Astrium

Space News December 16, 2013

Astrium to build 18 new Ariane 5 ECA launchers for Arianespace

– Astrium CEO Francois Auque and Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stéphane Israël signed a contract for the manufacture of 18 Ariane 5 ECAs in…

Space News October 16, 2013

Astrium awarded three new contracts by ESA for Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME launchers

€106 million contract for continued development of the Ariane 5 ME €278 million contract for continued development of elements common to the Ariane 5 ME…

Space News September 18, 2013

Arianespace and Astrium sign an agreement to begin production of 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers

Arianespace and Astrium signed an initial agreement on 17 September to begin the production of 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers. As part of this…

Space News July 18, 2013

Astrium a prime contractor twice over for Alphasat launch aboard Ariane 5

Alphasat, the world’s most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever built, is ready for its launch aboard an Ariane 5, scheduled on 25 July Alphasat, designed…

Space News January 30, 2013

Astrium wins ESA contracts to design Ariane 6 and continue development of Ariane 5 ME

EADS The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed prime contractor agreements worth €108 million with Astrium These contracts enable the start of the Ariane 6…

Space News April 26, 2012

ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter

ESA has awarded the contract to build its next-generation Sun explorer to Astrium UK. Solar Orbiter will investigate how the Sun creates and controls the…

Space News March 12, 2012

Astrium: double delivery for ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi launch

Astrium built ATV-3, the third European space cargo vehicle, is being prepared for launch to the ISS on March 23 Astrium is also prime of…

Space News March 5, 2012

Astrium: Metop-B on the road to the launch site

The European weather satellite Metop-B has left the clean room at Astrium on its way to the launch site in Baikonur The Metop programme provides…

Space News January 19, 2012

Astrium 2011: A good year

Provisional revenues of €5 billion and an order intake of €3.6 billion despite an increasingly competitive economic climate Major contracts in 2011 included 4 for…

Military Aviation News, Space News September 27, 2011

Astrium selected to help define missile defence system for NATO

Contract awarded for the definition of a systems architecture to protect NATO territories against the threat posed by ballistic missiles Astrium has been working with…

Space News September 12, 2011

Astrium Galileo satellites accepted by ESA

Kourou, 12 September 2011 First and second Astrium-built Galileo satellites successfully pass ESAâ€™s technical acceptance review Two IOV satellites set to be launched on…

Space News August 11, 2011

Astrium ships ATV â€œEdoardo Amaldiâ€

Third ATV en route to Kourou â€œEdoardo Amaldiâ€ scheduled to fly to the ISS in the spring of 2012 ATV plays an indispensable role in…

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