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2nd quarter 2008 – no. 39
The
M A G A Z I N E O F T H E D I V I S I O N O F A D VA N C E D T E C H N O L O G I E S
A tankful of hydrogen for
the Winter Olympics 2010
with BC Transit
P 4, 5
Hot News
Latest news
from Advanced P 2, 3
Technologies
Technical
Innovative technologies
for the launchers P 6, 7
of the future
Expert Comment
Laurent Jezequel
Testing time
for satellites P 8
www.dta.airliquide.com
Hot News
Interphex: the complete Major overhaul for the Charles-de-Gaulle
Air Liquide offer to
The nuclear aircraft carrier Charles-de- pilots in flight, at the ship’s hospital
the pharmaceutical Gaulle has been out of commission for and in the dependent systems of
industry a year and a half for a major overhaul planes on the ship. It makes sense
of all its fittings with some thousand for us to have been asked to overhaul
The international Show for people working on the site. such a highly specialised system”.
pharmaceutical and cosmetic Air Liquide is participating in this major The first stripping operations took
packaging, Interphex 2008, was maintenance operation (Periodic place in November 2007 and
held in Philadelphia USA between Unavailability for Maintenance and continued in April 2008 with the parts
26 and 28 March last. Advanced Repair) which occurs every seven then being sent to the Sassenage
Technologies was one of the thousand years. “We have fitted an oxygen workshops for overhaul. The gas-
or so exhibitors in attendance, with two and nitrogen generating unit on the generating unit is scheduled to be
standard products tailored specifically Charles-de-Gaulle that is unique in remounted in two phases, in June and
to the needs of pharmaceutical the world”, explains Denis Favier, the September. Advanced Technologies
manufacturers on show at an Air project Manager. “It is molecular sieve is also playing a part in the tests
Liquide stand. The first, VOXAL, is and membrane type gas separation being conducted by DCN Services
used to treat chemical effluent and equipment which supplies the 99.5% Toulon next October, as a provider of
the second, the ALASKA cooling unit, pure oxygen and nitrogen used by technical support and advice.
provides accurate temperature control
for processes.
Advanced Technologies was not alone
at Interphex since a number of other
teams, from across the world, were
also there representing Air Liquide.
They worked together to exhibit the
full range of Air Liquide offers to the
pharmaceutical industry, and they
will also be working together to follow
up the hundred or so contacts made
during the two days the Show lasted
– a good example of joint dynamics in
a large international Group. To find out
more: www.interphex.com
Chinese versions
As you will know, Advanced
Technologies now has a strong
presence in China (see
the report in Cryoscope
KSTAR: beyond expectation
no. 38), and to facilitate
business dealings Good news! The 9 kW 4.5 K helium the fusion field so clearly demonstrated
between our Shanghai refrigerator with a distribution under this project will be of benefit to
t e a m a n d o u r system launched by the Advanced other nuclear fusion reactors, like the
Chinese customers, Technologies Division on behalf ITER (International Thermonuclear
t h e t e c h n i c a l of the South Korean civil nuclear Experimental Reactor), currently under
documentation has fusion pilot reactor KSTAR (Korean construction at Cadarache, in the
been translated into Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Bouches-du-Rhône.”
C o nf u c i u s’s v e r y Research) is exceeding expectations in
ow n t o n g u e. B u t terms of performance (see Cryoscope
watch this space, as no. 38, p.3). “This will mean that the
we get established machine can be used more flexibly,”
in other places other languages are stresses Jérôme Beauvisage, the
bound to follow. project Manager. “Our mastery of
An example of technical documentation cooling and distribution technologies in
translated into Chinese.
2
Hot News
The American electricity grid in the age Ten years of
of superconductivity maintenance
It’s a First! A commercial electricity transmission grid has just been connected by the
for the Tiger
longest and most powerful superconductor link in the world. The project, undertaken A maintenance contract has recently
in the United States in the State of New York, by LIPA (Long Island Power Authority) and been signed with Eurocopter to
American Superconductor, involves overhaul the OBIGGS* nitrogen
the specialist cable manufacturer generators on-board the anti-tank
Nexans, and Air Liquide’s Advanced version of the Tiger helicopter gunship.
