EADS Astrium Develops Its Links With The Brazilian Space Industry

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The partnership with EADS Astrium will enable Equatorial Sistemas to develop its capabilities and to acquire new skills in order to become a major industrial partner of the INPE.

by Staff Writers
Brazilia, Brazil (SPX) May 26, 2006
EADS Astrium has purchased a 42% stake in the Brazilian company Equatorial Sistemas. This partnership will strengthen the presence of EADS Astrium in Brazil by enabling it to become a privileged partner in Brazilian space programmes in particular those from the Brazilian Space Agency and its industrial part the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research.

EADS Astrium will first provide engineering assistance and Know-How to Equatorial Sistemas, and will supply optical equipment and instruments, and radar systems for Brazilian space programmes.

Equatorial Sistemas was founded in 1996 to meet the requirements of the Brazilian space programme. The company designs, manufactures, tests and qualifies aerospace components.

Equatorial Sistemas established itself as prime contractor the WFI (Wide Field Instrument) imager for the China-Brazil Earth observation satellite programme and the humidity sounder for NASA's AQUA satellite.

The partnership with EADS Astrium will enable Equatorial Sistemas to develop its capabilities and to acquire new skills in order to become a major industrial partner of the INPE.

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