ALTAIR was recently featured in the news! The Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) news portal, SpaceGate, has published an article on the H2020 project ALTAIR on the 15th November 2019.
On September 7, 2019, at the CNES' Guyana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the demonstrator EOLE successfully performed an automatic flight with the release of an inert small-scale mock-up of the Altair rocket.
This video features the ALTAIR project, covering scientific, technological and economic aspects, lessons learned that go beyond the technicalities, as well as strategic and programmatic insights
On December 5 & 6 2017, ONERA hosted the first Preliminary Design Review (PDR1) of the project at its Palaiseau site (South Paris, France).
The ALTAIR consortium will present three papers at the 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences. It is a fantastic oppertunity for ALTAIR to discuss both findings and advancements in the project.
On September 7, 2019, at the CNES' Guyana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the demonstrator EOLE successfully performed an automatic flight with the release of an inert small-scale mock-up of the Altair rocket.
ALTAIR’s strategic objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of a new cost effective and reliable space launch system for the access to Low-Earth Orbit (400-1000 km) of small satellites.