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| 02.24.2012 |
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Thales Alenia Space Inks Record-Breaking $1.8 Billion Six-Satellite Eumetsat Deal 
[Satellite News 02-24-12] Thales Alenia Space has won the largest satellite construction contract in history to produce six Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites for the European meteorological satellite organization (Eumetsat), the company confirmed...
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| 02.06.2012 |
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EC Finalizes Galileo FOC Deals; Contracts Ariane 5 Rocket Upgrade
[Satellite News 02-06-12] The European Commission (EC) has finalizing $400 million in contracts to build eight more Galileo navigation network spacecraft and adapt Arianespace’s Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher to deliver four satellites to orbit in a...
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| 02.01.2012 |
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Eumetsat’s Metop-B Shipped to Baikonur After Passing Final Checks
[Satellite News 02-01-12] With Eumetsat’s Metop-B weather satellite now past its final checks with manufacturer Astrium and scheduled for transport to the Baikonur cosmodrome to be launched in May, Eumetsat Director General Alain Ratier said the Metop...
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| 10.21.2011 |
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Arianespace Debuts Soyuz from Guiana with Successful Galileo Satellite Launch
[Satellite News 10-21-11] Arianespace has successfully launched its first Soyuz rocket from the European Spaceport and Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the company confirmed Oct. 21. The debut launch carried the first two Galileo IOV-1...
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| 02.18.2011 |
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EC’s Tajani: Europe Needs Galileo’s Potential 90 Billion Euro GDP Boost
[Satellite News 02-18-11] European Commission (EC) Vice President and Commissioner Antonio Tajani wants to make sure businesses in the European Union (EU) emerge strong from the recent stretch of difficult economic times. Tajani played a...
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| 02.14.2011 |
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Outgoing ESA Galileo Director Oosterlinck Thinks Program in Better Shape
[Satellite News 02-14-11] Rene Oosterlinck was the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first full-time director of the Galileo program, serving from early 2008 through the end of 2010. Oosterlinck was tasked not only to manage the development of the complex...
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| 02.07.2011 |
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Telespazio COO Defends Galileo Against Cost Critics
[Satellite News 02-07-11] The European Commission’s (EC) Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) mid-term review, released Jan. 18, revealed that satellite navigation programs would now cost more than 5.3 billion euros...
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| 01.07.2011 |
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SSTL’s Brooks Hopes SWIR Contract Leads to ESA Breakthroughs in 2011
[Satellite News 01-07-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s (SSTL) 10 million euro ($13.10 million) contract award to provide a Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel 5 precursor atmospheric...
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| 11.08.2010 |
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Vega Emerges as European Civil Space Leader Following ESA Sentinel Contract
[Satellite News 11-08-10] Vega has led a consortium of subcontractors to a contract win with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and deploy the Core Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) for ESA’s Sentinel-3 satellites, Vega announced Nov. 8...
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| 10.26.2010 |
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EU’s Tajani Faces Potential Political Battle Over Galileo Budget Fix
[Satellite News 10-26-10] European Union (EU) Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani is faced with a difficult challenge in solving the Galileo satellite navigation system’s budget problems and keeping the program’s contributors happy. However, with...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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Europe’s Regulatory Landscape Shifts
Two important changes to the European legal landscape occurred in November with implications that will spill forward into the satellite field for years to come. First, steps to ratify the European Treaty of Lisbon were completed. The treaty, signed in Lisbon...
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| 12.01.2009 |
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Europe’s Space Ambitions
The European Commission sponsored a two-day conference in October in Brussels to discuss “The Ambitions of Europe in Space.” European big guns Jose Barroso, newly reappointed president of the European Commission; Rainer Wieland, vice president of...
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| 07.23.2009 |
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U.K. CEOs Optimistic About SIGT Space Review
[Satellite News 07-23-09] The U.K. government has no clear future plans for space, facilitating the need for an outside expert group to come up with a viable developmental strategy, Andy Green, CEO of U.K.-based information technology service provider Logica...
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| 02.16.2009 |
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ESA Extends Space Missions Through 2009
ESA extended the operations of its Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions to the end of the year. The decision to extend the three successful missions was taken on 4 February this year. Mars Express, launched in June 2003, has been orbiting the red...
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| 02.16.2009 |
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ESA Water Mission Poised For Launch In Second Half 2009
The European Space Agency (ESA) water mission is poised for launch between July and October, the agency reported. Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place then, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales...
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| 02.04.2009 |
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ESOA Chief Plans Active Lobbying Year
[Satellite News 02-04-09] European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) Secretary General Aarti Holla-Maini is preparing for a busy year as she looks to lobby the European Commission (EC) to provide funds to help satellite broadband initiatives in rural...
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| 01.19.2009 |
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Director General: ESA Will See Several Major Launches This Year
The European Space Agency will see several major spacecraft launches this year, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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European Environmental-Studies Satellites Fly In Formation
Two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites are flying in formation to study Earth and its environment, ESA announced. ERS-2 and Envisat are flying in formation for the second time. The constellation...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Hubble Space Telescope Spots Two Gigantic Stars
The Hubble Space Telescope has gained a clear image of two immense stars that until recently were partially obscured, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Actually, what seems to be two stars may be far more stars bunched tightly together. Hubble, a...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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ESA Leaders Envision 11.2 Billion Euro Outlays Into Next Decade
European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013, all the way out to 2020. The ESA, which...
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