Perhaps nothing distinguishes Man from all other creatures as much as his ability and his desire to communicate. Satellite technology, in a few short decades, has radically revolutionized how we communicate.
Making connections
When, in 1945, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke published an article in the magazine ‘Wireless World’ describing the possibility of a global communications [...]
May 10, 2009
Launched in August 2004, Amazonas-1 offers a wide range of telecommunications services to users in Latin America, including Brazil and North America, including the transatlantic route to Europe.
The Amazonas satellite for Latin America is the fifth launched by Hispasat and the third in a series of Astrium Eurostar E3000. Placed in geostationary orbit at 61 [...]
May 10, 2009
The UK MoD’s Skynet 5 program is delivering secure global satellite communications services under a groundbreaking Private Finance Initiative (PFI) approach pioneered by Astrium Services’ subsidiary Paradigm, the first commercial provider of secure military communications services. Under the contract, signed in 2003, the MoD transferred ownership and operation of the existing Skynet 4 infrastructure to [...]
May 9, 2009
After the successful launch of the satellite Earth observation last week GOCE, Astrium engineers can now add one more success to their charts. This is aboard the space laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station (ISS) that the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery have installed and put into service the instrument of experimentation PCDF (Protein [...]
May 9, 2009
NAVCOM Technology Inc., 100% subsidiary of Deere & Company, and Astrium Services, Division of Astrium, has signed a strategic partnership to provide solutions for ultra precise geopositioning throughout the Europe.
Solutions for ultra precise geopositioning for Europe
Decimetre precision through the Starfire’s Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Under this new alliance, Astrium Services will become the exclusive European [...]
May 9, 2009
The satellite navigation GIOVE-B successfully completes its first year in orbit. Manufactured by an industrial team led by Astrium under contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), GIOVE-B is the second mission in orbit demonstration dedicated to the European Galileo satellite navigation.
Astrium demonstration of technical feasibility of Galileo
Measures over the long term signal quality
The atomic [...]
May 9, 2009
Stevenage and Guildford, on 13 January 2009 - Astrium, the European leader in space, has acquired the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). SSTL is the branch of the innovative University of Surrey, which specializes in the design and manufacture of small satellites and subsystems. Approved by the European Commission in December 2008, this acquisition was [...]
March 30, 2009
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March 30, 2009
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