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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 05:45

IHI Corporation

IHI Corporation, formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd is a Japanese company which produces ships, aero-enginesturbochargers for automobiles, industrial machinessuspension bridges and other transport-related machinery.

Space products:

  • S-type Sounding Rocket (S-210, S-310, S-520, SS-520)
  • M-V Launch Vehicle
  • GX Launch Vehicle (Partner in Galaxy Express Corporation)
  • Epsilon Launch Vehicle
  • SRB-A solid rocket booster for H-IIA/H-IIB Launch Vehicle

 

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Monday, 29 October 2012 18:15

Yuzhmash

A.M. Makarov Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant, or PA Yuzhmash is a Ukrainian manufacturer of space rockets, agricultural equipment, buses, trolley buses and trams, wind turbines, and satellites. 

It is a large state-owned company located in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Over 65 years, four-generation of carrier rockets and several types of spacecraft have been created.

uzhmash made an ecological two-stage carrier rocket under the title «Zenit» to realize the international «Sea Launch» project. 

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Monday, 29 October 2012 08:39

JSC Information Satellite - Reshetnev

JSC Information Satellite Systems - Reshetnev Company  is a Russian satellite manufacturing company. It is based in Russia, in the city of ZheleznogorskKrasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

It is specializing in the design, development and manufacture of high performance spacecraft and satellite systems.

In Russian: ОАО «Информационные спутниковые системы» имени академика М. Ф. Решетнёваtr.OAO «Informatsionnye sputnikovye systemy» imeny akademika M. F. Reshetnyova; JSC "Information Satellite Systems" - name after Academician M. F. Reshetnev", in English.

The company was formerly called NPO PM.

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Sunday, 28 October 2012 08:19

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipments manufacturing company headquartered inTokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.

Mitsubishi Electric manufacture electric and architectural equipment. It is as well as a major worldwide producer of photovoltaic panels. The Corporation was established on 15 January 1921.

Mitsubishi Electric's space technology includes the production and implementation of satellites, satellite components, and ground systems. Also, Mitsubishi Electric is the only company in Japan that can manufacture satellites from designing to assembling and testing. Mitsubishi Electric own satellite production facilities including a space chamber, antenna test range, acoustic chamber, and vibration table. As well Mitsubishi Electric excel in the solar array panel, heat pipe panel, Li-ion battery, and ground station system technologies that make satellites practical to own and operate.

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Sunday, 28 October 2012 08:07

SAFRAN Snecma

Snecma S.A. is a French multinational aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer.

Alone or in partnership, Snecma designs, develops, produces and markets engines for civil and military aircraft, launch vehicles and satellites. The company also offers a complete range of engine support services to airlines, armed forces and other operators. Snecma is a subsidiary of the SAFRAN Group.

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Sunday, 28 October 2012 06:24

SAFRAN

Safran S.A. is a French multinational aircraft & rocket engine, aerospace component and security company.

It was formed by a merger between the aircraft & rocket engine manufacturer and aerospace component manufacturer group SNECMA and the security company SAGEM in 2005. Its headquarters are located in Paris.

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Monday, 22 October 2012 20:51

RSC Energia

OAO RSC Energia is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. The company is the prime developer and contractor of the Russian manned spaceflight program ; it also owns a majority of Sea Launch. 

OAO RSC Energia is the successor of OKB-1, TsKBEM and NPO Energia after academician S.P. Korolev.

Its name is derived from Sergei Korolyov, the first chief of its design bureau, and the Russian word for energy. Its name in full is "OAO S.P. Korolyov Rocket and Space Corporation Energia" (Russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация "Энергия" им. С.П.Королёва Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S.P.Korolyova), also known as RSC Energia (Ркк Энергия RKK Energiya), 

 

 

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Friday, 08 June 2012 19:07

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop.

The former Space Technology sector (now Aerospace Systems Sector) builds satellites and space payloads for the US government, including NASA, NOAA and the US Air Force.

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Friday, 01 June 2012 08:45

Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space is an aerospace company born after the Thales Group bought the participation of Alcatel in the two joint-ventures between Alcatel and Finmeccanica, Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio.

activity: space solutions, space equipments.

In 2007, Thales Alenia Space had 7200 employees in 13 industrial sites located in five countries (France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and USA).

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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 17:12

EADS

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS) is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide. The group includes Airbus as the leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft, with Airbus Military covering tanker, transport and mission aircraft; Eurocopter as the world's largest helicopter supplier; Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo; and Cassidian as a provider of comprehensive and integral systems solutions for aerial, land, naval and civilian security applications. Through Cassidian, EADS is a major partner in the Eurofighter consortium as well as a key stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA.

In 2009, the EADS generated revenues of €42.82 billion and employed 119,500 personnel. EADS was formed on 10 July 2000 by the merger ofAérospatiale-Matra of France, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain. Overall, the company develops and markets civil and military aircraft, as well as communications systems, missiles, space rockets, satellites, and related systems.

Subsidiaries:

  • Airbus
  • Astrium
  • Cassidian
  • Eurocopter
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