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16 December 2013 – Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, signed with GeoNorth, LLC for the first multi-mission Direct Receiving Station (DRS), with a unique offering of both high-resolution and very high-resolution optical and radar s...

14 December 2013 – Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, and Arianespace, the world’s leading satellite launch company, have signed a contract worth more than €2 billion for the supply of 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers. Th...

11 December 2013 – Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, has finalised its preparation of Gaia in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s most advanced space telescope is scheduled for launch on 19 December aboard Soyuz. Designed and bu...

5 December 2013 – Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement delivered today (5 December 2013), Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of ADS Group comments on the announcements: On the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of...

29 November 2013 – Astrium, number two in the world for space, has signed a contract with France’s National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) for the study and design of surface nuclear facilities of the Industrial Centre of Geological S...

22 November 2013 – The Swarm satellite mission – developed and built by Astrium, the world’s second largest space company – has been successfully launched from a Rockot launch vehicle, which carried the three magnetic-field research satellites int...

21 November 2013 – A recently launched greenhouse gas emissions measurement service from Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, has been included in the Climate and Energy Action Hub, an interactive platform to encourage companies to c...

20 November 2013 – Alphasat, the world’s most sophisticated commercial communications satellite, designed and built by Astrium, Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, has now reached its operational in-orbit position and has succ...