Lampoldshausen is a small village on the southern edge of the

Harthausen Forest The Harthausen Forest (german: Harthäuser Wald) is a large forested area that – depending on the definition used – is 20 to over 30 km² in area. It lies in the north of Baden-Württemberg between the valleys of the lower reaches of the ...

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Aerospace Village

Within the global Aerospace community Lampoldshausen is known as Aerospace Village by the Institute of space propulsion of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for research and hot firing test of rocket engines, especially for Ariane launchers as well as the Orbital Propulsion Centre of

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, the European competence centre for spacecraft propulsion. The ArianeGroup site is the European competence centre for development and production of satellite and orbital platform propulsion systems. It produces chemical and electrical propulsion systems, high-precision components for satellite and launcher attitude control systems, and the complete

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(Unified Propulsion System). Additionally, Lampoldshausen is part of the Community of Ariane Cities (CVA).

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External links

*http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10259/ *http://www.raumfahrtantriebe.de/history/main.html *http://www.ariane.group/en/about-us/our-main-facilities-and-locations/ Villages in Baden-Württemberg {{Heilbronn-geo-stub