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AerospaceLow-quality components on the Proton-M rocket
Roscosmos sets up an investigation commission, and postpones the launch
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has set up a commission to identify those responsible for using low-quality components on the Proton-M launch vehicle, designed to launch heavy loads and the telecommunications... more
AerospaceBartolomeo platform has been launched
Now on its journey to the International Space Station
The Airbus built Bartolomeo platform has been successfully launched on 06 March from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. It is now on its journey to the International Space Station (ISS) and will be installed... more
AerospaceSoyuz-ST launch postponed with Emirati satellite on board
Procrastinated in April for further technical checks
The launch of the Russian Soyuz-ST-A rocket mission VS24 from the cosmodrome of Kourou, in French Guyana, which should have brought the Falcon Eye 2 satellite of the United Arab Emirates into orbit should... more
AerospacePhoto. Foam-C: Airbus now ‘foaming’ on board the ISS
New experiment to examine it in zero gravity conditions
Photo. Airbus has sent a new fluid experiment, FOAM-C, to the International Space Station (ISS). FOAM-C, which was developed and manufactured for the European Space Agency (ESA), is scheduled to be activated... more
AerospaceTelespazio UK to lead new quality control service for ESA mission data
A €25M framework service contract
Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio -a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%)-, has been awarded a €25M framework service contract by the European Space Agency (ESA). The agreement w... more
AerospacePhoto. Pléiades Neo well on track for launch
Planned in mid-2020
Photo. The first two Airbus-built Pléiades Neo imaging satellites have started comprehensive environmental testing, to ensure they are ready for in-orbit operation. During the tests, the satellites are s... more
AerospaceCygnus spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station
The module delivers 3500 kg of load, total volume 27 cubic meters
The Cygnus spacecraft, dedicated to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia.Cygnus comprises two main... more
AerospaceTelespazio Brasil to build new satellite teleport in Maricá
Boosting its next-gen satellite services offering
Leonardo, through its subsidiary Telespazio Brasil, and the Maricà municipality represented by Codemar (Companhia de Desenvolvimento de Maricá), have announced an agreement to develop a new satellite t... more
AerospaceUS, Trump financial package: we will go to the Moon, but cuts to environment and welfare funds
Especially the poor and sick will pay the costs
The commonplace that reads "they went to the Moon, but have not managed yet to find the cure for cancer" strips itself of its rhetorical meaning, of a phrase made, cliché, stereotype, analyzing the financial... more
AerospaceLiftoff for ESA’s Solar Orbiter
The TAS’s coronagraph Metis developed on behalf of Italian ASI -VIDEO
ESA’s Solar Orbiter has been successfully launched yesterday from CapeCanaveral in Florida (USA), on an Atlas V411 rocket supplied by NASA. Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (... more
AerospaceSolar Orbiter ready for its close-up with the Sun
Its launch from Cape Canaveral in the evening of 9 February
Airbus-built Solar Orbiter has been fitted inside the protective fairing, mounted on top of the launcher and is now ready to fly from Cape Canaveral in the evening of 9 February.The next time the satellite... more
AerospaceOneWeb lifts off: next batch ready to launch
They are all fitted with plasma thrusters
34 satellites for the OneWeb constellation are ready for launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. They which arrived in two shipments, including one last week, have been tested, and have now been fitted into... more
AerospaceLeonardo-ESA: contract to build Prospect
It is the drill and mini scientific lab to uncover the Moon’s secrets
Leonardo announced the signing of a €31.5 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build PROSPECT, the onboard drill and miniature lab for the Luna-27 lander, a mission by ESA and Roscosmos, w... more
AerospaceBartolomeo starts its journey to the ISS
Debut of commercial research platform from Airbus moves one step closer
The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The move marks a further step towards something... more
AerospaceAirbus-ESA: contract signed for Bartolomeo platform on the ISS
Scheduled for launch in March
The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency ESA has now firmly booked a payload slot for a Norwegian instrument... more
