About

faas consulting was established in 2016 and offers consulting services in the space domain based on more than 30 years of experience by Horst Faas in large European space programmes covering satellite navigation, earth observation, science and telecommunication.

Satellite Programms

Galileo Picture

Galileo

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Egnos

Meteosat Picture

Meteosat

MetOp Picture

MetOp

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Herschel

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Capabilities

Project Management & Procurement Support

Project management covers the establishment of the management documentation (project, documentation, risk and configuration management plans) and their maintenance during the course…

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Systems Engineering

Space Systems Engineering is an exciting profession addressing the design, creation and operations of complex space systems. It covers the complete programme and system lifecycle.

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Mission and Studies

Prior to the start of a satellite programme with Phase-A in the institutional area, feasibility studies are performed providing recommendations for the final programme selection. In the commercial satellite market further studies…

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Ground Segment Development

The mission and payload Ground Segment is the set of sub-systems deployed on the earth to manage and control both the spacecraft and its payloads. For navigation, earth observation and science missions, a payload data ground segment receives and processes the data produced by the instruments on-board the satellite and archives and distributes

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Application Development

The European navigation programmes (Galileo, EGNOS) and the European earth observation programme Copernicus provide fantastic opportunities for the development of new applications in large number of areas, including farming, road, rail, health, finance, insurance, etc.

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Operations support

Satellite missions require permanent surveillance, maintenance and support by qualified staff to ensure the mission objectives.
As GSA Galileo Programme Manager Horst Faas was responsible for setting-up the Galileo Exploitation Phase. This included the preparation…

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Clients

faas consulting provides consultancy services to institutional and commercial clients.

Alpha Consult

Milano, Italy

EC DG DEFIS

Brussels, Belgium

EUSPA

Prague, Czech Republic

Novaspace (SpaceTec Partners)

Munich, Germany

RIVADA Space Networks

Munich, Germany

Starion (RHEA)

Wavre, Belgium

Contact

Horst B. Faas

horst(at)faas-consulting.com