Technologies Division. These inerting systems are useful
Superconductor materials are capable in lowering the oxygen content in
of transmitting three to five times more helicopter fuel tanks, which could
energy than conventional cables, explode if shot at.
without dissipating energy, on account The agreement between Eurocopter
of their zero electric resistance. But and Advanced Technologies is a
if this exceptional property is to be particularly long-lasting one, being
useful, they have to be kept at a very scheduled to endure for at least ten
cold temperature and to this end, Advanced Technologies is supplying a sub-cooled years, and is renewable.
liquid nitrogen refrigeration system.
The superconductor cable, which is 600 metres long and capable of conveying 600
MVA of power at a voltage of 138 kV – i.e. a current strength of up to 2,500 amperes,
is inaugurated on 25th June 2008. “Air Liquide is committed for the next stage of
the project to deploying a 10 km cable with second generation superconductor
materials,” says Gérard Marot, the project manager. “And with this in mind, we are
now developing an original Turbo Brayton type refrigerator technology.”
OBOGS: now christened on helicopters
The Cougar Battlefield Surveillance Helicopter (HORIZON) is an authentic
observation and communication platform which played a major role in the Gulf War The nitrogen generators, which are
and in the conflict in Kosovo, having been given the job – inter alia – of identifying easy to strip down, are overhauled at
Sassenage.
fighter aircraft movements. But to fulfil its mission, this helicopter has to fly above
4,000 metres, and at this altitude, pilots need an oxygen supply to breathe. The It covers the supply of spare parts,
Army wants to rid itself of oxygen breakdown detection and repair,
cylinders (for reasons of logistics throughout the operating life cycle of
and self-sufficiency) and is now the equipment, i.e. 30 to 40 years.
thinking of using an OBOGS (1), Repairs are to be handled at
the oxygen generator designed Sassenage, since the nitrogen
by Advanced Technologies for the generators are easy to strip down and
Rafale fighter aircraft. transport. The Advanced Technologies
“We’ve done it,” says Emmanuel maintenance centre has been
Fantuzzi, the project leader, organised accordingly, incorporating
“the OBOGS has completed its DGA (General Delegation for
first flight on a helicopter. The Ordnance) qualification requirements
trial meant we could prove the and constraints related to short
effectiveness of our concentrator, which recovers compressed air from helicopter attendance times.
turbines. With Eurocopter, we have pushed it to the limit, at a number of different
altitudes, by varying the aircraft engine speed and we now hope to continue the *On Board Inert Gas Generating System.
experiment by adding regulators to the system so that six people can breathe with
the OBOGS.” This experiment opens up new perspectives, particularly in the civil
and medical fields, such as using the oxygen concentrator on helicopter rescue
missions.
(1) On Board Oxygen Generating System.
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Newsreport
With the Vancouver Winter Olympics almost upon
us, British Columbia will be given the first hydrogen
bus fleet to operate under normal conditions.
Eighteen hydrogen buses will operate during the Vancouver Olympic Games.
Vancouver Olympic Games 2010
BC Transit: a tankful of
I n 2003, the ICO selected Vancouver
to play host to the winter Olympics
of 2010 (1) . Like other organising
produced at two sites 5,000 km apart.
The first of these is at Bécancour
(Quebec) where the hydrogen will be
share the fuel cell bus fleet between
them. In Whistler, the liquid hydrogen
will be pumped and sent in a
committees with environmental manufactured by electrolysis, with vaporizer so that it can be converted
criteria built into their procurement electricity supplied by Hydro Quebec, into gas before the tanks are filled,
procedures, the Government of 99.5% of it from hydroelectric dams. while in Victoria it will be stored in
Canada and the Province of British This hydrogen will be transported in gaseous form. The real technical
Columbia are capitalizing on this liquid form to Whistler, a site close to difficulty of the project lies in the
event to fund a number of projects the Pacific Ocean where the skiing filling capacity. As Pierre Gauthier
to identify and adapt innovative competitions will be held. The second explains: “Given the number of
technologies that can help cut is on Vancouver Island, in Victoria, buses involved, and BC Transit’s
greenhouse gas emissions. Of where the town will be supplied with operational requirements, it will be
the contracts signed in 2007, one gas through an electrolyser installed essential to optimize refuelling times.
