The German satellite manufacturer OHB SYSTEM has recently procured three payload management tools from GMV for the Hispasat AG1 satellite, which is currently under construction.

The tools, based upon the GMV’s inhouse smart rings and smart beams products, will enable Hispasat’s payload engineers to optimize, streamline and completely automate payload reconfiguration activities, including satellite communication antennae.

Both tools are also fully integrated with the multi-satellite control and monitoring system, hifly®, and the flight dynamics system, focusGEO, also to be provided by GMV, in this case through a direct contact with Hispasat. This means that the whole reconfiguration process, from the acquisition of the new optimal payload configuration through to the execution and verification of the necessary reconfiguration commands, will be fully automated.