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Orion spacecraft’s solar array successfully put to the test
Airbus Defence and Space’s qualification model of the solar array for the Orion spacecraft operated flawlessly during a deployment test Solar array with bird-like movement enables special task of powering the crewed Lunar mission Airbus Defence and Space has developed and delivered the qualification model of the solar array for the European Service Module (ESM) […]
The Netherlands deliver Earth Observation instrument Tropomi
Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands rondt bouw- en testfase succesvol af Tropomi definitief verenigd met Europese aardobservatiesatelliet Sentinel 5 Precursor Analyse testfase bevestigt: toekomstige metingen door Tropomi zeer nauwkeurig Leiden, 11 juli 2015 – Na een succesvolle afronding van de bouw- en testfase is het Nederlandse aardobservatie-instrument Tropomi de afgelopen weken op de Sentinel 5 […]
Successfully launched Sentinel-2A satellite colors the earth
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Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands signs contract for second batch production European launcher
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Satellites Galileo 7 and 8 with Dutch solar pannels ready for launch
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Vega launcher equipped with Dutch hightech
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Dutch Space renamed Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands as of today
As of November, Dutch Space, supplier of high tech products and services for the international aerospace industry, will be known under the name of Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands B.V. The change of name of the Dutch company, which plays a leading role in space since the late sixties, stems from the rebranding of the […]
Dutch Space counting down for launch of navigation satellites equipped with Dutch solar arrays
Galileo ushers operational phase by launching 5th and 6th satellite Leiden, Wednesday 20 August – Thursday 21 August at 14:31 hrs (CET), the fifth and sixth satellite of the European navigation system Galileo will be launched. The satellites named Doresa en Milena and equipped with solar arrays of the Netherlands based company Dutch Space, mark […]
Dutch earth observation instrument Tropomi ready for final testing phase
For Tropomi, the Dutch earth observation instrument that will monitor the atmosphere from space as off 2016, the last phase of the development and building of the instrument will start tomorrow. This weekend, the satellite instrument is transported from Dutch Space, prime contractor for the development of Tropomi, to Centre Spatial Liège in Belgium, where […]