The Community of Ariane Cities – CVA – was founded in 1998, with the aim of strengthening the cooperation among cities and industrial organizations involved in European space transportation programs, and informing citizens about the benefits of European space transportation activities and about French Guiana as the home to Europe’s Spaceport. CVA organizes cultural activities with member cities, their universities, educational authorities, schools and industrial companies. The joint programs are of technical, cultural, educational and outreach nature, stressing the importance of intercultural cooperation, and helping to build longstanding relationships among citizens, especially the younger generations. Each city is usually represented by its local or regional administration, and by an industrial company. GTD as industrial, Barcelona and Terrasa are cities administrations , are proud to be part of CVA from the origin of this cluster. Over last 15 years, GTD has played a major role in the European launchers family. We are proud of our contribution to so exciting programs , from ground control & command systems specific for each launcher (Ariane 5, Vega and Soyuz) to telemetry & tracking control systems devoted primarily for safety issues (common to all launchers) , and finally, up to onboard software for the Ariane 5 and Vega launchers. At GTD, our teams have been interruptedly participating to all launch campaigns in the Europe Space Port within these 15 successful years. Congratulation to the Ariane family and to CVA members !!
