The first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites built by Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, are working perfectly and now begin full in-orbit operations. The satellites successfully ...

PARIS — Europe’s Astrium space hardware and services provider on Jan. 19 reported an 11 percent increase in revenue in 2009 and a 31 percent increase in new orders led by a large contract to provide ...

European space business Astrium is to be split in two, with one part retaining the Astrium name and specialising in satellite manufacture and the other focusing on launchers. The move will coincide ...

Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, is preparing a new technology mission for the maintenance and disposal of satellites. Today, at the ILA Berlin Air Show, the DLR Space Administration announced ...

Mubadala space subsidiary Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat), has signed agreements with Astrium and Boeing to provide secure satellite communications capability for various aeronautical ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The founder and managingdirector of British small-satellite builder Surrey Satellite Technology ...

Bremen, 11 August 2011 – “Edoardo Amaldi”, the third European cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The ...

Astrium, EADS's space division, ended 2013 on a note of triumph, with the Gaia star-mapping satellite it built for the European Space Agency enjoying a perfect Soyuz launch from the agency’s spaceport ...

LONDON — A European group led by Astrium is set to build the Mercury probe BepiColombo on behalf of the European Space Agency, ESA. The Euros 350.9 million contract calls for the probe to begin its ...

LE BOURGET, France – European space company Astriumannounced it will deliver the Ground Control Segment for the full operationalGalileo system, Europe's global navigation satellite system, at this ...