Paris, 11 Jun 2004

The Alcatel Space / EADS Astrium Joint Alphabus Project Team in its role as system responsible for the Alphabus is in the process of issuing competitive invitation to tenders for the C/D phase for AlphaBus equipment.

The following equipment will be covered:

• Infra Red Earth Sensor for Attitude & Determination Control System
• Reaction Wheel Assembly
• Star Tracker for Attitude and Determination Control System
• Central Tube of the AlphaBus
• Gyrometer for Attitude & Determination Control System

The invitation to tenders (ITTs) will address equipment and include the following elements:

• Development and qualification for the AlphaBus product line
• Procurement of a protoflight model set
• Long-term agreements for the AlphaBus commercial phase

The selected bidders will become part of the industrial consortium for the AlphaBus phase C/D and subsequent contracts related to the production of AlphaBus based telecommunication satellites.

More information available in the Agency's online invitation to tender system EMITS.

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Companies interested in bidding for the above mentioned activity should declare their interest by 17 June 2004 to:

Mr Frédéric Juchet
Contracts Officer Alcatel Space
Telephone: + 33 4 92 28 91 76
Telefax: + 33 4 92 92 30 30
Email: frederic.juchet@space.alcatel.fr

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Copies of this declaration of interest should be sent in parallel to:

Mr. W. Engels
Contract Officer ESA
Telephone: + 33 5 61 28 19 04
Telefax:: + 33 5 61 28 28 66
Email: wilhelm.engels@esa.int

European Space Agency
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