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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...