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RHEA System S.A., a member of the ADGA RHEA Group of Companies, becomes a member of the Belgium Wallonian Space Association
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 25 March 2009 - RHEA System S.A. (RHEA) has been invited to become a member of the Belgium Wallonian Space Association. RHEA's space engineering skills and experience will contribute to preserving and further developing the space competencies and projects in the space industry in Wallonia and in Brussels, Belgium. RHEA's aim is to form partnerships with Belgian space companies and to contribute to the promotion of the Belgian space industry.
The Wallonie Espace Association is an association of companies, universities and laboratories that are actively involved in space research and development in Wallonia and Brussels. The Association's objectives are to promote the regional space industry, launch space projects and to develop joint prospective views beyond the immediate needs of each enterprise in order to create new space products and services, especially through inter-regional networks (e.g. ERA-STAR, ESI-Net). The Association's members' competencies are in space systems, services, applications and spin-off space technology solutions.
We are proud to have been accepted as members of Wallonie Espace and to grow our presence in Belgium. By becoming a member of the Association, RHEA is building up its regional presence in Belgium. This membership is evidence of the Wallonie Espace Association's high regard of RHEA's support of their mandate. RHEA is looking forward to actively participating in Belgian space industry projects and contributing to the development of new competencies and solutions for the Belgium Wallonia space industry.
RHEA System S.A., a member of the ADGA RHEA Group of Companies, contributes to the successful launch of the GOCE satellite
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 17 March 2009 - RHEA System S.A. (RHEA) has contributed, over the past several years, to the success of the recent GOCE launch by providing engineering services and MOIS solutions.
RHEA has contributed to the GOCE mission providing competencies in the areas of Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) testing, system architecture for the Drag-Free and Attitude Control (DFAC), Failure Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR), Assembly Integration Verification (AIV)/EGSE and Spacecraft Operations Engineering.
RHEA has assisted in supporting the development, installation, verification and management of the GOCE ground segment.
Europe's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite will measure the Earth's gravity field anomalies, obtain gravity gradient data for accurately modelling the Earth's geoid and achieve high spatial resolution. Information on Earth's geoid will permit precise modelling and understanding of ocean circulation, sea-level changes and terrestrial ice dynamics. GOCE is a mission that contributes to a much better understanding of gravity anomalies and the physics associated with volcanism and earthquakes, also providing an accurate reference system for measuring heights on the Earth's surface.
RHEA has supported the end-to-end programme of GOCE, through the AOCS design, system AIV and launch preparation activities, and will continue to support the GOCE operations and scientific data processing.
In 2007, RHEA System S.A. won two contracts in support of GOCE.
The first contract supports Thales Alenia Space (TAS) Italy with the provision of our MOIS software. RHEA assisted TAS in meeting its technical requirements for the testing of the flight hardware/software, mechanical and electrical ground support equipment for GOCE. MOIS has permitted semi-automatic execution of the commands to the spacecraft and easy creation, modification and monitoring of flight operations procedures.
The use of the MOIS software solution is increasing significantly, making it the solution of choice for complex spacecraft testing environments.
The second contract is for the provision of services to EADS Astrium GmbH (Germany) for the provision of engineering services to the AOCS testing for the GOCE mission.
Thanks to this success, RHEA continues to build on its reputation broadening its reach in the European space industry.
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