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Matra Marconi Space

Matra Marconi Space was an Anglo-French spacecraft company and the historical prime contractor leading SOHO's 14-country industrial team. The company developed, built, and tested SOHO, preparing its service module in Toulouse and payload module in Portsmouth, before its space-systems business was combined into Astrium in 2000.

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Matra Marconi Space
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Matra Marconi Space was an Anglo-French spacecraft company and the historical prime contractor leading SOHO's 14-country industrial team. The company developed, built, and tested SOHO, preparing its service module in Toulouse and payload module in Portsmouth, before its space-systems business was combined into Astrium in 2000.
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July 29, 2026 at 10:38:08 UTC
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July 29, 2026 at 10:38:08 UTC