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Astrium

January 11, 2024

Astrium was an aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) that provided civil and military space systems and services from 2006 to 2013. In 2012, Astrium had a turnover of €5.8 billion and 18,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands. Astrium was a member of Institute of Space, its Applications and Technologies.

Astrium
IndustrySpace industry, Space tourism
PredecessorEADS Space
FoundedDecember 2006
FounderEADS
Defunct2013
SuccessorAirbus Defence and Space
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Revenue€ 5.8 billion (2012)
Number of employees
18,000 (as of 2012)
ParentEADS
Websitewww.astrium.eads.net

In late 2013 Astrium was merged with Cassidian, the defence division of EADS and Airbus Military to form Airbus Defence and Space.[1] EADS itself was reorganized as the Airbus Group, with three divisions that include Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters.[1]

Business structure edit

During 2006–2013, the three main areas of activity within Astrium were:[citation needed]

  • Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment
  • EADS Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital infrastructure
  • Astrium Services for the development and delivery of satellite services.

Satellites edit

Astrium Satellites was one of the three business units of Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space), a subsidiary of EADS (now Airbus). It is a European space manufacturer involved in the manufacturing of spacecraft used for science, Earth observation and telecommunications, as well as the equipment and subsystems used therein and related ground systems.

EADS Astrium Satellites employs around 8,348 people on nine sites in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom,. As of 15 October 2012, the CEO of Astrium is Eric Beranger who took over from Evert Dudok who became Astrium Services.

History edit

See also: History of Airbus

Astrium was formed in 2000 by the merger of Matra Marconi Space (itself formed from French and British companies) with the space division of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG and Computadores Redes e Ingeniería SA. Henceforth Astrium was a joint venture between EADS and BAE Systems.

On 16 June 2003 the minority shareholder, BAE Systems, sold its 25% share to EADS, making EADS the sole shareholder. Astrium became EADS Astrium Satellites and in a wider restructuring became the major constituent of EADS Astrium, which also included EADS Astrium Space Transportation and EADS Astrium Services. In this restructuring the former Astrium Space Infrastructure division merged with EADS Launchers & Vehicles division to form EADS SPACE Transportation, which became later EADS Astrium Space Transportation. Also, Paradigm Secure Communications, initially created by Astrium in the frame of the Skynet 5 contract for the UK Ministry of Defence became the major constituent of EADS SPACE Services.

CASA Espacio became part of EADS Astrium on 1 January 2004. EADS Astrium is the sole shareholder of Infoterra Ltd.

On 1 July 2006, the French subsidiary of EADS Astrium, EADS Astrium SAS, merged with other French subsidiaries of EADS Space (especially EADS Space Transportation). The name of the new company is Astrium SAS. Equivalent mergers have been achieved in 2006 in the other countries. The EADS group does not communicate about these mergers, excepted when required by the law, such as in contractual documents.

Space transportation edit

EADS Astrium Space Transportation was formed in June 2003 from the Space Infrastructure division of Astrium (whose core was originally ERNO) and the EADS Launch Vehicles division (formerly Aérospatiale's Space division). Until July 2006 it was called EADS Space Transportation and was a fully owned subsidiary of EADS Space. In July 2006 the three subsidiaries of EADS Space (EADS Space Transportation, EADS Astrium, and EADS Space Services) were reintegrated into one company, EADS Astrium, of which EADS Astrium Space Transportation is a business division. Currently 4397 employees work in the launcher segment.

The Space Transportation company is the prime contractor for the Ariane 5 launcher, the Columbus Module of the International Space Station, and the ATV, as well as a number of smaller projects (most notably Phoenix). It also builds launchers for the French nuclear missile program (see also Military of France), such as the M51 SLBM.

It joined the team led by Lockheed Martin for a bid on NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), being in charge of the craft's Mission Module. The team won a contract from NASA in June 2005.

In 2005, EADS Astrium Space Transportation started a campaign in favour of a project called LIFE, for astronomy from the Moon surface.

The company has facilities in France (Les Mureaux near Paris and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles near Bordeaux) and in Germany; the main facility in Germany is located in Bremen. These manufacturing facilities utilise specialist CTH03 and CTH04 high technology equipment containers which allow the safe transport of Airbus integrated spacecraft in a horizontal position when sending them worldwide to launch sites.

After Evert Dudok took over from Antoine Bouvier as Head of EADS Astrium Satellites on 11 June 2007, Alain Charmeau assumed responsibility of the management of EADS Astrium Space Transportation.

Programmes edit

Telecoms edit

Military edit

Earth observation edit

Science edit

Navigation edit

Services edit

Astrium Services is the services division of EADS Astrium.

