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Astrium is the third largest space systems manufacturing
company in the world and the leading supplier in Europe.
It designs, develops and manufactures satellites,
orbital infrastructures and launcher systems and provides
space services.
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift satellite
launcher, with a payload capacity of
up to ten tonnes. Since becoming
operational in 2005, it has
proved reliable and flexible, with
41successful launches in succession
up to the end of 2010. Astrium is
the sole prime contractor for the
Ariane 5 system and is the largest
industrial shareholder in Arianespace,
which markets and sells the Ariane
launcher worldwide and carries out
launches from the Guiana Space
Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
Astrium is prime contractor for future
developments on Ariane 5, starting
with the development of the Ariane 5
ME (Midlife Evolution) launcher, which
will provide an increased payload
capacity of up to 12 tonnes.
ATV
Astrium is the prime contractor for
the development and construction
of the Automated Transfer Vehicle
(ATV) cargo carrier, designed to carry
fuel and supplies to the International
Space Station (ISS) and to provide
reboost capability and a waste
disposal solution. The first ATV, “Jules
Vernes”, was launched in 2008 and
docked to the ISS. After six months
in orbit, it was de-docked from the
ISS and burned up on re-entering
the atmosphere. The second ATV,
“Johannes Kepler”, was launched
from Kourou, French Guiana on
16February 2011, successfully
docking to the ISS a week later.
Services
Astrium offers innovative, tailored
solutions in the fields of secure
communication and geo-information
services. Following a contract
extension signed in 2010,
wholly-owned subsidiary Paradigm
will provide the UKMinistry of
Defence with military satellite
communications services until at
least 2022. A team led by Astrium is
providing Germany’s armed forces
with a secure satellite communication
network. The system began
operations in 2010.
With its subsidiaries Infoterra and
Spot Image, Astrium Services is also
a provider of both optical and radar-
based geo-information services.
Ariane 5 Spot 5Ariane 5 ATV-2
AT A GLANCE
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EADS ANNUAL REPORT 2010