ESA announced an agreement with Thales Alenia Space Italia in December 2009 to develop the technology.
ESA声称在2009年12月已和意大利亚太空公司达成技术合作协议。
Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) is a leading satellite manufacturer in the world. W3C is the sixth TASF-manufactured satellite launched by Long March.
法国泰雷兹阿莱尼亚宇航公司是世界主要卫星制造商之一,W3C卫星是长征火箭发射的第六颗该公司研制的卫星。
Thales Alenia Space has supplied the Sensor Electronic units forming the core of the Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR), set to provide high-resolution radar imagery to the German defence forces.
泰利斯·阿莱尼亚空间公司应用传感器电子组件形成合成孔径雷达(SAR)的核心部分,为德国国防部队提供高分辨率的雷达图像。
Thales Alenia Space, builder of several International Space Station components and many European satellites, is manufacturing the spacecraft.
曾参与制造国际太空站部件和多颗欧洲卫星的亚太空公司将担任此项建设任务。