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Located in Bremen, North Germany, the Astrium Production Centre for propellant tanks and components is an organisational part of the Lampoldshausen Propulsion Centre. For almost 40 years, The Astrium Space Propulsion division in Bremen have been producing propellant tanks for scientific and commercial satellites, orbital platforms, space probes, interplanetary spacecraft, launch vehicle roll control systems and upper stage attitude and orbital control systems. The Astrium Bremen facility is also well know for the integration of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle, Booster integration of the Ariane launcher, upper stage integration of the bipropellant and cryogenic upper stages of Ariane 5, Rokot launch vehicle services, as well as integration of Europe's first manned spacecraft 'Spacelab'. Today, the Bremen Production Centre is the European market leader for the design, manufacturing and supply of a diverse range of spacecraft propellant tanks, propellant management and acquisition devices and all tank related components and services. The Bremen Production Centre is also responsible for the assembly and test of monopropellant propulsion hardware including a range of valves, tubing, harness, thermal isolation etc. Tank types include: surface tension propellant tanks, diaphragm / bladder tanks, propellant tanks for spin stabilised spacecraft and high pressure tanks. Tank geometry may be adapted according to the required propellant mass and volume available for accommodation. Typical tank geometries are spherical and cylindrical. Domes may be hemispherical or of Cassini form.
Propellant compatibility is provided for monopropellant and bipropellant propulsion systems. Tank capacity of our standard range extends from 58 litres to 1207 litres. Manufacturing Facilities
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