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UK Space Agency’s CEO moving down under

August 3rd, 2012 Posted in Article
3 August 2012 – Dr. David Williams, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, will be leaving the organisation in November. He has been appointed as Group Executive, Information Sciences at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organis...
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Telespazio VEGA wins Superframe Contract

May 1st, 2012 Posted in Uncategorised
Luton, United Kingdom, May 1, 2012 – Telespazio VEGA as the Prime Contractor of a consortium of European space companies, today announces that it has won a multi directorate competitive bid and signed a frame contract with the European Space Agenc...
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Astrium-built Galileo satellites fit and fully operational in orbit

April 26th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorised
26 April 2012 – The first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites built by Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, are working perfectly and now begin full in-orbit operations. The satellites successfully passed a series of in-orbit test...
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Astrium wins €300 million Solar Orbiter contract from ESA

April 26th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorised
26 April 2012 – Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime contractor for the Solar Orbiter mission that will perform close-up observations of the Sun. With this €300 million contract sig...
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SSTL delivers payload for first Galileo FOC satellite

April 19th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorised
19 April 2012 – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first of fourteen full operational capability (FOC) payloads for Galileo, the European GNSS system, to prime contractor OHB System AG. As payload prime, SSTL is tasked with t...