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DATE: 2009-11-24T19:12+0100

Astrium Satellites

02.11.2009

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

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

31.08.2009

Toulouse - Astrium delivers Amazonas 2 satellite to launch site

29.08.2009

Cape Canaveral - Discovery lifts Astrium facilities into space

15.06.2009

Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR-X marks two successful years in orbit

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

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

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.

28.04.2009

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

17.03.2009

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

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.

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.

10.02.2009

Kourou - Three Astrium satellites onboard the next Ariane 5

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