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Astrium wins ESA contracts to design Ariane 6 and continue development of Ariane 5 ME

Published January 30, 2013 | By Marcel van Leeuwen

Ariane 5ME and Ariane 6EADS

  • The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed prime contractor agreements worth €108 million with Astrium
  • These contracts enable the start of the Ariane 6 programme, the ongoing development of Ariane 5 ME (Midlife Evolution), and the search for synergies… Continue reading →
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ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter

Published April 26, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen

ESA has awarded the contract to build its next-generation Sun explorer to Astrium UK. Solar Orbiter will investigate how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the extended atmosphere of the Sun. Prof. Alvaro Giménez Cañete, ESA Director of Science… Continue reading →

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Astrium: double delivery for ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi launch

Published March 12, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • Astrium built ATV-3, the third European space cargo vehicle, is being prepared for launch to the ISS on March 23
  • Astrium is also prime of the Ariane 5 ES launcher
  • 6.6 tonnes payload of ISS supplies ranging from toothbrushes to… Continue reading →
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Astrium: Metop-B on the road to the launch site

Published March 5, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • The European weather satellite Metop-B has left the clean room at Astrium on its way to the launch site in Baikonur
  • The Metop programme provides Europe with data for weather forecasts and climate-change research
  • Astrium is prime contractor for all… Continue reading →
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Astrium 2011: A good year

Published January 19, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • Provisional revenues of €5 billion and an order intake of €3.6 billion despite an increasingly competitive economic climate
  • Major contracts in 2011 included 4 for telecommunication satellites and 2 for Earth observation, the launch of the European Data Relay System… Continue reading →
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Astrium takes a major step forward in the development of Ariane 5 ME (Midlife Evolution)

Published December 1, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the Ariane 5 ME project after successful conclusion of its Preliminary Design Review
  • Offering an increase of 20% in performance levels and a 20% reduction in cost per kilogram of payload, the new… Continue reading →
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    Two Astrium space systems head for Mars aboard the rover ‘Curiosity’

    Published November 17, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • A steerable antenna and a meteorological station will be the first Spanish space systems to reach the surface of Mars
  • The antenna will enable direct communication with the Deep Space Network on Earth without the need for intermediate links (satellites… Continue reading →
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    ASTRIUM contracted to build DIRECTV 15 communications satellite

    Published November 4, 2011 | By Rob Vogelaar

    Paris, 04 November 2011

     

    • DIRECTV 15 is a high-power broadcast satellite for DIRECTV, a leading US provider of digital TV
    • The multi-mission satellite will have flexibility to operate in Ku-band ,Ka-band and Reverse Band from several orbital positions

     … Continue reading →

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    Astrium selected to help define missile defence system for NATO

    Published September 27, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • Contract awarded for the definition of a systems architecture to protect NATO territories against the threat posed by ballistic missiles
  • Astrium has been working with NATO on ballistic missile defence for more than ten years (since July 2001)

    • Astrium has… Continue reading →

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    Astrium Galileo satellites accepted by ESA

    Published September 12, 2011 | By Rob Vogelaar

     

    Kourou, 12 September 2011

    • First and second Astrium-built Galileo satellites successfully pass ESA’s technical acceptance review
    • Two IOV satellites set to be launched on the first ever Soyuz flight from French Guiana
    • The first IOV satellite arrived at the… Continue reading →
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    Astrium ships ATV “Edoardo Amaldi”

    Published August 11, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • Third ATV en route to Kourou
  • “Edoardo Amaldi” scheduled to fly to the ISS in the spring of 2012
  • ATV plays an indispensable role in carrying supplies to the ISS

    • “Edoardo Amaldi”, the third European cargo spacecraft for the International… Continue reading →

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    Eutelsat orders new Eutelsat 3B satellite from Astrium

    Published July 29, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • Based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform, the satellite will operate across three frequency bands
  • 20th satellite order by Eutelsat from Astrium

    • Eutelsat has selected Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, to design and manufacture Eutelsat 3B, a new telecommunications satellite to… Continue reading →

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