Ariane maiden flight
Employees of the Contraves AG (today RUAG Space) prepare the prepare the payload fairing for the first Ariane for launch in Kourou, French Guiana.
Ariane maiden flight
Representatives of the Swiss Space Office and of the Contraves AG (today RUAG Space) celebrate the successful maiden flight of the Ariane 1 launcher in Kourou, French Guiana.
Four generations of Ariane guidance computers, manufactured by RUAG Space in Gothenburg. RUAG Space has been providing such computers from the very beginning of the Ariane programme.
Payload Fairings
Final assembly of Payload Fairings at RUAG Space in Emmen, Switzerland.
Payload Fairings
Final assembly of Payload Fairings at RUAG Space in Emmen, Switzerland.
Payload Fairings
A RUAG employee is checking the acoustic absorbers inside a launcher fairing.
ATV Propulsion Module
Structure for the propulsion module of the unmanned European Space Transporter ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle).
ATV Propulsion Module
Integration of the propulsion module structure for the unmanned European Space Transporter ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle).
ATV Cargo Racks
Integration of the ATV Cargo Racks at RUAG Space in Zurich, Switzerland.
ExoMars Rover
RUAG Space employees test the ExoMars Rover locomotion system in Zurich
ExoMars Rover
RUAG Space employees test the ExoMars Rover locomotion system in Zurich.
Vega Payload Fairing
Payload Fairing for the small European launcher Vega.
Assembly of a Payload Adapter System. RUAG Space provides such adapters for many different types of launchers and missions.
RUAG employees in Linköping, Sweden are moving a central cylinder. Such a cylider is the "backbone" of many telecommunications satellites.
A control unit for the earth observation satellite Sentinel-1. The satellite will provide Earth observation data for the European Union's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme, GMES.
RUAG's Command and Data Handling Unit for a Galileo navigation satellite. The EU's Galileo programme will provide Europe with an independent satellite navigation infrastructure.
A Swedish RUAG Space employee prepares a guidance module for a sounding rocket for the next mission.
A C-band Antenna manufactured by RUAG Space for the European Galileo navigation satellites. The EU's Galileo programme will provide Europe with an independent satellite navigation infrastructure.
Assembly of small satellite antennas at RUAG Space in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A RUAG Space employee, prepares a satellite antenna for a test in RUAG's antenna test range in Gothenburg.
ADM Aeolus Spectrometer
Integration of a spectrometer for the European wind research satellite ADM Aeolus.
SwissCube
Switzerland’s first satellite, SwissCube was designed and built by students in a collaborative project. Copyright: EPFL