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News Release from: Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 July 2004
Alcatel signs up for satellite solar
panels
Solar panel arrays for Alcatel's Spacebus are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric, under a four year, multi-million-Euro deal just signed by the two companies.
Solar panel arrays for Alcatel's Spacebus are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric, under a four year, multi-million-Euro deal just signed by the two companies The Spacebus is manufactured in Cannes, home to many of France's high tech industries
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is a "platform" technology on which individual bespoke satellite designs are based.
The solar panels are shipped there from Mitsubishi's manufacturing plant in Sagami, Japan.
With several hundred Spacebus satellites already built and many more expected, Alcatel is the world's third biggest builder of telecommunication satellites.
It expects to see considerable growth in the Earth orbiting population as the demand for global telecomms and electronic data transfer is expected to increase significantly.
The contract expands on an existing supply agreement that has been in place since 2000, and reflects Mitsubishi's lengthy experience in space activities and its reputation for reliability.
"Our flight-proven record and advanced technologies make us leaders in the solar array panel field", says Masao Kawachi, General Manager of Mitsubishi Electric Space Systems Division.
"We were space pioneers in the 1960s and have since participated in nearly 300 spacecraft programmes around the world".
The company also has Earth-based solar technologies and is committed to outperforming Kyoto Agreement targets for greenhouses gasses, renewable and sustainable energy sources. Request free introductory details about products from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems ...
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