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• Bidding starts to put EU's Galileo navigation system into space

  - 2008-07-02

  Satellite network, designed to give Europe independence, has been delayed by Brussels rows The European Commission kicked off plans yesterday for a rival to the United States' global positioning system GPS with calls for suppliers for 3.4bn-worth (2.7bn) of hi-tech space-technology deals. The Galileo programme's network...

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• EADS Astrium signs an agreement to acquire Surrey Satellite Technology Limited from the University of Surrey

  - 2008-04-07

  * Astrium backing to support Surrey Satellite Technology Limited SSTL expansion and development * University of Surrey and Astrium agree new UK strategic academic collaboration STEVENAGE & GUILDFORD, England -- EADS Astrium, Europe's leading space company, has entered into an agreement to acquire the innovative University of Surrey...

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• Astrium Takes Principal Membership in the OGC®

  - 2008-02-25

  WAYLAND, Mass. -- The Open Geospatial Consortium OGC (http://www.opengeospatial.org) announced that Astrium has increased its level of membership in the OGC to become a Principal Member. Principal Members have authority over the development, release and adoption of OpenGIS[R] Specifications through their voting rights in the OGC Planning Committee PC....

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• EADS Astrium

  - 2007-09-22

  EADS Astrium has won a contract from the German Aerospace Center DLR in Cologne to investigate concepts for a new upper stage for the European launcher Vega. The project is named Venus Vesta New Upper Stage. Currently under development, Vega is a small European launch vehicle which is scheduled for...

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• Astrium prepares Helios-2 follow-on

  - 2007-09-22

  EADS Astrium is studying the Zephir optical imaging satellite project as a follow-on to the current Helios-2. A mockup of the proposed platform was on display for the first time at the Paris Air Show. The first Helios-2 was launched in December 2004. It is slated to be joined by...

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• Astrium services signs distribution agreement with Iridium satellite.(PARTNERSHIPS)

  - 2007-06-01

  Iridium Satellite announced that Astrium Services, a subsidiary of EADS Astrium, has signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller VAR of Iridium satellite communication equipment and services. Under the VAR agreement, Astrium Services is authorized to package Iridium-based satellite voice and data solutions...

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• EADS Astrium.(NEWS BRIEFS)

  - 2006-07-01

  EADS Astrium, the European satellite system specialist, has reinforced its commitment to expanded Earth Observation services with the formation of Infoterra France. This addition to Infoterra companies in the UK and Germany integrates ISTAR and some teams from EADS Astrium and will enable the business to...

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• Infoterra Group: EADS Astrium presented new information about the Infoterra Group at the Berlin international airshow recently.

  - 2006-07-01

  Reinhold Lutz Senior Vice President Earth Observation, Navigation & Science, EADS Astrium, Managing Director, EADS Astrium GmbH began by indicating the advances being made in the CHAD / Sudan region, where water is one of the most serious problems. New radar images and geographic information are...

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• EADS Astrium signs Gala contract

  - 2006-06-22

  EADS Astrium has signed a contract with the European Space Agency ESA to develop and build the satellite for the Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics Gala mission. Gaia will create an extraordinarily precise 3-D map of the Galaxy, mapping and recording more than one billion stars over a five-year period....

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• EADS Astrium

  - 2006-06-22

  EADS Astrium has purchased a 42% stake in the Brazilian company Equatorial Sistemas. This partnership will strengthen the presence of EADS Astrium in Brazil by enabling it to become a privileged partner in Brazilian space programmes in particular those from the Brazilian Space Agency AEB and its industrial part the...

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