involves Air Liquide Canada (2) and on the spot and by purified hydrogen Between 6.00 am and 9.00 am, 18
the Advanced Technologies Division from North Vancouver’s HTEC vehicles will have their tanks filled
based at Sassenage (France). The process (4). using 55 kg of hydrogen per unit,
aim of this agreement is to build a Two distinct 350-bar stations will be in under 10 minutes. This involves
fleet of twenty fuel cell buses at BC set up in the two towns which will some heavy equipment, the largest
Transit (3), the first such fleet to run on
a day-to-day basis. The vehicles will
be delivered by the end of 2009 to
the towns of Whistler and Victoria,
but in terms of the hydrogen supply
– transporting it and distributing it
on the spot – Air Liquide is already
gearing up for action.
Green hydrogen
From Montreal where he is involved in
all hydrogen energy programmes on
North American soil, Pierre Gauthier
stresses: “It is the determination of
the federal and provincial authorities,
but also that of Ron Harmer, deputy
chairman of BC Transit, that has
ensured the success of this project.”
It is a project that involves some major
logistical constraints since the “green”
hydrogen – i.e. it is obtained without
greenhouse gas emissions – will be
In the foreground of the narrow
4 collaboration between Advanced
Technologies and Air Liquide Canada on this
project of hydrogen bus: Pierre Gauthier.
Newsreport
Air Liquide is already eager to get on with the job of
transporting and distributing the hydrogen safely.
The Victoria hydrogen station will be commissioned next October.
(1) The Vancouver Olympic Games will
hydrogen power
be held from 12 to 28 February 2010.
Whistler will host the Paralympic Games
from 12 to 21 March 2010.
(2) Air Liquide Canada Inc is a subsidiary
ever designed and installed up till field,” stresses Pierre Gauthier. “This of Air Liquide Group, founded in 1911,
now.” To do this, Air Liquide Canada is a business that arouses curiosity and employs 2200 people.
has been reliant on the expertise and stimulates investment but (3) BC Transit: British Columbia Transit
developed at Sassenage. From only for demonstration projects. I Authority.
choice of materials to station design, would say that we are now in a pre- (4) HTEC (Hydrogen Technology and
including risk assessments, systems marketing phase. The technology is Energy Corporation) is a company
analyses, automata parametrisation, still expensive and will only become dedicated to the production of ultra-pure
training etc., Air Liquide Advanced accessible if the market grows. Once hydrogen, according to a patented process.
Technologies is making a twofold the Vancouver Olympic Games are (5) At DRTC (Delaware Research
contribution to this project: Thomas over, if it is shown that a fleet of some Technology Center), Air Liquide’s
Charbonneau has settled in Canada twenty vehicles can be operated advanced technologies centre located
for a few years, and Julie Flynn, who on a daily basis without technical at Newark (Delaware): Stéphane Lessi,
hails from Quebec, on assignment mishap, it will be a win-win situation Shawn Bratt, Tracey Jacksier and Robert
at Advanced Technologies for H2 for everyone.” Bennesh. With support from Kimberley
NRJ is BC Transit’s project Manager. Contact: Curran (AL Canada).
And we mustn’t forget the DRCT(5) laurent.allidieres@airliquide.com
team which is taking part in the
pump output gas quality control A much sought after fuel
programme.
• In the spring of 2007, General Motors signed a contract for five new 700-bar
stations. They are the first to be set up on the eastern side of the United States
A lot at stake
and the New York City station has been up and running since 4 April 2008. To
Even before these two stations, Air
date, GM has some hundred fuel cell vehicles on American soil.
