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SEA SIGNS ?5m TWO-YEAR SPACE
SEA SIGNS ?5m TWO-YEAR SPACE.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 5518B Cohort PLC 29 October 2009 \n \n\n29 October 2009\n\nCOHORT PLC\nSEA SIGNS €5m TWO-YEAR SPACE EXPLORATION CONTRACT\n\nCohort plc, the independent technology group, today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEA, has signed a two year, €5m contract to supply Remote Interface Units (RIUs) for the BepiColombo spacecraft mission to explore the planet Mercury.\nSEA will provide EADS Astrium GmbH with the RIUs, which will be used for the Mercury Transfer Module and the Mercury Polar Orbiter on the BepiColombo mission, a joint project of ESA and JAXA, the European and Japanese Space Agencies. The BepiColombo mission will study and understand the composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner Solar System.\nThe RIUs will be designed to acquire critical sensor data and telemetry. They will also drive the thrusters that control both the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, which will map the planet, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, which will investigate the plant's magnetosphere.\n\nAndrew Thomis, Chief Executive of Cohort plc said: \n\n\"This reinforces SEAs position as the UK's premier, independent, space electronic systems company. There are no second chances in space and these spacecraft will be operating more than 48 million miles away in sunlight around ten times more intense than in Earth's orbit.\"\n\n-Ends-\n\nFor further information, please contact\n\n\n\n\n\nCohort plc \nAndrew Thomis, Chief Executive\nSimon Walther, Finance Director\n\n\n01491 845 630\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestec \nKeith Anderson\n\n\n020 7597 5970\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHogarth Partnership Limited \nJulian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins\n\n\n020 7357 9477\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTES TO EDITORS\n\nCohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through three market-facing subsidiary companies: \n \n\n\nSCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - an independent defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006. \n\n\n\nMASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace busines...