Astrium to develop Sentinel radar.(SPACE BRIEFING)
Publication Date: 22-DEC-07
Publication Title: Interavia Business & Technology
Format: Online
Company: Astrium GmbH~Contracts

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Astrium has signed a contract to develop and deliver the C-band imaging radar for the Sentinel-1 satellite. The contract value of the entire project--for which Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor--is 229 million [euro], with the SAR instrument worth approximately 85 million [euro]. Sentinel-1 is one element in the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme, an initiative by the European Commission and ESA to set up a sustainable European network for...



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