Liquide Canada will deliver a first
• After Ottawa, Prince Edward Island, Oshawa and Kapuskasing in Canada, and
mobile station in July 2008. It will
with the three forthcoming BC Transit stations, including the GM projects, not
provide support for the first bus, also forgetting the DRTC facility in Newark… by the end of 2008, there will be a total of
delivered in July, so that a series of thirteen Air Liquide stations in operation on North-American soil.
tests can be conducted. The Victoria • Between June and September 2008, Nissan is organising a European demonstration
station will be commissioned in tour for a fuel cell vehicle. With the 350-bar station based at Sassenage already
October 2008. Tests will then be coming in for praise, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies has had a second mobile
conducted on all buses as they unit built to provide back-up for the Japanese manufacturer.
are delivered at regular intervals • Shell Global Solution has ordered a testing resource from Advanced Technologies
throughout 2009. The Whistler to study hydrogen leaks at 700 bars.
station, which is more complex in • The University of Glamorgan at Cardiff (Pontypridd) will soon be equipped with a
design because of the presence unit for hydrogen generation by electrolysis, compression and storage.
of a liquid hydrogen tank, will be • During the summer 2008, a 350-bar station will be delivered to the University of
operational in autumn 2009, a few Rome to fuel a Hydrogenics demonstration vehicle.
months before the Games start. • On the site of Sassenage, the tank Absal designed to store liquid helium is in the
“There is a lot riding on the success course of modification to transport liquid hydrogen. Renamed Abshyl, it will be
of the BC Transit project for all rented to customers for occasional demands.
partners in the hydrogen energy
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Technical
By the year 2015, the launcher market will be required
to increase their effectiveness and offer a new
service: versatility (1). And, at the request of the French
Government Space Agency (Cnes) and ahead of
European decisions to upgrade Ariane 5, Air Liquide
The forthcoming Sol macro-demonstrator seen in cross-section.
HX Programme
Innovative technologies for the
I t’s a fact: if a payload is to be driven
well beyond a geostationary transfer
orbit, some space missions will one
future versatile ESC due to be up and
running by 2015, but also to prepare for
launcher upgrading in the longer-term.
development team can give material
form to the different technologies and
concepts they have touched on under
day require the cryogenic engine of the R & T projects in which they have
launcher upper stage to be stopped, An expert pairing been involved for many years.” The
and then re-ignited in midcourse. Cryospace has already implemented technology packages being studied
However, in a state of weightlessness many insulation technologies as part of by Air Liquide Advanced Technologies
lasting several hours, the cryogenic the design and manufacture of Ariane are operational technologies. They
fluid may well disperse uncontrollably, 5’s cryogenic tanks. The fact that the relate particularly to fluid performance
evaporate and cause the mission to fail. Les Mureaux team is participating in management and the use of vaporised
It is therefore in the context of thermal the HX project is therefore due to its propellants. Indeed, in coasting flight(3),
control and fluid management that expertise in this field and its experience residual liquid hydrogen and oxygen
the Cnes has asked Cryospace (2) and in operational systems development. (between 10% and 15%) will tend to
Air Liquide Advanced Technologies François Peyraud, Manager of disperse towards the tank walls and
to implement HX, a technological Cryospace Engineering, explains: “The vaporize. If these gases are re-used
demonstration programme. This aims aim is to build technology packages to control temperature and to cause
to secure the development of Ariane 5’s that allow us to meet high performance small amounts of fluid to settle by
needs in coasting flight, while freeing microgravity, these not insignificant
ourselves from using helium of which losses can be restricted.
Ariane 5 is a major consumer, and which
leads to prohibitive implementation Running order
costs.” Cryospace’s big idea is to use Insulation, propellant management,
gaseous nitrogen to condition the pressurization, fluid level gauge,
cavities that come into contact with internal transfer line, etc., there’s no
the hydrogen tanks, while maintaining shortage of technology packages. The
optimum thermal performance, and aim of HX is actually to validate these
to do so, in all configurations: on the basic technologies and then associate
ground, in atmospheric flight or in them with a representatively-scaled
coasting flight. macro-demonstrator. This combined
At Sassenage, Sébastien Bianchi implementation means that we can
– development programme Manager go beyond an individual validation of
for future launchers – stresses: “The each technology. Its purpose is, inter
HX programme means that the alia, to identify any interaction that may
occur between them, and to assess
At the Sassenage high-tech centre, the global physical and/or operational
standing in front of the HXG test rig
(from left to right): Frédéric Ribas, test consequences. The HX project is
centre Manager; Sébastien Bianchi, therefore twofold. Initially, until the end
development programme Manager for of 2008, the HXT phase is dedicated to
Air Liquide Advanced Technologies’
the basic demonstration. At the same
future launchers: Francois Barbier,
Air Liquide Consultant and an time, the HXG phase has started with
authority on HX programme design. the preliminary study on the Sol macro-
6
Technical
Advanced Technologies and Cryospace are working
on new technologies for cryogenic upper stage
tanks that can be re-ignited in midcourse. Let us
explain further.
