Brussels, 21/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given its conditional authorisation for creation of a joint venture in the satellite sector, Astrium, by the German firm DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) and the Netherlands' Matra Marconi Space (MMS, controlled jointly by the French company Matra Hautes Technologies and Britain's Marconi Electronic Systems). Astrium will consolidate most of the space activities of the two partners, becoming the leading European space...