EADS Astrium products include spacecraft used for science, earth observation and telecommunication, as well as the equipment and subsystems used therein and related ground systems.
EADS Astrium employes around 6000 people on 9 sites in the UK, France, Germany and Spain. (January 2004)
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EADS Astrium was created on 16 June 2003, when Astrium was renamed EADS Astrium.The old minority shareholder, BAe Systems, sold its 25% share to European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, making EADS sole shareholder.
Astrium was formed in 2000 from a merger between Matra Marconi Space (France, UK) the space division of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG and Computadores Redes e Ingenerio SA.
Following a restructuring of EADS on 16 June 2003, EADS Astrium is the major constituent of EADS Space, which also includes EADS Space Transportation and EADS Space Services.
In this restructuring the former Astrium Space Infrastructure division merged with EADS Launchers & Vehicles division to form EADS Space Transportation.
Also, Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd, initially created by Astrium in the frame of the Skynet 5 contract for the UK MoD became the major constituent of EADS Space Services.
CASA Espacio became part of EADS Astrium on 1st january 2004.
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