SPACE / AEROSPACE

PLX's space heritage dates back to 1975 when the company provided hollow retroreflectors to the Apollo-Soyuz Russian-American space hookup program. The units were used in the docking procedure to align the two vehicles.

Ever since, PLX has been part of some of the world's most important space missions.

PLX SPACE HERITAGE PRESENTATION

PLX Space Participation Timeline

PLX Space Participation Timeline

Launch Year	Customer	Program/Experiment
2022	ESA	Meteosat Third Generation (MTG)
2020	NEC/JAXA	Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)
2018	NASA	ICESat-2 ATLAS
2016	Canadian Space Agency	Astro-H Hard X-ray Telescope
2016	ESA European Space Agency	TIRVIM on board ExoMars
2015	NASA	ICESat-2 ATLAS Ground Test Equipment
2009	Keldysh	Meteor-M satellite for remote sensing
2005	ESA European Space Agency	PFS Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on board the Venus Express
2003	Canadian Space Agency	ACE-FTS on board SCISAT-1
2003	ESA European Space Agency	PFS Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on board the Mars Express
2002	JPL/NASA	TES Thermal Emission Spectrometer
2000	JPL/NASA	Endeavor's Shuttle Radar Mission
1997	Japanese Space Agency	RIS Retroreflector in Space
1990	NASA	Relay Mirror Experiment
1990	NASA	LACE Low-power Atmospheric Compensation
1985	NASA	Discovery Shuttle Long Distance Laser Test
1975	NASA	Apollo Soyuz Gas measurement