EADS Astrium, 6 contracts in 5 months
Berlin, ILA 2006, 16 May 2006
Since the beginning of the year, EADS Astrium has won:
3 Telecommunication satellites:
Nimiq 4 in January for Télésat
W2M in February for Eutelsat
Hot Bird 9 in May for Eutelsat
Earth Observation satellites and demonstrators:
Alsat-2 in February: 2 microsatellites + ground system
ELISA demonstrator in March: 4 microsatellites
Scientific Satellite:
On May 11th, EADS Astrium signed a contract for Gaia, a scientific satellite for ESA.
