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Alcatel Space and Astrium forge agreement for AlphaBus

20 June 2003

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A landmark agreement on collaboration on large space platforms, announced at Le Bourget on 19 June. The two major satellite manufacturers Alcatel Space and Astrium, made the announcement jointly from the ESA Pavilion.

From left to right : Mr. B. Mathieu (CNES), Mr Bouvier (EADS/Astrium), Ms P. Sourisse (Alcatel) and Mr C. Mastracci (ESA).

Credits: ESA-M.Pedoussant

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AlphaBus: greater payload power at a lower cost

AlphaBus will offer payload power of 12 kW to 18 kW initially, with substantial growth potential. This will make for still lower service costs for users, and the platform will be able to handle new types of mission - such as those needed to fly the very large antennas associated with next-generation payloads.

Credits: ESA

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