Partnership in Commercial Space Industry

(20 Minuten, June 18, 2013)

At the International Aeronautics and Space Show in Le Bourget (Paris), Thales Alenia Space announced the signing of the agreement with the Start-up Swiss Space System (S3) for the development of the pressurized compartment intended to house scientific experiments and astronauts of the SOAR (Sub-Orbital Aircraft Reusable) suborbital vehicle. Swiss Space Systems is a young Swiss aerospace company whose goal, from now until 2018, is the development, construction, certification and operation of suborbital spacecraft for launching small satellites up to a weight of 250 kg. This agreement will allow S3 to further develop the project, also proposing research applications in the areas of microgravity and suborbital passenger transportation. The S3 project takes advantage of the prestigious collaboration of ESA’s Astronaut Center and of other important aerospace industries.