The services division specializes in military satellite communications services and currently employs about 2,200 personnel.

Astrium Services is responsible for delivering the following services and systems:

Space tourism edit

Main article: EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project
 
Logo used until 2010

In June 2007, EADS Astrium announced it would be entering the space tourism sector. On 20 June 2007 the company unveiled a model of the space jet, a one-stage sub-orbital hybrid craft, utilising both jet and rocket engines. Carrying four passengers, the space jet would take off from regular airports using conventional jet engines. After flying to the needed altitude, the rockets would then be fired. After reaching its final altitude of 100 km, passengers would experience weightlessness for three minutes. Tickets were expected to cost up to €200,000 with flights possibly beginning in 2012.[3] EADS estimated the development cost would approach 1 billion Euros. In March 2009 EADS Astrium confirmed that the programme had been placed on hold indefinitely; the decision had been made in January of that year.[4]

On-orbit satellite servicing edit

In September, 2012, Astrium won a €13 million mission definition and design contract from the DLR Space Administration to build a two-vehicle set of spacecraft to demonstrate several technologies necessary for on-orbit satellite servicing, including spacecraft refuelling, in order to enable satellite mission extension and also controlled disposal of a defective satellite. The project is entitled "DEOS" (German orbital servicing mission), and consists of two satellites, a 'client' and a 'servicer'. The client acts as the satellite requiring maintenance or disposal. The servicer carries out the necessary work on the client. The two spacecraft will be launched together into low Earth orbit of 550 kilometres (340 mi). As of 2012, the mission "will be ready for launch in 2018."[5]

Partnership edit

 
Taufkirchen, Germany: EADS Astrium (main building)

In 2010 Astrium signed with JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS), the national company charged with the development of Kazakhstan's space programme, a contract for a Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) Centre in Astana. Under the contract Astrium will provide and install the various test equipment (mechanical, radiometric, thermal and acoustic facilities) at the new AIT Centre. Astrium will also assist KGS in the construction of the AIT Centre to ensure coordination with the test equipment. The AIT Centre will form part of the Space City that the Kazakhstan space agency, Kazcosmos, is developing in Astana. The city will also include the ground segment for the two Astrium-built satellites, as well an administrative building and a space museum.[6]

Structural evolution of Airbus SE
Dec 1970 Jan 1992 July 2000 Sep 2000 Jan 2001 Dec 2006 Apr 2009 Sep 2010 Jan 2014 May 2015 Jan 2017 Apr 2017
    European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV Airbus Group NV Airbus Group SE Airbus SE   
Airbus Industrie GIE Airbus SAS     
  Airbus Military SAS Airbus Defence and Space SAS   
    EADS Defence and Security Cassidian SAS
    Astrium SAS EADS Astrium SAS
  Eurocopter SA Eurocopter SAS Airbus Helicopters SAS   
                       

