Amos - Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems, S.A.

The company AMOS was launched in 1983 on the basis of the mechanical expertise of « Ateliers de la Meuse » and on the optical know-how of the Institut of Astrophysics from the University of Liège. About 75 employees are specialised in design and manufacturing to a very high accuracy opto-mechanical systems. They are mainly delivered to space industry as well as professional astronomy and divided into three categories: Equipment to test satellites on the ground: use to qualify satellites or payloads in the exact flying conditions within laboratories. These are vacuum chambers that create an outer space environment, thermal panels to simulate flying temperatures or fake stars (collimators) identical to those observed after the launch. rOn board equipment: designed and manufactured for flying conditions, they are situated on board satellites, probes or the Space Shuttle. They are mainly mirrors, mounts, telescopes, structures or mechanisms. rnEquipment for professionnal astronomy: ordered by worldwide astronomers, these are telescopes, components or instruments installed within the largest observatories.