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Astrium Space Transportation

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

31.08.2009

Toulouse - Astrium delivers Amazonas 2 satellite to launch site

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

05.06.2009

Bremen - Astrium wins feasibility study on preparation for moon landings

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.

17.03.2009

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

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

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