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AerospaceCovid-19. e-Geos will develop a solution to monitor the economic recovery
The company has won a contract with the European Space Agency
The big data generated by satellite images, information on road traffic, pollution and telephone traffic will be analysed more
AerospaceVega returns to flight: mission accomplished
53 micro and nanosatellites deployed into Sun-Synchronous orbit.-VIDEO
Today’s mission from Kourou’s spaceport in French Guiana marked a success for Vega’s return to flight. The European launcher, designed, developed and built by Avio, has placed in orbit 7 microsatellites weighi... more
AerospaceItaly-Argentina, Saocom 1B satellite in orbit
Launch is part of a project that involves the two countries - VIDEO
Italy and Argentina are joining forces in a space cooperation project called Siasge (Italian-Argentine system of satellites for emergency management): yesterday evening, on Sunday August 30, 2020, it was... more
AerospaceDefence. US Space Force awards Musk ban on missile launches
These operations are scheduled from 2022 to 2026
An official and "inviting" contract: SpaceX, aerospace company created by Elon Musk in 2002, has signed a $ 316 million agreement with the United States Space Force for space launches that will take place... more
AerospaceUAVs. China studies typhoons with an unmanned plane
The aircraft found a lot of valuable information
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (Casic) announced development of first integrated observation of typhoons in this Asian country through a large, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Aircraft... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space will build SES-22 and -23 satellites
They are designed to provide digital broadcasting services over North America
Thales Alenia Space (Tas), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with SES to build SES-22 and 23, geostationary communications satellites. These... more
AerospaceTAS technology to enable Viper to communicate to Earth
Future mission to the Moon, the fourth lunar one with the participation of Thales Alenia Space in Spain
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) for the... more
AerospaceAriane 5: the possible date launch of flight VA253 on Friday
Total payload lift performance is an estimated 10,468 kg
The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2020 is now complete following integration of its three passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana.The mission is designated Flight VA253 i... more
AerospaceThales: 2020 half year results
The highlights
Thales’s Board of Directors met on 23 July 2020 to review the financial statements for the first half of 2020.The highlights are:Order intake: €6.1 billion, down 13% (-23% on an organic basisSales: €7.... more
AerospaceAirbus signs contract for Skynet 6A satellite
With UK Ministry of Defence
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend and enhance the Skynet fleet. This will involve the development, manufacture, cyber protection, assembly,... more
AerospaceAirbus expands its Space Data Highway with second satellite
It has completed its tests and is now ready to start operational services
The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of Airbus’ Space Data Highway constellation, completed its commissioning tests on 15th July 2020 and is now ready to start operational services. Following its successful l... more
AerospaceTelespazio UK awarded an ESA contract
To develop AI-enabled satellite data quality assurance tool
Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio –a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%)– has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to further develop a tool to automate quality ass... more
AerospaceAirbus signs contract with Optus for OneSat
First satellite agreement from leading operator from Australia
Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecomunications satellite from Australia’s second largest telecommunications company and reference satellite operator Optus. The s... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space proposals for the Copernicus project selected by ESA
Contract signings are expected in the coming weeks
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has recently been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination and with the agreement of the European... more
AerospaceSolar Orbiter commissioned in orbit despite Covid-19
Airbus teams working from home successfully complete the operation
Airbus has successfully completed the In-Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft, by the teams working from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. A... more
AerospaceA new Glonass station will be born in Brazil
The fifth in the country, built by the Russians by the end of the year
Gennady Saenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos has revealed to the national press that Russia should soon begin work on the construction in Brazil of a new ground station for the Glonass satellite... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes second flight from Spaceport America
It follows the completion of the previous one last May 1, 2020
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. announced yesterday the successful completion of the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America. This flight follows the completion of the first test flight from... more
AerospaceAirbus and ESA sign agreement to continue ISS operations
Services contract for 2020, worth €16 m, ensures operation and use of European components
Research has been conducted in Low Earth Orbit in the industry-built Columbus laboratory for the past 12 years more
AerospaceTAS: two key pressurized elements for Axiom Commercial Space Station
In January, NASA selected the proposal by the company from Texas
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) announced the signature of an ATP (Authorization To Proceed) with Axiom Space of Houston, Texas to initiate the development... more
AerospaceTelespazio: agreement for global distribution
Partnership signed with Thuraya
Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, (Yahsat), has signed a partnership agreement with Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (... more
AerospaceSentinel-2A: five years of environmental insights
Copernicus mission delivers massive data sets for wide ranging applications
Sentinel-2A has orbited Earth more than 26,000 times – and travelled nearly 1.2 billion kilometers in its quest to help us better understand and manage our environment. Since its launch on 23 June 20... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic signs space act agreement with Nasa
For private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc announced today the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International S... more
AerospaceUK space industry consortium calls for greater SME engagement
For future satcom services
The UK’s space industry Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the "Open Innovation – Space" initiative. Thi... more
AerospaceAirbus: next study contract for Martian Sample Fetch Rover
Work progresses on joint ESA/NASA mission to bring samples back from "The Red Planet"
Airbus Defence and Space has won the next phase of the study contract (Advanced B2) from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the advanced Sample Fetch Rover which will be used to collect samples from the... more
AerospaceSpace. Sea Launch for sale
Destined for Rosatom
S7 Space, belonging to the Russian mega-industrial group S7 which also belongs to the carrier S7 Airlines, intends to sell the Sea Launch mobile launch platform to Rosatom. State Atomic Energy Corporation... more
AerospaceLeonardo increases its stake in Avio
And it further consolidates its positioning in the Space Sector
Leonardo announces the conclusion of the transactions aimed at purchasing 988,475 Avio’s shares. Following the transactions, Leonardo increases its stake in Avio by 3.75%, reaching 29.63% of the share c... more
AerospaceSouth Korea will launch its first military satellite
Maybe as early as next Summer from Florida -VIDEO
South Korea's first military communications satellite could be launched into space by the Kennedy Space Center next month, and rumors say this project would form part of compensation agreements for Seoul's... more
AerospaceNasa: SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched
The first woman and the next man will land on the lunar surface in 2024 -VIDEO
On May 30, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s second demonstration mis... more
AerospaceBrief. The inaugural launch of Ariane 6 delayed by one year
But in the meantime, ESA employees sent away to Covid-19 are returning to Kourou
Short from the world. The employees of ESA, the European Space Agency, dismissed due to the pandemic emergency, are returning to the European cosmodrome in Kourou located in French Guyana, to resume preparations... more
AerospaceRussia will test the heavy launcher Angara as early as next Autumn
The latest enhanced variant will be tested -VIDEO
According to what the Russian aviation authority writes today, the national space agency Roscosmos could start flight tests of the Angara heavy transport missile -in the model higher than the A5 variant-... more