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Messier, Doug (2014-01-05). "EADS Reorganizes, Acknowledges Success of SpaceX". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  3. ^ "Firm rockets into space tourism". BBC Online. 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
  4. ^ March, Rayon. "EADS Astrium puts its "space jet" on hold indefinitley - Hyperbola". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  5. ^ . Press Release. EADS Astrium. 2012-09-13. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  6. ^ "Kazakhstan and EADS Plan Strategic Partnership". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 23 November 2012.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to EADS Astrium.
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Astrium was an aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS that provided civil and military space systems and services from 2006 to 2013 In 2012 Astrium had a turnover of 5 8 billion and 18 000 employees in France Germany the United Kingdom Spain and the Netherlands Astrium was a member of Institute of Space its Applications and Technologies AstriumIndustrySpace industry Space tourismPredecessorEADS SpaceFoundedDecember 2006FounderEADSDefunct2013SuccessorAirbus Defence and SpaceHeadquartersParis FranceRevenue 5 8 billion 2012 Number of employees18 000 as of 2012 update ParentEADSWebsitewww wbr astrium wbr eads wbr netIn late 2013 Astrium was merged with Cassidian the defence division of EADS and Airbus Military to form Airbus Defence and Space 1 EADS itself was reorganized as the Airbus Group with three divisions that include Airbus Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters 1 Contents 1 Business structure 1 1 Satellites 2 History 3 Space transportation 4 Programmes 4 1 Telecoms 4 2 Military 4 3 Earth observation 4 4 Science 4 5 Navigation 4 6 Services 4 7 Space tourism 4 8 On orbit satellite servicing 4 9 Partnership 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBusiness structure editDuring 2006 2013 the three main areas of activity within Astrium were citation needed Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment EADS Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital infrastructure Astrium Services for the development and delivery of satellite services Satellites edit Astrium Satellites was one of the three business units of Astrium now Airbus Defence and Space a subsidiary of EADS now Airbus It is a European space manufacturer involved in the manufacturing of spacecraft used for science Earth observation and telecommunications as well as the equipment and subsystems used therein and related ground systems EADS Astrium Satellites employs around 8 348 people on nine sites in France Germany Spain and the United Kingdom As of 15 October 2012 the CEO of Astrium is Eric Beranger who took over from Evert Dudok who became Astrium Services History editSee also History of Airbus This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2006 Learn how and when to remove this template message Astrium was formed in 2000 by the merger of Matra Marconi Space itself formed from French and British companies with the space division of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG and Computadores Redes e Ingenieria SA Henceforth Astrium was a joint venture between EADS and BAE Systems On 16 June 2003 the minority shareholder BAE Systems sold its 25 share to EADS making EADS the sole shareholder Astrium became EADS Astrium Satellites and in a wider restructuring became the major constituent of EADS Astrium which also included EADS Astrium Space Transportation and EADS Astrium Services In this restructuring the former Astrium Space Infrastructure division merged with EADS Launchers amp Vehicles division to form EADS SPACE Transportation which became later EADS Astrium Space Transportation Also Paradigm Secure Communications initially created by Astrium in the frame of the Skynet 5 contract for the UK Ministry of Defence became the major constituent of EADS SPACE Services CASA Espacio became part of EADS Astrium on 1 January 2004 EADS Astrium is the sole shareholder of Infoterra Ltd On 1 July 2006 the French subsidiary of EADS Astrium EADS Astrium SAS merged with other French subsidiaries of EADS Space especially EADS Space Transportation The name of the new company is Astrium SAS Equivalent mergers have been achieved in 2006 in the other countries The EADS group does not communicate about these mergers excepted when required by the law such as in contractual documents Space transportation editEADS Astrium Space Transportation was formed in June 2003 from the Space Infrastructure division of Astrium whose core was originally ERNO and the EADS Launch Vehicles division formerly Aerospatiale s Space division Until July 2006 it was called EADS Space Transportation and was a fully owned subsidiary of EADS Space In July 2006 the three subsidiaries of EADS Space EADS Space Transportation EADS Astrium and EADS Space Services were reintegrated into one company EADS Astrium of which EADS Astrium Space Transportation is a business division Currently 4397 employees work in the launcher segment The Space Transportation company is the prime contractor for the Ariane 5 launcher the Columbus Module of the International Space Station and the ATV as well as a number of smaller projects most notably Phoenix It also builds launchers for the French nuclear missile program see also Military of France such as the M51 SLBM It joined the team led by Lockheed Martin for a bid on NASA s Crew Exploration Vehicle CEV being in charge of the craft s Mission Module The team won a contract from NASA in June 2005 In 2005 EADS Astrium Space Transportation started a campaign in favour of a project called LIFE for astronomy from the Moon surface The company has facilities in France Les Mureaux near Paris and Saint Medard en Jalles near Bordeaux and in Germany the main facility in Germany is located in Bremen These manufacturing facilities utilise specialist CTH03 and CTH04 high technology equipment containers which allow the safe transport of Airbus integrated spacecraft in a horizontal position when sending them worldwide