Astrium awarded European Space Agency (ESA) contract to continue development of the Ariane 5 ME
Worth €112 million, this contract will enable the design of the Ariane 5 ME’s new sub-systems Ariane 5 ME will decrease by 20% costs per…
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46th successful launch in a row of the Astrium-built Ariane 5
Ariane 5, the European launch vehicle developed and manufactured by Astrium, today successfully lifted-off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. For François Auque,…
Ariane 5’s fourth launch of 2011
Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-1N and…
5 More Boeing Super Hornets Arrive at RAAF Base Amberley
Five new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets have arrived at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley, expanding the RAAF’s fleet of the advanced multirole fighters…
Ariane 5’s third launch of 2010
5 August 2010 Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Nilesat-201…
1st pilot to hit Mach 4, 5 and 6 dies
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California — The first person to fly a winged aircraft at four, five and six times the speed of sound has…
Ariane 5 order for Stork Fokker
Stork Fokker has signed an important contract in relation to the Ariane 5 program. Dutch Space (part of the European EADS Astrium consortium) has again…
Astrium’s 45th Ariane 5 successfully launched
On 1 July 2009, at 2.52 p.m. (Kourou time), 6.52 p.m. (UK time), another Ariane 5 developed and built by Astrium was successfully launched from…
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