AerospaceUSA: SpaceX's "Crew Dragon" shuttle passed the test
Next step: in space with astronauts in Spring -VIDEO
Successfully passed the tests of the "Crew Dragon" shuttle of the aerospace giant SpaceX in Cape Canaveral in Florida: the platform has proven to be able to safely abandon the "Falcon 9" rocket in the... more
AerospaceEutelsat Konnect now in orbit
It is the all-electric telecommunication satellite -VIDEO
The all-electric EUTELSAT KONNECT telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). It was b... more
AerospaceTurkey: soon the first national production satellite in space
Erdogan and the economic growth of Ankara
The first Turkish-made communications satellite will be launched into orbit in 2021. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this during the programmatic speech in which he exposed the economic... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build Amazonas Nexus from Hispasat
A flexible satellite to adapt to the evolution of the communications market
HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, has awarded to Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), the construction of the Amazonas Nexus satellite,... more
AerospaceCHEOPS satellite launched on Soyuz
Took off with its five passengers allocated
The Airbus-built CHEOPS satellite has been successfully launched yesterday morning on a Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. CHEOPS is the first exoplanetary mission of the... more
AerospaceVS23 launch: a quadruple success for Thales Alenia Space
COSMO SkyMed SG (CSG-1), ArgosNEO on board ANGELS, CHEOPS and contribution to Soyuz launcher
The Soyuz rocket launched yesterday by Arianespace from Europe’s Spaceport has successfully put into orbit the first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-1) satellite built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) a... more
AerospaceCosmo-SkyMed second generation satellite launched
The all-Italian program for Earth observation
The COSMO-SkyMed Earth observation constellation, by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Ministry of Defense, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, welcomes the first second-generation satellite.... more
AerospaceRadar satellite COSMO-SkyMed IIG ready for launch
Four Thales Alenia Space contributions on-board VS23
The first satellite COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-1)is ready to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation or CSG (COnstellation of Satellites for the Mediterranean b... more
AerospaceFucino Space Centre (Italy): the new control room for satellite orbital insertion inaugurated
LEOP, the technological core for testing of spacecraft
Leonardo, through its subsidiary Telespazio (67% Leonardo and 33% Thales), today inaugurated the new LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase) control room at the Fucino Space Centre in Abruzzo, the technological... more
AerospaceNasa: two mannequins on the Moon and on Mars
A project to measure radiation
NASA will send two mannequins to the Moon with the "Artemis 1" mission in 2020. One will wear an anti-radiation vest called "StemRad" and another will be unprotected. Scientists will examine the amount... more
AerospaceFireball in Arizona: it was a "mini-moon"
Small space debris that orbit the earth
A fireball was spotted in the Australian sky, but it was actually a "mini-moon" that had lost its orbit. This type of space rock is captured by Earth's gravity for a short time. First identified by the... more
AerospaceRussian satellite constellations: soon the launch of three rockets
The mass in orbit from the Plesetsk cosmodrome next December 26
The launch of the "Rokot" rocket scheduled for December 26th will bring three "Gonets-M" telecommunications satellites to space. This was announced today by Oleg Khimochko, deputy general manager of the... more
AerospaceTAS on the decisions taken by the ESA Ministerial Council
The company ready to deploy its expertise and capabilities to the new challenges
Following the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting, "Space19+", in Seville, Spain, Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), welcomed t... more
AerospaceInmarsat GX5 satellite now in orbit (2)
Weighing less than 4 metric tons at launch
The Inmarsat GX5 geostationary telecommunications satellite has been successfully orbited by Arianespace atop an Ariane 5 launcher from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Built for Inmarsat,... more
AerospaceAriane 5: TIBA-1 E INMARSAT GX5 orbited
They are telecommunications satellites -VIDEO
The fourth 2019 flight of the Ariane 5 launcher took place successfully during the night from the Guyana Space Center (CSG) spaceport. The European launcher correctly placed telecommunication satellites... more