Space

23.12.2004

Paris - Contract for Production of the M51 Weapon System

21.12.2004

Munich - EADS Astrium Awarded Contract to Commence the Build of the First Four Galileo Satellites

16.12.2004

Friedrichshafen - EMCS Greenhouse: From Lake Constance into Space

22.11.2004

London - Paradigm signs 15 year contract to provide Military Satellite Communications to NATO

11.11.2004

Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR-X - New Quality of Earth Observation

14.10.2004

Munich - EADS Astrium and Boeing to cooperate in satellite navigation

01.10.2004

UK Government Announces Support for Next Phase of Europe's Aurora Planetary Exploration Programme

Stevenage - A Response from Dr Mike Healy UK Director of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science EADS Astrium

14.09.2004

Florence/Italy, Paris, Tucson/Arizona - Raytheon and EADS Space Transportation Sign Cooperative Agreement for Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors

09.09.2004

Lisbon - Paradigm signs first export contract for satcom services

07.09.2004

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - EADS Astrium awarded Fleet Satellite Control Center contract for Arabsat-4A, Arabsat-4B, Arabsat-2B and Arabsat-3A

01.09.2004

Brussels - iNavSat consortium delivers bid for Galileo Concession

11.08.2004

Amazonas satellite reaches geostationary orbit

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The Amazonas spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for HISPASAT and launched by Proton on 5th of August 2004, successfully performed early operations and is now in geostationary orbit.

09.08.2004

Friedrichshafen/Ottobrunn - EADS Astrium Builds Super-Eye for JWST Space Telescope

30.07.2004

Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage, Madrid - Amazonas satellite ready for launch

26.07.2004

Friedrichshafen - Second "Double Star" Completes Satellite Fleet for Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere

19.07.2004

EADS Astrium wins contract for Thai Optical Earth Observation Space System

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - EADS Astrium has just signed today in Bangkok, a contract for delivery of THEOS, the THai Earth Observation System with the Thai Ministry of Science and Technology’s Space Agency (GISTDA).

13.07.2004

Bremen - ESA - EADS SPACE Transportation contract signature for: Production of Automated Transfer Vehicles and Initial Exploitation of ISS

29.06.2004

Amazonas satellite shipped to Baikonur: 3rd Eurostar E3000 delivered by EADS Astrium in 4 months

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The satellite has been shipped to the launch site of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch is planned in the last week of July on a Proton M Breeze M launch vehicle. With 51 transponders, Amazonas satellite will provide a full range of telecommunications services to Brazil, North and South America, and a transatlantic link for Europe.

28.06.2004

Intelsat 10-02 satellite reaches geostationary orbit

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The Intelsat 10-02 spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for INTELSAT and launched by Proton on 16 June 2004, successfully performed early operations and is now in geostationary orbit.

23.06.2004

Stevenage, UK - EADS Astrium to Build Technology Pathfinder Spacecraft for the LISA Gravity Wave Observatory

10.06.2004

Intelsat 10-02 Spacecraft Ready for Launch

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - Designed and built by EADS Astrium for the global operator Intelsat, the Intelsat 10-02 spacecraft is scheduled for launch on a PROTON launch vehicle from Baikonur on 16 June 2004 at 04H27 (15 June 2004 at 22:27 GMT).

03.06.2004

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - VENUS EXPRESS in transit towards VENUS

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - SATCOMBw: Satellite Communications for the German Armed Forces

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Geo-Information Products Serving European Directives and User Requirements

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - European high technology for the International Space Station

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Herschel - Looking at the Birth of Stars

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - CryoSat - A Satellite on an Icy Mission

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen/Les Mureaux - ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Cassini/Huygens: Approaching Saturn - “the Lord of the Rings”

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Infoterra GmbH Initiates Commercial Exploitation of TerraSAR-X

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - GOCE – Surfer of the gravitational field

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - PHOENIX: Future prospects in space transport through reusable launch systems

10.05.2004

Three Billion Euros Contract For 30 Ariane 5 Launchers

Berlin - ARIANESPACE and EADS SPACE Transportation signed at Berlin the contract of 30 Ariane 5 launch vehicles. The value of this order is about 3bn Euros.

10.05.2004

Satellites Support International Missions of the German Armed Forces

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR tandem for 3D reconnaissance

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - From the SS-19 to the commercial launch vehicle Rockot - successful German-Russian space co-operation through EADS SPACE Transportation and Eurockot

07.05.2004

London - European Nations Selected for NATO Milsatcom Solution

28.04.2004

EADS Astrium awarded a second Anik satellite by Telesat.

Amsterdam, Paris, Munich - EADS Astrium has been selected by Telesat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to build the company’s new Anik F3 satellite. This is the second order for a Eurostar E3000 satellite received from the Canadian-based operator, which ordered the Anik F1R satellite from EADS Astrium in January 2003. Planned to enter into service in 2006, Anik F3 will provide satellite communications services in C, Ku and Ka-bands over a large area covering North America from its orbital location of 118.7º West.

22.04.2004

Amazonas, Hispasat most powerful satellite, nearly completed by EADS Astrium

Madrid/ Friedrichshafen/ Stevenage/ Toulouse - Astrium has completed the Amazonas satellite manufacturing and assembly and has also successfully completed the Environmental Testing. Final end to end RF testing is on going and will be completed before end May. The satellite will be then shipped around mid June to Baikonour, Kazakhstan, to prepare for the launch which is planned in July on a Proton M Breeze M launch vehicle. With 51 transponders, it will provide a full range of telecommunications services to Brazil, North and South America, and a transatlantic link for Europe.

02.04.2004

Friedrichshafen/Caracas - World Bank Supports Project for Environmental and Spatial Planning

31.03.2004

Bremen - A decisive step in the development of the European Space transporter ATV

24.03.2004

Eutelsat W3A, the first Eurostar E3000 satellite, reaches geostationary orbit

Baikonour - The W3A spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for EUTELSAT and launched by Proton on 16 March 2004, successfully performed early operations and in now in geostationary orbit.

12.03.2004

Baikonur - W3A spacecraft ready for launch

05.03.2004

Bremen - PHOENIX final rehearsal goes well

02.03.2004

Kourou - Rosetta Successfully Launched - EADS SPACE has a major role in this mission

12.02.2004

Friedrichshafen/Bremen/Kourou - Rosetta – Masterpiece of Technology with a Cosmic Message

12.02.2004

Friedrichshafen - Rosetta - In Search of Pristine Matter

19.01.2004

Toulouse/Friedrichshafen/Stevenage - Mars Express on successful final orbit. First 3D photography of Mars