At Sassenage, an operator standing in front of a thermal insulation test rig.
launchers of the future
demonstrator. In a European context, The results obtained will be of the Composite tanks
there might conceivably be a third greatest use to the ESA(4) and Astrium,
phase for a midcourse demonstration the manufacturer responsible for Of the R&T (Research and Technology)
during a suborbital flight. producing the launcher and the upper projects developed by Advanced
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For stage. Technologies, there is one which
the time being, the news is all about the It’s a promise: we will talk to you was not accepted as part of the HX
basic tests conducted on the technology again soon about how know-how project but which will undoubtedly
packages. The Cryospace laboratories and resources are shared between be of concern to the Cnes by 2025,
at Les Mureaux are used to conduct Cryospace and Air Liquide Advanced and that is composite tanks. All
mechanical inspections and basic tests Technologies. launchers in fact use metal tanks,
up to 20 K, but, since they do not have a but using a composite material
hydrogen area, most of the activity has (1) Versatility: an upper stage is called would save between 25% and 50% in
to be performed at Sassenage. “For “versatile” if it can be switched off and then weight, thereby optimizing “payload”
the HX programme, four technicians reignited. accordingly.
and an engineer were employed on (2) Cryospace: Economic Interest Grouping The tests now underway at Sassenage
site” explains Frédéric Ribas, the test comprising Air Liquide and EADS Launch favour a clear choice of material,
centre Manager. Dynamic performance Vehicles. namely an assembly of carbon fibres
of the “super-insulation” on the ground (3) Coasting flight: non-propelled flight. bound together with resin, and the
and in coasting flight conditions, solar (4) ESA: European Space Agency. performance of this low temperature
radiation simulation, low temperature assembly is currently being tested.
thermal characterization of foams, Contact: In fact, at cryogenic temperatures,
performance of transfer line insulating sebastien.bianchi@airliquide.com resins tend to crack, causing a
material, liquid nitrogen testing in degradation of leaktightness and
respect of tank bulkhead performance, reductions in mechanical strength
catalytic combustion, etc. etc.
The challenge therefore lies in
François Peyraud, choosing the right resin and carbon
Manager of the
fibres and in deciding how the
Cryospace engineering
department. In the leaktight barrier is to be formed.
background: the By 2010, the right balance will have
shell of the EPCA’s been found with the first potential
RIE (Fitted Insulated
application being for small high
Tank). On the trolley:
the technology pressure liquid hydrogen tanks on
package prototype land vehicles.
which has been On Ariane 5, Air Liquide Advanced
used to validate the
concept mechanically. Technologies’ pressurized helium
It is designed to storage unit will probably be the first
insulate the H2 tank piece of equipment to be affected by
against atmospheric this technological development.
contamination.
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Expert Comment
For about fifteen years, Advanced Technologies has partnered
the Cannes Space Centre, a Thales Alenia Space industrial site
specializing in satellite production.
Laurent Jezequel, test means development Manager at
Thales Alenia Space, reveals what goes on behind the scenes
of a faithful collaboration… which has withstood some formidable
technological challenges.
Satellites that can withstand vacuum,
cold and physical stress on take-off
What operations are you simulate noise stress on take-
engaged in? off, Advanced Technologies
Laurent Jezequel: To put it designed a nitrogen vaporization
simply, Thales Alenia Space system to power sirens that can
is the foremost European emit in excess of 160 decibels!
satellite solution and a The remarkable thing is the
major player in the orbital absolute pressure stability and
infrastructure field. the system throughput, accurate
The department I work in has to within a few Psi. We often
the job of conducting tests on offer this gas generator as an
satellites and their equipment example. It has, I believe, enabled
before they are sent into Advanced Technologies to reach
space. When you intend to some new customers…
send several million euros thousands
of kilometres from earth, there is no And what about the future?
