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1 — Programme Objectives Overeenkomst tussen bepaalde Europese Regeringen en de Europese Organisatie voor Ruimteonderzoek betreffende de uitvoering van het Ariane draagraketprogramma

Programme Objectives

The Ariane programme has two main objectives:

1.1 The first objective is to give Europe a capability on its own at the beginning of the 1980's for placing in orbit geostationary satellites developed within the framework of the Organisation or of the European States.

The Ariane launcher will be capable of placing in transfer orbit payloads of the order of 1500 kg, thus enabling satellites of the order of 750 kg to be placed in geostationary orbit by means of a suitable apogee motor.

It is aimed at a potential market mainly represented by the 35 to 50 geostationary satellites of between 400 and 700-800 kg that European studies foresee for the next decade: European satellites, European satellites forming part of a worldwide system, and satellites for third-party requirements.

The Ariane launcher is intended, if the objective mentioned in paragraph 1.2 below is attained, to launch satellites developed within the framework of the Organisation or by the Member States and due for launching after 1 November 1980.

1.2 The second objective is to define the launcher and organise its production in such a way as to achieve an economically competitive production cost.

The launcher's production cost is estimated at 51 million French francs (excluding taxes and at 1 January 1973 prices) assuming two launches per year and reasonable grouping of orders.

To this cost must be added the cost of transport to Guyana, of propellants and of the launch team, amounting to an estimated figure of 12 million French francs in the same conditions as above.

The portion of the maintenance costs of the Guyana Space Centre chargeable to the launch cost of a launcher, which might be additional to the cost mentioned above, will be the subject of a separate arrangement.

Regeling
Overeenkomst tussen bepaalde Europese Regeringen en de Europese Organisatie voor Ruimteonderzoek betreffende de uitvoering van het Ariane draagraketprogramma
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
06-02-1979
BWB-id
BWBV0003413
Versie
1979-02-06_0

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