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DLR And Astrium Sign Contract For German Satellite TanDEM-X
Tuesday September 19, 2006
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and one of Europe's leading satellite manufacturers, Astrium GmbH, signed a cooperation agreement and contract today at the German Space Agency in Bonn for building the satellite TanDEM-X. (Source DLR)DLR and Astrium sign contract for German satellite TanDEM-X
Tuesday August 29, 2006
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and one of Europe's leading satellite manufacturers, Astrium GmbH, signed a cooperation agreement and contract today at the German Space Agency in Bonn for building the satellite TanDEM-X. (Credits DLR)TanDEM-X : DLR and EADS Astrium release new Satellite Mission
Tuesday May 16, 2006
The German Space Agency DLR on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and Europe¨?s leading satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium today announced at the ILA-Airshow in Berlin its intention to build a new satellite mission called TanDEM-X. Following the official kick-off, development and manufacturing of the new German radar-satellite will now start at EADS Astrium¨?s Friedrichshafen plant. TanDEM-X is scheduled for launch in 2009. Together with the almost identical radar satellite TerraSAR-X which is to be launched in autumn this year, it will form a high-precision radar interferometer. (Credits EADS Space)EADS Astrium to supply Algeria??s ALSAT-2 optical observation system
Tuesday January 31, 2006
EADS Astrium has signed a contract with the Algerian National Space Technology Centre (CNTS) for the development of the ALSAT-2 system, which consists of two optical observation satellites. ALSAT-2 is the first Earth observation satellite system from the AstroSat100 family to be built using the Myriade platform. (01-Feb-06, Credits EADS)¨£74 million satellite deal
Wednesday November 23, 2005
SPACE scientists in Stevenage will have the lion's share of the work building three satellites for the European Space Agency's Swarm Mission.(Credits The Comet)EADS Astrium awarded Korea??s 1st geostationary multifunctional sat contract
Wednesday May 18, 2005
EADS Astrium has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace and Research Institute, KARI, to design and manufacture the first Korean multi-function geostationary satellite ?®COMS?∆. The highly advanced COMS satellite has three payloads; one for meteorology, one for ocean observation and one for communications. Info source at www.eads.net|
ESA’s GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected, thanks to the fervent efforts of a team of experts.
This month the International Astronautical Congress will be held in Prague for the first time in 33 years. The global event highlights the growing activities in space industry, science and education in the Czech Republic — ESA's newest Member State.
ESA is offering European students the opportunity to conduct hypergravity experiments, with a call for proposals for the 2011 ‘Spin Your Thesis!’ campaign.
ESA PR 2010-20 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will travel to the International Space Station in December on a six-month mission, serving as flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. This will be the third long-duration mission by a European astronaut on the Station.
ESA's SMOS water mission has taken another step forward by demonstrating that it will lead to a better understanding of ocean circulation. Using preliminary data, scientists can clearly see how surface currents affect the 'Amazon plume' in the open sea.
