Matra Marconi Space (MMS) is the first fully-integrated European space company and among the top five in the world. MMS is a joint venture company including mainly French and British subsidiaries, formerly Matra Espace (MMS-F) and Marconi Space Systems (MMS-UK). The number of MMS employees reached more than three thousand people in 1991.
MMS is also the kernel of a a worldwide organisation including for instance: Fairchild and Skydata in the US Spotimage (F), Intecs (I), Spacebel (B), Crisa (SP) in Europe
The companyÕs diverse range of capabilities encompasses the entire field of space engineering activities: prime contractorship, system studies, design, development and manufacture, assembly, integration and test