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Old March 18th 05, 06:41 PM
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Default Alenia Spazio signs contract with RSC-Energia for the production phase of the ATV space vehicle

18 March 2005

Alenia Spazio signs contract with RSC-Energia for the production phase of
the ATV space vehicle

As part of the cooperation agreements with Russia, a contract was signed in
Rome today between Alenia Spazio and RSC-Energia for the supply of
components of the ATV logistical module for the International Space Station.

The ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) is a logistical vehicle produced by ESA
for the supply of propellant, air and water to the Space Station.

Alenia Spazio, a Finmeccanica company, recently signed a contract with EADS
Space Transportation involving the production by the Italian company of 6
ATV vehicles, one per year, starting in 2006.
The first flying example, called Jules Verne, has already been delivered and
is in the advanced integration phase, in view of launching, which is planned
for the first half of next year.

The contract signed today with RSC-Energia, worth approximately 40 million
Euro, provides for the supply by the Russian aerospace company of the RDS
docking system (Russian Docking System), the RFS propellant refuelling
system (Refuel System) and all the electronic systems for controlling the
two elements, RECS (Russian Equipment Control System).
Collaboration between RSC-Energia and Alenia Spazio in the ATV programme
began in 1999 and has been successful, leading to the design and subsequent
delivery of two sets of elements, the first already perfectly integrated in
the Jules Verne module and the second produced as a reserve.

The signing of this contract confirms the close ongoing cooperation between
the Italian and Russian space industries necessary for the development of
complex systems such as the orbiting station.
Other collaboration projects between Alenia Spazio and RSC-Energia are
currently being defined in the fields of manned missions, automatic
exploration and telecommunications.

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