2009 - Jaarverslag
2009 - Jaarverslag
2009 - Jaarverslag
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SPACE COMPOSITESGalileo is the first civil globalnavigation system and hasapproximately 30 European satellites.It has been commissioned by theEuropean Union. The system isbeing built under the direction of theEuropean Space Agency ESA. It willbe interoperable with the AmericanGPS and the Russian GLONASS.These worldwide satellite navigationsystems have a military origin.Galileo will become partiallyoperational in 2014 and will initiallybe used by European securityservices.TenCate Space Composites hasdeveloped a wide range ofTenCate Thermo-Lite lightweightcomposite materials for aerospace,including those for satellites. Thanksto the excellent characteristics of thisthermoset material, it is eminentlycapable of functioning for manyyears under the extreme conditionsprevailing in space. TenCate materialhas already been incorporated intoseveral Galileo satellites.Connected to research & development