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DATE: 2009-11-20T10:48+0100

Astrium

02.11.2009

SMOS – The latest satellite to monitor climate change is placed in orbit

02.11.2009

Astrium to provide satellite communications for the German navy

Astrium Services has been awarded a contract by the F125 ARGE, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen, to deliver the satellite communication system for the German navy’s four new F125 class frigates.

14.10.2009

Astrium completes major milestone on the James Webb Space Telescope

Ottobrunn - Astrium has successfully completed the Engineering Test Unit (ETU) for the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). NIRSpec will be integrated in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and will peer into the origins of our Universe. NIRSpec is a 100 million euros spectrometer, which is being developed by Astrium in Germany, capable of detecting the faintest radiation from the furthest galaxies. The completion of the ETU marks an important milestone for the JWST, and it will shortly be shipped to the United States where it will undergo testing by NASA.

06.10.2009

Astana - Astrium signs major contract with Kazakhstan during President Sarkozy’s visit to Astana

02.10.2009

Kourou - The triple crown for Astrium: 47th launch of Ariane 5 a success with two satellites placed in orbit

29.09.2009

Kourou - Astrium is the triple prime contractor for the next Ariane 5 launch

23.09.2009

Ottobrunn - Astrium to deliver into orbit the first military communication satellite for Germany

14.09.2009

Ottobrunn - “Icy Mission” for Cryosat-2

09.09.2009

Paris - Astrium wins award for Strategic M&A Transaction of the Year from Euroconsult

31.08.2009

Toulouse - Astrium delivers Amazonas 2 satellite to launch site

29.08.2009

Cape Canaveral - Discovery lifts Astrium facilities into space

21.08.2009

Astrium to provide the ISS with new scientific capabilities

Cape Canaveral - The US space shuttle Discovery is set to carry three new research facilities to the International Space Station (ISS) allowing more on board science to take place. The research facilities were built under the industrial leadership of Europe’s largest space company Astrium. The new facilities are the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL), Declic, which will research fluid physics and the second unit of the space freezer Melfi. With the help of this new equipment, scientists will be able to investigate processes which may lead to the development of new alloys, semiconductors and methods.

07.07.2009

Astrium conducts European Space Agency (ESA) study on a new transport system for return to Earth: the Advanced Re-entry Vehicle (ARV)

Bremen - Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, is conducting a study for a future European Transport System, ARV (Advanced Re-entry Vehicle), on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). Accordingly, Astrium is exploring the requirements for a system transporting cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and back to Earth as well as the necessary steps to realise such a program. The ARV programme study by ESA amounts to €21 million.

01.07.2009

Kourou - Astrium’s 45th Ariane 5 successfully launched

19.06.2009

Paris - Astrium helps Irish soldiers in Chad keep in touch with family and friends

18.06.2009

Le Bourget - The French Ministry of Defence renews its satellite telecommunications services contract with Astrium

18.06.2009

Stevenage - Paradigm to provide secure communications

18.06.2009

Astrium to supply Serbia with a national spatial data infrastructure

Le Bourget - In partnership with IGN France International, Spot Infoterra – a division of Astrium Services – will supply a complete system including geoinformation data and services to the Serbian Geodesy Institute

18.06.2009

Le Bourget - Astrium acquires capacity on Eutelsat’s new W2A satellite

15.06.2009

Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR-X marks two successful years in orbit

05.06.2009

Bremen - Astrium wins feasibility study on preparation for moon landings

19.05.2009

Astrium signs strategic partnership agreement with Kazakhstan

Paris - Astrium CEO François Auque and Gavyllatyp T. Murzakulov, CEO of JSC National Company “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary”, a company reporting to the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have signed a technological and strategic partnership agreement that will allow Astrium to play an active role in the development of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s space industry.

15.05.2009

Paris - Spirale accepted by the French Armament Procurement Agency (DGA)

14.05.2009

Herschel - The largest space observatory on its way

Kourou - A picture-perfect launch from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guyana: Today, at 3:12 p.m. CEST, the scientific satellites Herschel and Planck were launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Herschel, the largest mirror telescope ever put into space, will detect the invisible infrared light of distant galaxies and observe the birth of stars and planets. The Planck satellite will peer into the outer reaches of space and examines the cosmic background radiation. Both missions are milestones of modern astronomy and Europe's major contribution to the Year of Astronomy 2009. The space company Astrium is actively involved in both of these European Space Agency (ESA) projects.

14.05.2009

Paris - Eutelsat selects Astrium to deliver ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 satellite for 7° West video neighbourhood

28.04.2009

Ottobrunn - Galileo satellite GIOVE-B marks its first year in orbit

31.03.2009

Torrance, CA - NAVCOM TECHNOLOGY INC Partners With Astrium Services

17.03.2009

Plesetsk/Friedrichshafen - Astrium-built GOCE platform now surfs for climate research

27.02.2009

Oenoview® wins award at the Paris International Agriculture Show

Paris - The Oenoview® service for wine growers wins bronze medal in the “Agriculture and New Technologies” category

24.02.2009

GOCE "surfs" the Earth’s gravitational field

Plesetsk/Friedrichshafen - The European research satellite GOCE is scheduled for lift-off on March 16, 2009. It will be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia (approx. 800 km north of Moscow) on board a Rockot vehicle provided by Eurockot Launch Services under a contract with the European Space Agency. The Gravity-Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) will ‘surf’ the Earth’s gravitational field and investigate the interior of the planet from an altitude of about 250 kilometres.

19.02.2009

Astrium helps enable the maiden flight of the SIDM UAV in a foreign theatre of operations by supplying new satellite bandwidth in Afghanistan

On 17 February 2009, the French Air Force’s SIDM (the French acronym for medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drone) surveillance UAV performed its maiden flight in a foreign theatre of operations.

12.02.2009

Herschel space telescope on its way to Kourou

Noordwijk/Friedrichshafen/Toulouse - The launch of Herschel, the largest space telescope ever built, is being heralded as the year's absolute highlight in astronomy and Astrium is the driving force behind this momentous event.

12.02.2009

Astrium celebrates Columbus first anniversary as part of the International Space Station

Bremen - The European science laboratory Columbus is celebrating its first anniversary. It has been an integrated part of the International Space Station for a whole year now. Astrium, Europe's leading space company, developed and built Columbus as prime contractor to the European Space Agency (ESA).

10.02.2009

Kourou - Three Astrium satellites onboard the next Ariane 5

02.02.2009

Paris - Arianespace orders 35 Ariane 5 ECA launchers from Astrium

13.01.2009

Stevenage and Guildford - Astrium acquires Surrey Satellite Technology Limited

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