September 2021
Delivery of the JUICE NavCam
Sodern delivers the navigation cameras for the ESA's Jupiter moon exploration mission, JUICE.
July 2021
Delivery of the NASA Europa Clipper star trackers
Sodern's solution is installed on board the NASA mission to explore one of Jupiter's moons, Europa.
December 2020
First flight test for a daytime star tracker
Conducted on a French Military acquisitions agency (DGA) plane, this first flight test demonstrated the relevance of Sodern's star trackers for on board geolocation applications, including at daytime.
February 2019
First flight for the Auriga star tracker
Auriga, a highly competitive and very compact star tracker, began its operational career on board a satellite from Airbus OneWeb Satellites.
May 2018
Delivery of the hundredth Hydra star tracker
Sodern's best-known star tracker, Hydra has several optical heads depending on the customer's wishes: one hundred-star trackers represented 250 optical heads delivered.
May 2018
Launch of the CSO satellite
CSO is a high resolution French military Earth observation satellite. The core of the image capture system, the focal plane, was designed by Sodern.
2017
SEIS delivery (NASA InSight)
The SEIS seismometer is the main instrument for the NASA InSight Mars exploration mission. Sodern designed and produced the core of SEIS.
2016
Contract for 1 800 Auriga star trackers
Airbus OneWeb Satellites placed its trust in Sodern to equip all the satellites in the One Web constellation.
2015
First FastGradeTM probe
Deployed initially in Australia, FastGradeTM is revolutionizing the mining sector.
2012
First Hydra
The world reference in high performance star trackers, Hydra is adapted to all types of mission in all orbits, as well as in deep space.
2009
Videometer on the ATV
Sodern's videometer enables the first docking in history between the international space station and a supply vessel, the European Automated Transfer Vehicle.
1998
First online analyzer
Our cross-belt analyzers (CNA) use a controlled pulse neutron generator.
1990
1st star tracker on a telecom satellite
Faithful to its pioneering culture, Sodern was at the origin of the 1st launch in the world of a star tracker on a civil geostationary telecommunications satellite.
1986
First focal plane
The French SPOT 1 satellite is equipped with the DTA01 camera, the result of 8 years of development by Sodern.
1978
TN26 and GENIE 16 neutron generators
Sodern strengthens its position as world leader in neutron generators.
1975
1st Sodern star tracker
Sodern disrupts its own Earth sensor market to invest in a product of the future: star trackers.
1974
1st European Earth sensors
The ancestors of star trackers, Earth sensors enable satellites to orient themselves. Sodern would become the world leader in this technology.
1962
Creation of Sodern
Sodern is created to fulfil a highly strategic mission: to develop and produce the neutron sources needed for France's nuclear deterrent.