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Astrocourier (Ireland) Limited
PO Box 235, Ennis,
Co. Clare.
or
Unit 5, Ballymaley,
Ennis, Co. Clare
Contact: Nick Larter - Director of Operations
Tel: +353-65-6869306
Fax: +353-65-6845887
Mobile: +353-86-8035570
Email: mail@acracontrol.com
Web: www.astrocourier.com
Astrocourier (Ireland) Ltd is a new company which has been set up to
provide low cost commercial access to space, for schools, universities,
industry, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. Initially this will be achieved
through the use of two carrier trays called Astrodeck and Astroplate,
which can accommodate, respectively, up to 96 or 24 small
experimental units and which will be located either on the rooftop
of the Spacehab module or on the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) in
the Space Shuttle cargo bay. The experiments would spend two to
three weeks in space and then be returned to the customers for
analysis. The first Astrodeck flight is presently planned for the
Summer of 2003.
A complete service is offered to customers including assistance with
experiment design, development and qualification, integration /
deintegration of the experiment with the carrier tray, shipping to
and from the launchsite, flight operations and assistance with post-flight
analysis. Astrodeck and Astroplate will be available in both
passive versions (Astrodeck I, Astroplate I) and versions offering
power and data services (Astrodeck II and Astroplate II). Astrocourier
(Ireland) Ltd. has an American sister company - Astrocourier (USA)
LLC - which is based in Florida close to the launch site.
A third product called Astropack is also planned which would allow subscribers access to space-based experiments via the Internet.
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