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Security and defence in the twenty-first century is inconceivable without space assets. Events in recent years – the 1991 Gulf War, the conflicts in the Balkans, the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center – have firmly established space as a vital, intrinsic element in any effective security apparatus for peacekeeping and defensive procedures and for battlefield operations.

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Flight 191 - Ariane 5 - Satellites: AMAZONAS-2 & COMSATBw-1 Oct 01, 2009
Astrium is the triple prime contractor for the next Ariane 5 launch Sep 29, 2009
Spirale accepted by the French Armament Procurement Agency (DGA) May 15, 2009
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