS-2A image processing centre in Belgium.
• 2005:
  • The MASS/SSE Portal for the distribution of Earth Observation data is operational at ESRIN-Frascati;
  • Participation in the development of the ground segment software, implementation of the simulation software and contribution to the missions operation defintion of the Pléiades satellites;
  • Obtention of the contract for the development of the on-board software for Europe's 2nd probe LISA Pathfinder.
• 2006:
  • Realization of the final version and qualification of the High speed Acquisition and Distribution System (HADS), which sends down the payload data collected on board of the International Space Station, via the Columbus high speed communication network, to the scientists on the ground.
• 2007:
  • Start of the Wallonia World Wide Space Applications (3WSA) project, i.e. a project of the Aerospace Cluster (Skywin) of the Walloon Marshall Plan
  • Obtention of a contract related to the follow-up of the installations and the environmental monitoring of one of Chile's biggest cupper mines: Minera Escondida.
  • Start of the activities on GAIA concerning the development of the on-board software of the mass memory of ESA's astronomical and photometrical mission.
  • Spacebel is one of the winners of the Marianne de Cristal contest and receives the first certificate of merit.
• 2008:
  • Delivery of the final version of the on-board software for the LISA Pathfinder mission
  • His Most Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, accompagnied by His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium, visits Spacebel on the occasion of his official visit to Belgium.
  • Spacebel is put in the spotlight during the Wallonie Espace Space Days on micro satellites.
• 2009:
  • Development of the flight software of the experimental spacecraft EXPERT.
  • Delivery to B-USOC of the ground segment software for the scientific mission centre of the French micro satellite Picard destined for the obsvervation of the Sun.
  • 31/07/2009: renewal of the ISO certification according to the new 9001:2008 standard and Tick-IT Guide version 5.5.
  • Successfull launch of PROBA-2, the mini-observatory of the Sun "made in Belgium" for which Spacebel has implemented the complete package of software developments.