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Soyuz launch vehicle’s 1,812th flight successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, December 2013

Evry, France, 02-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The 1,812th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:53 Moscow time (21:53 Paris time on Monday, 25 November 2013). Arianespace and its … Read the full press release

The French national High-Performance Computing organization (GENCI) won HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award at SC’13, Denver, CO

PRESS RELEASE -- 21, November 2013

GENCI has just been awarded the prize for the ‘Best Application of Big Data in HPC’, for the use of its Curie supercomputer in the first ever simulation of the evolving structure of the entire observable Universe, carried out by … Read the full press release

Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat confirmed successful launch of the largest satellite Alphasat on Ariane 5 ECA launcher

PRESS RELEASE -- 30, July 2013

30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has confirmed the successful launch of Alphasat, the largest satellite, designated I-4A F4. Alphasat was launched on an Ariane 5 ECA, the latest version of the … Read the full press release

EIB financed €225m out of the total €598m cost for construction and in-orbit validation of Alphasat, the world’s largest and most sophisticated commercial satellite

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, July 2013

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s largest and most sophisticated commercial satellite was launched successfully from the European Space port in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 July. Called Alphasat, it will provide advanced voice and data communications for customers across Europe, … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space delivered its 2nd Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation for Cygnus spacecraft integration

PRESS RELEASE -- 24, July 2013

New commercial cargo vehicle for the International Space Station gears up for operation Turin, 24-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space has delivered its second Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft … Read the full press release

Selex ES proved itself able to work with the secure signal radiated by Galileo satellites

PRESS RELEASE -- 15, July 2013

15-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully proved itself able to work with the secure signal radiated by Galileo satellites. Just days after the European Space Agency (ESA) made available the keys to “open” the encrypted Galileo … Read the full press release

Europe’s largest spaceship Albert Einstein reached the International Space Station on 15 June

PRESS RELEASE -- 17, June 2013

17-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 14:07 GMT (16:07 CEST). The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now connected … Read the full press release

ESA’s heaviest cargo ship Albert Einstein launched into orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

PRESS RELEASE -- 14, June 2013

14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station … Read the full press release

The European Space Agency (ESA) to present at the 50th Paris Air & Space Show at Le Bourget

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, June 2013

UPDATE 13 JUNE: CALL FOR MEDIA 13-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  ESA will be present at the 50th Paris Air & Space Show at Le Bourget with a pavilion at its traditional and central place, near the full-size Ariane 5 and Ariane … Read the full press release

Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center

PRESS RELEASE -- 24, May 2013

Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 in orbit Kourou, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On May 6, 2013 at 11:06 pm local time in French Guiana, Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center (CSG), orbiting the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and … Read the full press release

EADS Reports Improved Q1 2013 Results, Full Year 2013 Guidance Reaffirmed

PRESS RELEASE -- 14, May 2013

• Revenues increase 9 percent to € 12.4 billion  • EBIT* before one-off rises 56 percent to € 741 million • Net Income rises 91 percent to € 241 million Amsterdam 14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) achieved … Read the full press release

Astrium celebrates five years of Columbus in space and promising future prospects

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, April 2013

Astrium celebrates Columbus’ fifth anniversary at its Bremen site with ESA DG Jean-Jacques Dordain, Thomas Reiter, Peter Hintze and Jens Böhrnsen Astrium secures Europe’s industrial access to space with Ariane 5, further develops Ariane 5 ME, and draws up preliminary … Read the full press release

Europe’s space industry – competing globally in a complex sector

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, March 2013

Brussels, 1-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Space is at the service of the European citizens. Many of the systems and services that are today essential for our well-being and security depend directly or indirectly on space. Without being aware, European citizens rely on … Read the full press release

Astrium wins ESA contracts to design Ariane 6 and continue development of Ariane 5 ME

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, February 2013

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed prime contractor agreements worth €108 million with Astrium These contracts enable the start of the Ariane 6 programme, the ongoing development of Ariane 5 ME (Midlife Evolution), and the search for synergies between … Read the full press release