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The ALTAIR project in the CNES press
NewsALTAIR 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.
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Full success of the EOLE flight experiment campaign at CSG!
NewsOn 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.
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ALTAIR: An innovative and cost-effective air-launch system for small satellites
NewsThis 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
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ALTAIR completes first design review
NewsOn December 5 & 6 2017, ONERA hosted the first Preliminary Design Review (PDR1) of the project at its Palaiseau site (South Paris, France).
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ALTAIR to present at EUCASS 2017
NewsThe 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.
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ALTAIR Milestone 3 Meeting ETH Zurich
NewsThe ALTAIR Milestone 3 meeting took place on Thursday the 6th and Friday 7th of October at the prestigious ETH university in Zurich.
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ALTAIR milestone 2 meetings in Barcelona
NewsThe ALTAIR milestone 2 meetings took place on March 31 and April 2016 in Barcelona, home of ALTAIR Partner GTD.
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ALTAIR is preparing Europe’s future in the launching of small satellites
NewsThe goal of the ALTAIR project is to demonstrate the industrial feasibility of a low‐cost launching system for small satellites.
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Kick-off for ALTAIR
NewsThe ALTAIR kick-off meeting and the first technical meeting took place in December 2015 in Palaiseau France to define the ucoming steps of the project.
ALTAIR
IN A NUTSHELL
PROJECT KEY POINTS
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.