Astrium : Science World Report

Feb 08, 2013 12:41 PM EST

First Ariane 5 Launch in 2013 Sets New Record to Geostationary Orbit

The 68th launch of an Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket on February 7 set a new record for weight injected into geostationary orbit: the launcher on this mission carried a total payload of 10,317 kg, including 9,503 kg for the two satellites, Amazonas-3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1a. The remaining weight was ...

Jan 30, 2013 05:48 PM EST

Astrium Starts Development of Two Advanced Launchers Ariane 6 and 5ME

A 108 million Euro contract was awarded to Astrium today to develop two advanced launcher systems at once, the Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME. This follows up the decision of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting from November 2012 to go with both new launchers instead of selecting...

Jan 16, 2013 04:24 PM EST

Orion Spaceship Driving Module 'Made in Germany'

Progress on the path towards advanced manned spaceflight: The US and Europe signed off another step to build and launch the Orion spaceship together, which will be able to carry astronauts to the moon and even to Mars. It is high time too since the schedule is tight, NASA plans to launch the Orion c...

Jan 04, 2013 06:54 PM EST

Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam

VNREDSat-1A will be launched during the second quarter of 2013 by the second Vega launcher, VERTA 1, performed by Arianespace at the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, for the European Space Agency (ESA). The satellite will be carried in the lower position on the Vespa multiple launch structure use...