EADS N.V. - Astrium Satellites

Inmarsat and Astrium sign Alphasat I-XL satellite contract

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Inmarsat and Astrium sign Alphasat I-XL satellite contract

London - Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has awarded a contract to the European satellite leader Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL satellite to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service. Alphasat will be one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites and Inmarsat expects its investment in the satellite - excluding insurance - will be will be in the region of €260 million.

Astrium contra el calentamiento global

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Astrium contra el calentamiento global

Paris - En el mes de mayo de 2007, Astrium lanzó un llamamiento a través de toda la compañía en busca de ideas para combatir el calentamiento global, invitando a tomar parte a todos sus centros en cinco países. Se recibieron más de 380 sugerencias a través de Intranet. François Auque, CEO de Astrium premió a las diez mejores ideas que se presentaron.

Herschel peeks into the cradle of the stars

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Friedrichshafen - Herschel peeks into the cradle of the stars

Astrium wins study for new Vega upper stage

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Astrium wins study for new Vega upper stage

Bremen - Astrium has won a contract from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne to investigate concepts for a new upper stage for the European launcher Vega. The project is named “Venus” (Vega New Upper Stage). Currently under development, Vega is a small European launch vehicle which is scheduled for first launch in 2009. The study now awarded to Astrium is worth roughly half a million euros and will run for a period of 18 months.

Real-time LOLA demonstrations on the French Defence Procurement Agency stand at Le Bourget

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Real-time LOLA demonstrations on the French Defence Procurement Agency stand at Le Bourget

Le Bourget - Real-time laser optical links are being demonstrated live at the Paris Le Bourget airshow on the Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA) stand. The link, via an airborne Mystère 20 aircraft in the south of France and a geostationary satellite, is making it possible to achieve two-way communication between Le Bourget and the aircraft. The team on the DGA stand is in permanent contact with the flight crew. Exceptionally clear footage of the cabin and countryside below is being shown on screens on the stand, proving the operational performance of this kind of laser optical link. These demonstrations are subsequent to a flight test campaign and a real-time demonstration which was successfully performed in front of French Army representatives on 30 May 2007 in Toulouse.

TerraSAR-X Launched Successfully

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Oberpfaffenhofen/Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR-X Launched Successfully

ALADIN, the first Wind Lidar in space, completes a key test

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Toulouse - ALADIN, the first Wind Lidar in space, completes a key test

TerraSAR-X to be launched on 15 June from Baikonur

Thu, 31 May 2007 22:00:00 GMT

TerraSAR-X to be launched on 15 June from Baikonur

Bonn/Friedrichshafen - The German radar satellite will provide Earth observation data in unparalleled quality

CryoSat-2: A Satellite on an Icy Mission

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Friedrichshafen - CryoSat-2: A Satellite on an Icy Mission

Astrium successfully achieves first step in triple challenge

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Kourou - Astrium successfully achieves first step in triple challenge

Las tres Areas de Negocio de Astrium se combinan en el lanzamiento de Skynet 5A

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Las tres Areas de Negocio de Astrium se combinan en el lanzamiento de Skynet 5A

París - Astrium ha hecho una triple contribución en el programa de comunicaciones militares Skynet 5, cuyo primer satellite, el Skynet 5A está listo para ser lanzado desde Kourou, en la Guayana Francesa, el próximo 10 de marzo.

Astrium to build Mercury Probe - BepiColombo

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Astrium to build Mercury Probe - BepiColombo

Friedrichshafen - Astrium is set to build the Mercury probe BepiColombo on behalf of the European Space Agency, ESA. ESA’s scientific programme decision-making body, the “Science Programme Committee” (SPC) agreed to award this order to Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, following the decision of ESA’s Industrial Policy Committee in January this year. The industrial contract is worth approximately 330 million euros. BepiColombo is scheduled to begin its journey to Mercury in 2013.

El instrumento miras del satélite SMOS, construido por EADS Astrium en España y financiado por el CDTI, listo para los ensayos finales

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT

El instrumento miras del satélite SMOS, construido por EADS Astrium en España y financiado por el CDTI, listo para los ensayos finales

Madrid - La carga de pago del satélite SMOS construida por EADS Astrium, el instrumento científico MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis) está lista para dejar España después de su integración final. El modelo de vuelo será sometido a los ensayos finales en ESTEC, que se llevarán a cabo a lo largo de 2007 antes de su lanzamiento previsto a principios de 2008.