The participants in the ATV Jules Verne programme

Astrium is the prime contractor leading an industrial team of 30 subcontractors from the 10 countries participating in the programme, as well as from Russia and the United States.

Astrium sites all over Europe have taken part in this programme:

• Les Mureaux, for the development and construction of the ATV, the flight software and the simulation tests
• Bremen, for the vehicle integration, the service module (SSA), and the equipped propulsion bay (EPB)
• Toulouse, for the equipped avionics bay (EAB)
• Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, for the wound tanks
• Lampoldshausen, for the propulsion engines
• Leiden, for the solar panels
• Spain, for the composite structures and the communications processors

Astrium has also provided:

• an extremely detailed 28-volume operating manual
• the electronic documentation covering all the mission phases
• support from a team of experts

Ten member countries of ESA (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland) are contributing to the financing of the programme, which represents a total investment of around €2.5 billion. Approximately half of this amount is for the development, and the other half is for the production and launch of the flight models.

Germany

Astrium Space Transportation (PRS development, ATV integration, SSA integration, computers)

D3 Group (PCE simulators)

Friwo (batteries)

Jena Optronik (telegoniometers)

OHB-System (the service module MDPS, MGSE)

MT Aerospace (tanks, structural components)

Tesat Spacecom (components)

Belgium

Alcatel Bell Space

Euro Heat Pipe (heat pipes)

SAS (flight operations support)

Denmark

Rovsing (software validation)

Spain

Astrium CASA (EEB, EAB structure)

Astrium (communications processors)

Iberespacio (reliability support)

Rymsa (antennas)

Tecnologica (components)

Thales Espacio (transponders)

France

Astrium Space Transportation (prime contractor, systems activities, flight model checks, software, external interfaces, avionics)

Astrium Satellites (AEC development, EAB integration)

Clemessy (GDTF)

EADS Sodern (videometers, star trackers)

SAFT (batteries)

Snecma (200 N thrusters)

Thales Alenia Space (solar panel orientation)

Italy

Avio (FGSE)

Datamat (software, system support)

Dataspazio (simulation)

Galileo Avionica (power supply and amplifiers)

Laben

Thales Alenia Space (ICC development and integration, thermal control studies)

Norway

DNV (reliability support)

The Netherlands

Bradford (fans, pressure equalisation)

Dutch Space (solar arrays, PCE simulators)

ETS (tests)

Sweden

SAAB (MSU)

Switzerland

APCO Technologies (test equipment, MGSE)

Contraves Space (structural components, SDM)

HTS

Syderal (EAB thermal control)

Russia

RKK Energiya (RDS, RFS)

United States

Aerojet (490 N engines)

Allied Signal (smoke detectors)

Perkin Elmer (video targets, lighting)

Vacco (valves)