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ATHENA Mirror Module Demonstrator Under Development

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Tom Patton
Jan 15, 2021
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ESA has awarded a contract valued at worth $3.4 million to Thales Alenia Space for the study, design, manufacture and test of the ATHENA Mirror Assembly Module Demonstrator.

ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) is the 2nd ‘Large’ mission in the ESA Science Cosmic Vision program, focusing on the Hot and Energetic processes in the Unive…

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