Inmarsat Signs Astrium Services as Global Xpress Distributor

Inmarsat Signs Astrium Services as Global Xpress Distributor

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Industry officials said Astrium will be a favored value-added distributor of Global Xpress to its large customer set. 

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Arianespace Orders 18 Ariane 5 Rockets from Astrium

Arianespace Orders 18 Ariane 5 Rockets from Astrium

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Astrium to build 18 heavy-lift Ariane 5 rockets for delivery starting in 2017 under a contract valued at more than 2 billion euros.

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EADS Restructuring To Eliminate Nearly 2,500 Astrium Jobs

EADS Restructuring To Eliminate Nearly 2,500 Astrium Jobs

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The job cuts will occur during three years and will mainly involve negotiated voluntary departures and the nonreplacement of retiring employees.

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Earnings Call Shows Why Astrium Is Being Merged into Airbus Defence & Space

Earnings Call Shows Why Astrium Is Being Merged into Airbus Defence & Space

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Total Astrium revenue for the period was 4.01 billion euros, up 2 percent from the first nine months of 2012.

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Profile | Colin Paynter, Managing director, Astrium UK

Profile | Colin Paynter, Managing director, Astrium UK

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Colin Paynter, managing director of Astrium UK, was involved in the Skynet 5 project from the start.

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Astrium To Build Ku-band Satellite for DirecTV Latin America

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Astrium is also building the DirecTV 15 satellite and the Intelsat IS-32 satellite.

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News from the 64th International Astronautical Congress | Astrium Contract Boosts Kazakhstan’s Satellite Efforts

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The Kazakh government is on track to leverage its contract with Astrium of Europe into an ability to build and operate optical Earth observation satellites.

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OHB Taps Astrium To Build a German Radar Satellite and Launch it on a SpaceX Falcon 9

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The contract also includes the launch of the satellite aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket as part of a longstanding launch reservation Astrium had with SpaceX.

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In Switch, Telesat Buys Satellite from Astrium

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Telesat's Telstar 12 replacement satellite will be built not by SSL, but by Astrium Satellites.

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Astrium To Build Ocean-color Imager for S Korea’s GEO-Kompsat 2B Satellite

Astrium To Build Ocean-color Imager for S Korea’s GEO-Kompsat 2B Satellite

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Astrium Satellites of France will provide an ocean-color imager for South Korea’s geostationary-orbiting GEO-Kompsat 2B satellite.

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Military Space Quarterly | Long-anticipated UAE Spy Sat Contract Goes to Astrium, Thales Alenia

Military Space Quarterly | Long-anticipated UAE Spy Sat Contract Goes to Astrium, Thales Alenia

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The UAE Armed Forces contracted with Astrium Satellites and Thales to provide the two-satellite Falcon Eye high-resolution optical reconnaissance system.

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OHB, Astrium To Share Work on German Radar Satellites

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The German parliament is scheduled to meet the week of June 24 to approve a billion-dollar second-generation radar reconnaissance satellite system, with spacecraft to be provided by both of Germany’s satellite prime contractors and launches by SpaceX.

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Astrium Services Poised To Bulk Buy Ka-band Capacity from Inmarsat

Astrium Services Poised To Bulk Buy Ka-band Capacity from Inmarsat

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The agreement will fill a gap in Astrium Services’ bandwidth services offer, which now includes Ku-band capacity leased from commercial fleet operators and Astrium’s own X-band capacity.

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EADS Astrium To Bid for Avio Space Business

EADS Astrium To Bid for Avio Space Business

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EADS Astrium Space Transportation will enter the bidding for Italy’s Avio as part of a play to consolidate Europe’s rocket-manufacturing sector.

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Astrium Expanding Its Propulsion Facility in Germany

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Astrium is investing 7 million euros to expand space propulsion production facilities in Lampoldshausen, Germany.

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Eutelsat and RSCC Order Satellite from Astrium

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Astrium Satellites will build a Ku-/Ka-band telecommunications satellite for Russia’s RSCC and Europe’s Eutelsat to be launched in 2015 to reinforce the two operators’ broadcast lineup at 36 degrees east longitude.

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In Switch, Astrium’s Hardware Business Outshines Services

In Switch, Astrium’s Hardware Business Outshines Services

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EADS said double-digit increases in revenue in its Astrium Satellites and Space Transportation divisions overcame a sharp drop in revenue in the once high-flying Astrium Services business.

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Astrium To Sell Yahsat Military Bandwidth

Astrium To Sell Yahsat Military Bandwidth

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The competition between Astrium Services of Europe and Boeing Commercial Satellite Services of the United States in selling satellite bandwidth to military customers now extends to the military Ka-band capacity on the Yahsat 1B satellite over the Middle East.

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Amid Declining U.S. Budgets, Astrium Sees Opportunity

Amid Declining U.S. Budgets, Astrium Sees Opportunity

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Astrium Americas has created a new office in California to sell space propulsion technologies.

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Astrium Opens Propulsion Office in North America

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The Los Angeles office will market Astrium’s in-space propulsion capabilities in North America.

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