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EADS Astrium Satellites (in the past EADS Astrium ) is a European company specialized in the Conception and the satellite manufacture of , of Avionique, the equipment for the systems of civil and military Télécommunication S, the observation of the Ground and the programs scientific and of navigation.

EADS Astrium Satellites is a subsidiary company with 100% of EADS Astrium, itself subsidiary to 100% of EADS.

History and presentation

EADS Astrium was created in May 2000, following the fusion of the companies Matra Marconi Space (France/the United Kingdom), the division space of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Germany) and Computadores Redes E Ingenerio SA (Spain).

At the end of 2003, EADS Astrium employed 6.092 people in 4 countries (per order of importance of many paid: France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain), for a Turnover of 1,3 billion Euro.

EADS Astrium Co-is directed by Antoine Bouvier and Louis Gallois.

At July 1st 2006, French subsidiary company EADS Astrium SAS was absorbed by another subsidiary company of group EADS: EADS Space Transportation. The new business is called ASTRIUM SAS. Equivalent fusions were carried out in the other European subsidiary companies.

Programs

Among the principal programs whose EADS Astrium Satellites currently ensures the Maîtrise of work, appear the satellite :

  • CryoSat of ESA for the observation of the polar regions
  • ADM-Aeolus for the study the speed of the Wind S
  • GOCE for the modeling of the field of Revolved of the Ground
  • satellite weather Metop of Eumetsat
  • the satellite Optical high-resolution of new generation Pleiads of CNES
  • the satellite radar high-resolution of monitoring terrestrial TerraSAR-X
  • Development of the heavy platform of telecommunications satellites Alphabus, in co-operation with Thalès Alenia Space , with a first application: Alphasat I-XL .

Scientific programs

  • the mission SoHO which studies the Sun, launched in 1995

  • the Sonde Cassini-Huygens, launched in 1997
  • the project the XMM-Newton (XMM for X-Ray Multi Mirror), largest Télescope space with X-rays ever implemented, launched fine 1999
  • the fleet of the four satellite CLUSTER-2, launched in 2000
  • Mars Express, launched in 2003
  • the Sonde Rosetta for the exploration of a Comet, launched in 2004
  • Venus Express
  • the Spectrographe Nirspec multi-objects in the Infrarouge intended near for the space Télescope James Webb Space Telescopes (JWST), successor of famous the Space telescope Hubble
  • the Satellite Gaia of stellar cartography
  • the probe BepiColombo for the Mercury exploration, whose launching is planned for 2013.

Astrium Satellites takes part in the development of Galileo, the Système of positioning of the European Union.

Subsidiary companies

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