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RHEA SYSTEM is an established company in the international aerospace market, providing consultancy services in Space and Information Technology to international aerospace organisations and large aerospace companies both in Europe. Rhea System provides its clients with consultants who are highly qualified industry experts in their field backed by experienced operations specialists and by systems and software engineers with background from a wide spectrum of disciplines.

Rhea System's principle activities are:
the provision of senior engineers for the design, procurement and operation of spacecraft and supporting Ground Infrastructure and Processing Systems within the European Space and Aeronautics Industry;

the development and sale of a suite of Tools that are used in space mission design, procurement, preparation, planning and operations. The company’s main product which was developed with the European Space Agency (ESA), MOIS – (Mission Operations Information System) now forms the backbone of Spacecraft Operations Preparation for ESA.

The provision of engineering teams and software tools to complete specific tasks in space mission design through to operations. The services and products offered
are the following:

- Space Engineering consultancy;
- Aeronautics Engineering consultancy;
- IT project developments (including turn-key projects);
- IT consultancy;
- IT products and toolsets.
- Rhea System’s prime areas of expertise are:
- Spacecraft and Ground Segment AIT/AIV;
- Spacecraft Operations and Operations Engineering;
- Ground Segment Engineering;
- Mission Analysis;
- Product and Quality Engineering;
- Aeronautics Engineering Services (including IT).
Rhea System’s closely related background is:

Expertise in Galileo and EGNOS through various European Space Agency contracts. These contracts relate to Mission Control Systems engineering, Ground Control System engineering, AIV on EGNOS’ Central Processing Facility, etc;
Broad Spacecraft and Ground Segment AIV/AIT experience on a multitude of ESA missions (Mars Express, Rosetta, MSG, Herschel-Planck, ATV, Envisat, etc.);

Involvement on several European Commission STREP projects in FWP5 and FWP6 associated to the aeronautics domain.