Consortium of ArianeGroup,
Eutelsat, and Magellium selected to improve French
space surveillance capabilities
The consortium led by
ArianeGroup, in association with Eutelsat and
Magellium, has been awarded a contract by French
space agency CNES to improve space surveillance
performance in all orbits.
The project combines the
expertise of ArianeGroup, which provides high
value-added space surveillance services through its
network of ground-based telescopes, Eutelsat for
in-orbit and space segment services, and Magellium
for image processing.
A combination of new-generation
ground-based sensors and orbiting optical sensors
will help broaden existing services, increasing the
amount of data collected on satellites and space
debris.
This project will build on
ArianeGroup’s ongoing activities through its
telescope surveillance network comprising 15
stations worldwide, which today provides services to
government, institutional, and private customers.
ArianeGroup provides high-precision daytime and
nighttime positioning and orbitography data, and
analyzes space objects in various orbits. The
service is fully geared to the surveillance,
tracking and collision warning needs of civil and
military satellite operators, allowing them to
protect their satellites against all forms of risk.
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