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interesting, this satellite company was using Ariane before. I guess the mood in Toulouse must be a bit strange.
by nraynaud 12y ago
interesting, this satellite company was using Ariane before. I guess the mood in Toulouse must be a bit strange.
- louhike 12y agoI cannot find what is the link with the city of Toulouse. As I'm currently living there, could you provide more details?
- shasheene 12y agoProbably because Airbus Defence and Space (formally known as EADS Astrium) -- the contractor which builds Ariane -- has a factory there: http://www.space-airbusds.com/en/locations/toulouse-gxq.html http://www.space-airbusds.com/en/locations/toulouse-gxq.html
- nraynaud 12y agobasically, the Ariane rockets partially built there and are controlled from there, and the satellites are built and controlled there. I guess the meet each other pretty often, and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.
- rsynnott 12y ago> and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company. Looking quickly at a random handful of currently operating Eutelsat satellites, two launched by Ariane, one by Zenit (Russian/American/Norwegian/Ukranian), one by Proton (Russian), one by Atlas V (American). I think Eutelsat is already pretty familiar with the multi-vendor approach.
- nraynaud 12y agooops, Ok. I couldn't find the info actually.
- Loic 12y agoFun Fact #1: Satmex originally bought the launch services from SpaceX as well as the satellite bus from Boeing, before being acquired by EutelSat in 2014. EutelSat 115W B was originally called Satmex 7. From: http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutelsat_115w_b_abs3a_official_launch/ http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutel...
- jcfrei 12y agoESA definitely has to step up its game if it wants to keep its leading market share in satellite launches.