Brief: Creotech Instruments Concludes Talks With ESA On EUR 1.8 Mln Deal

Creotech Instruments SA

08/02/2023 06:51

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Creotech Instruments SA  CRI1.WA :
    * SAID ON TUESDAY IT HAS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS
WITH
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) 
    * SAID NEGOTIATIONS REGARD TERMS OF CONTRACT COVERING
SUBSEQUENT
PHASES (PHASE C AND PHASE D) OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF
KEY COMPONENT OF MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT FOR THE COMET
INTERCEPTOR SPACE MISSION
    * VALUE OF NEGOTIATED CONTRACT IS EUR 1.8 MILLION
    * SAID MISSION IS ROBOTIC PROBE PLANNED TO BE LAUNCHED INTO
SPACE
IN 2029
    * PROJECT IS BEING CONDUCTED AS F-CLASS MISSION UNDER THE
COSMIC
VISION PROGRAMME BY ESA IN COOPERATION WITH THE JAPAN AEROSPACE
AGENCY (JAXA)
    * MAIN GOAL OF THE MISSION IS TO UNDERSTAND COMETS FROM THE
SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW, INCLUDING THEIR CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
COMPOSITION, BUT ALSO TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE MISSIONS
SUCH AS CHANGING TRAJECTORY OF A COMET OR EXTRACTING RAW
MATERIALS FROM COMETS
    * PHASES COVERED BY NEGOTIATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE INCLUDE
PRODUCTION OF A VOLATILE SYSTEM
    * PLANNED DATE OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IS THE TURN OF 2024
AND
2025

        
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