Webinar completed
Avionics, Safety & Thermal Protection in SALTO project
- 2nd SALTO project webinar
Landing the Future: Avionics, Safety & Thermal Protection in SALTO
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For whom: professionals, experts, students, space enthusiasts
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When: 28.10.2025, 16:00 - 17:00 CET | Completed
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Where: Webex
Step behind the scenes of the SALTO project and discover the innovations shaping the future of European spaceflight. In this exclusive webinar, three SALTO partners — Réaltra, Amorim Cork Solutions, and GTD — will showcase their latest breakthroughs, from advanced space avionics to bio-sourced thermal protection and autonomous flight safety systems.
We value your time — that’s why each expert will deliver a focused, concise presentation. If you already have questions for our speakers, we encourage you to submit them during registration so we can address them during the webinar.
Autonomous Flight Safety System – Software and Hardware Design and testing
Eduard Diez
Innovation Manager
GTD
Flight Safety Systems (FSS) are responsible for the launcher neutralisation, based on the launcher and mission diagnostics. In a reusable launcher context, with controlled re-entries and multiple flying objects, the decisions can no longer be made on ground safely. Empowering the launcher onboard computer with the capability to autonomously assess the status of the mission and make real-time safety decisions, is a direct enabler of reusability, besides the impact on cost reduction for ground infrastructures and operations.
GTD has been developing and operating the flight safety system at European Spaceport CSG for decades, and for the last years we have been developing the SW and HW to achieve that onboard autonomous functionality. In the webinar GTD presents the architecture and developments leading to the Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) prototype that is to be demonstrated during test campaigns in Kiruna, and our perspective for the future of that critical function for the European space beyond SALTO project.
About speaker
Dr. Eduard Diez (GTD) obtained his engineering degree Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Barcelona) and the EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland) to develop afterwards a PhD in aeronautical systems in the frame of a collaboration between Laboratoire d’Architecture et Analyse de Systèmes (LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse) and the enterprise Groupe SNECMA(Paris). At GTD he has contributed as algorithms expert for French Guyana CSG ground segment systems such as SCTV2, SAUVEGARDE, SOUMISSION and EMUL. After this phase on operational projects, Eduard is for the last decade responsible of innovation, managing projects ranging from ground systems in the frame of technologies 4.0, such as predictive maintenance; to new launch concepts, including airborne (ALDEBARAN CNES) and ALTAIR H2020, reusable (CALLISTO, CNES and SALTO). In launchers on-board flight SW, the GNC and mainly the safety and FDIR systems are currently the research topic at GTD.
Development of a Bio-TPS
Nadia Silva
Product Development Technician
Amorim Cork Solutions
The presentation will cover the main activity of ACS in the Aerospace Sector. Namely the most common materials used as TPS, and the new development made in the scope of SALTO project, with the main objective of developing an innovative low-cost bio-source thermal protection system to apply in a removable thermal back shield.
About speaker
I have been with the company for about 3 years, in the Innovation & Product Development Department at Amorim Cork Solutions. I am responsible for the product development, prototyping, formulation, and characterization of new developments for the aerospace sector.
Eyes in Orbit: The SALTO/Themis Onboard Réaltra Video Camera System
Michael Martin
Engineering Manager
Réaltra
The team at Réaltra are committed to developing space avionics with functionality, affordability, modularity, reliability, and safety at the core. In this presentation, Michael will outline two Réaltra products which have been delivered and installed as part of Project SALTO, specifically:
- the HD camera with details about the video telemetry system which has spaceflight heritage on the A5 launch of the James Webb, and the inaugural and first commercial launch of A6;
- the space ready Ethernet Network Switch, which has been recently developed in partnership with TTTech.
Michael will provide a background to the modular and expandable nature of Réaltra’s space avionics and an insight into the future roadmap of the company.
About speaker
Webinar host
Linda Kimeisa
WIT Berry and SALTO project communication manager