room for mistakes. a high vacuum and to maintain it. L. J.: Relations between Thales Alenia
Which is why at Cannes we recreate Cryogenic vacuum pumps, supplied SpaceTand S ALENI A S
HALEAdvanced PACE,
Technologies
the space environment encountered by Air Liquide, were used to bring U N A C T E U R M A J E Ugo well beyond a simple A
R D A N S L E D O M A I N E S P TI AL
relationship
by satellites in space – vacuum and the chamber to 10 mbars. These -7
between customer and supplier. This
extreme temperatures which can pumps wereEn 2007,regularly
Thales Aleniaupgraded
Space a renforcé by son leadership
relationship
Européen dansisles asystèmes
true spatiaux
partnership.
en
vary between -200°C and +150°C –, Advanced Technologies,
remportant which iset d’observation
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la société russe NPO-PM, permettant aux deux
sociétés d’accroître leur position de leader en Russie. Thales Alenia Space a également été présent sur 13
with take-off (acoustic and vibration F u r t h lancements
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A ddevlanceur.
anced give us support in improving many
testing). In the same spirit, we ground Technologies’ cryogenic technologies of our processes, and we value their
test different satellite functionalities are usedNuméro
to cool 1 européen des solutions par satellites et acteur majeur dans le domaine de l'infrastructure
the chamber. “Space” expertise, which is why we have
orbitale, Thales Alenia Space est une co-entreprise de Thales (67%) et Finmeccanica (33%) et forme avec
(communication tests etc.). cold at -196°C
Telespazioislaproduced
Space Alliance. by thermal
Thales Alenia Space estappointed
une référence Advanced
mondiale dans le Technologies
télécommunications, de la navigation, de la météorologie, de la gestion de l'environnement, de la défense et
domaine des to
panels (also known as “cold skins”)
de la sécurité, de l'observation et de la science. Avec change all the cold skins in our
7200 salariés et 11 sites industriels, Thales (espace
Alenia
Space est présent en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Belgique.
In what areas do you collaborate in which liquid nitrogen is circulating. 70) thermal vacuum chamber. At the
Thales Alenia Space est à la pointe des technologies par satellites que ce soit dans le secteur civil ou
with Advanced Technologies? For lower temperatures, used for
militaire. same time, we are planning some
L. J.: For 15 years, Air Liquide has exampleLa société
est largement impliquée dans :
in Lestesting the METOP
projets environnementaux jointdeoperations
axés sur l’observation la Terre tels queabroad,
le programme particularly
GMES
participated in many different projects. weather observer interferometer, a to supply thermal vacuum chambers
(surveillance globale pour l’environnement et la sécurité) avec la fourniture de la première Sentinelle
environnementale Sentinelle-1, la météorologie avec MSG (Thales Alenia Space a fourni tous les
The first was the construction of our cryogenic helium satellitesmachine,
Meteosat pour designed anden gas
Eumetsat) et la climatologie
SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) ;
tant quegeneration
maître d’œuvre desystems
la mission for
main thermal vacuum chamber known by Advanced Technologies, is fitted
La défense, en tant que maître d’œuvre des acoustic chambers.
systèmes de télécommunications français Syracuse (I,
II et III) et italien Sicral et du système d’observation italien COSMO-SkyMed ; et principal partenaire
as “espace 500”. The main problem to the simulation chamber.
du système de télécoms allemand (Satcom BW) et des systèmes d’observation Helios (France) et
SAR-Lupe (Allemagne) ;
in creating space conditions in our Another example:
La navigationwhenavec weGalileo.
set out to est maître
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d’œuvre du système EGNOS - précurseur de
Galileo ;
simulation chambers was to achieve build our new La acoustic chamber,
Science et l’Exploration en tant toque maître cecilia.fouvry-renzi@airliquide.com
d’œuvre de la mission ExoMars, une des plus
ambitieuses missions d’exploration des années à venir, de la mission GOCE (Gravity Field and
Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) et des missions Herschel & Planck;
L’Infrastructure Orbitale avec la fourniture de 50% du volume pressurisé de la station spatiale
Internationale.
Aujourd’hui, Thales Alenia Space est le premier fournisseur de solutions par satellites en Europe dans
le domaine de la défense et de la sécurité, avec de fortes positions dans les satellites et les segments
spatiaux etsols. En outre, la société est la référence européenne dans les services opérationnels sur site
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