to launch sites After Evert Dudok took over from Antoine Bouvier as Head of EADS Astrium Satellites on 11 June 2007 Alain Charmeau assumed responsibility of the management of EADS Astrium Space Transportation Programmes editTelecoms edit Alphabus Alphasat I XL Amazonas 1 amp 2 Anik F1R amp F3 Arabsat 4A 4B 5A amp 5C amp BADR 4 5 6 amp 7 Astra 2B 2E 2F 2G 1M 1N 3B amp 5B Direct TV 15 Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 7 Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat W2M Eutelsat W3A Eutelsat 3B Eutelsat MEA SAT 3B Eutelsat W5A Hellas Sat Hispasat 1A and 1B HYLAS Eutelsat Hot Bird 2 5 Eutelsat Hot Bird 7 10 Eutelsat Ka Sat Express AM4 AM4R Express AM7 Inmarsat 2 F1 F2 F3 amp F4 Inmarsat 4 F1 F2 amp F3 Intelsat 10 02 Nilesat 101 and 102 Nimiq 4 Orion 1 ST 1 Stentor Telecom 2 WorldStar Afristar Asiastar Worldstar 3 Yahsat 1A amp 1B Military edit CSO forthcoming Essaim Helios 1B Helios 2A Manpack Master Scot Skynet 4 NATO IV Skynet 5 SATCOM BW2 Spirale 1A 1B Earth observation edit ADM Aeolus Alsat Champ COMS CryoSat ERS 1 amp 2 Envisat EOS Aqua HSB GOCE Grace Kompsat 2 KRS forthcoming launch forecast 2014 MSG Meteosat Metop 1 2 3 MicroSAR Pleiades FORMOSAT 2 ROCSAT 2 Sentinel 2 Sentinel 5 Precursor Silex SPOT 1 2 3 4 amp 5 SSOT Swarm Theos TerraSAR X TanDEM X VNREDSat 1 forthcoming Science edit BepiColombo Cassini Huygens Cluster II Gaia mission Herschel Space Observatory INTEGRAL LISA Pathfinder Mars Express Beagle 2 Rosetta Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO Solar Orbiter Ulysses Venus Express XMM Newton NIRSpec Navigation edit European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service EGNOS Galileo Services edit Astrium Services is the services division of EADS Astrium The services division specializes in military satellite communications services and currently employs about 2 200 personnel Astrium Services is responsible for delivering the following services and systems ASTEL S France TELCOMARSAT France SATCOMBw Germany 2009 Skynet provides all the UK Ministry of Defence satellite communications 2 NATO service provision to Portugal and Canada Galileo 2010 Space tourism edit Main article EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project nbsp Logo used until 2010In June 2007 EADS Astrium announced it would be entering the space tourism sector On 20 June 2007 the company unveiled a model of the space jet a one stage sub orbital hybrid craft utilising both jet and rocket engines Carrying four passengers the space jet would take off from regular airports using conventional jet engines After flying to the needed altitude the rockets would then be fired After reaching its final altitude of 100 km passengers would experience weightlessness for three minutes Tickets were expected to cost up to 200 000 with flights possibly beginning in 2012 3 EADS estimated the development cost would approach 1 billion Euros In March 2009 EADS Astrium confirmed that the programme had been placed on hold indefinitely the decision had been made in January of that year 4 On orbit satellite servicing edit In September 2012 Astrium won a 13 million mission definition and design contract from the DLR Space Administration to build a two vehicle set of spacecraft to demonstrate several technologies necessary for on orbit satellite servicing including spacecraft refuelling in order to enable satellite mission extension and also controlled disposal of a defective satellite The project is entitled DEOS German orbital servicing mission and consists of two satellites a client and a servicer The client acts as the satellite requiring maintenance or disposal The servicer carries out the necessary work on the client The two spacecraft will be launched together into low Earth orbit of 550 kilometres 340 mi As of 2012 update the mission will be ready for launch in 2018 5 Partnership edit nbsp Taufkirchen Germany EADS Astrium main building In 2010 Astrium signed with JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary KGS the national company charged with the development of Kazakhstan s space programme a contract for a Satellite Assembly Integration and Test AIT Centre in Astana Under the contract Astrium will provide and install the various test equipment mechanical radiometric thermal and acoustic facilities at the new AIT Centre Astrium will also assist KGS in the construction of the AIT Centre to ensure coordination with the test equipment The AIT Centre will form part of the Space City that the Kazakhstan space agency Kazcosmos is developing in Astana The city will also include the ground segment for the two Astrium built satellites as well an administrative building and a space museum 6 Structural evolution of Airbus SEvteDec 1970 Jan 1992 July 2000 Sep 2000 Jan 2001 Dec 2006 Apr 2009 Sep 2010 Jan 2014 May 2015 Jan 2017 Apr 2017 European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV Airbus Group NV Airbus Group SE Airbus SE Airbus Industrie GIE Airbus SAS Airbus Military SAS Airbus Defence and Space SAS EADS Defence and Security Cassidian SAS Astrium SAS EADS Astrium SAS Eurocopter SA Eurocopter SAS Airbus Helicopters SAS See also edit nbsp Spaceflight portalAerospace industry in the United KingdomReferences edit a b Messier Doug 2014 01 05 EADS Reorganizes Acknowledges Success of SpaceX Parabolic Arc Retrieved 2014 01 07 Government Communications Paradigm Secure Archived from the original on 2014 10 28 Retrieved 2015 05 28 Firm rockets into space tourism BBC Online 2007 06 13 Retrieved 2007 06 13 March Rayon EADS Astrium puts its space jet on hold indefinitley Hyperbola Flightglobal com Retrieved 2013 03 27 Astrium wins DEOS contract to demonstrate in orbit servicing Press Release EADS Astrium 2012 09 13 Archived from the original on 2012 10 16 Retrieved 2012 09 25 Kazakhstan and EADS Plan Strategic Partnership The Gazette of Central Asia Satrapia 23 November 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to EADS Astrium Official website Route To Space Alliance Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Astrium amp oldid 1149173324, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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