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AerospaceTrump-Abe meeting: Japan will purchase F-35 aircraft
Announcements also on North-Korean nuclear and space cooperation
Japan is ready to buy 105 new F-35 aircraft, the multi-role fighter model produced by the American defense industry Lockheed Martin. The news was announced by Donald Trump himself, in an official visit... more
AerospaceTrump wants to sell arms to Saudi Arabia
The White House would be ready to activate clause to overcome the Congress veto
Donald Trump is ready to unblock arms exports to Saudi Arabia. According to what revealed by the "New York Times", the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for an emergency clause to override the Congress... more
AerospaceSpaceX. Starlink mission
60 satellites launched from Cape Canaveral -VIDEO
On Thursday, May 23 at 10:30 p.m. EDT SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. SpaceX’s Starlink is a next-generation s... more
AerospaceNASA invites people: send your names to Mars
They will be printed on a chip attached to the Rover leaving for the red planet
Engaging the public in the prelude to the human exploration of Mars. This is the aim of the initiative by NASA, the American space agency, which invited people love the space to send their names to land... more
AerospaceAirbus signs MOU for future space cooperation
With the Hellenic HSA
Airbus and the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering future space cooperation. The MOU will focus on Earth observation, space exploration and future growth... more
AerospaceHerschel/Planck: 10 years later
A large-scale project in close collaboration with Esa
On May 14, 2009, just ten years ago today, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, with two spacecraft, Herschel and Planck.The two spaceborne observatories,... more
AerospaceBlue Origin announced Blue Moon lunar lander
It will powered by the BE-7 engine
Blue Moon lunar lander: Blue Origin announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. The cargo... more
AerospaceTAS marks key milestone in the ExoMars 2020 ESA mission
The laboratory is now ready to be integrated on-board the rover
After a challenging engineering phase, the Analytical Laboratory Drawer (ALD), the core of the Rover of the ExoMars 2020 ESA Program, has been successfully integrated and tested by Thales Alenia Space... more
AerospaceAirbus to build multimission satellite for Measat
The first one that includes a High Throughput Satellite (HTS)
Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”), the Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in... more
AerospaceNew Zefiro 40 engine test bench (Vega C)
The inaugural flight is scheduled for early next year
The "firing test" of the Zefiro 40 engine was successfully carried out yesterday in Sardinia, which will provide the necessary boost to the second stage of the Vega C, the new and best performing European... more
AerospaceTAS and consortium achieve milestone for Telesat's LEO satellite constellation
Completion of System Definition and Risk Management Phase
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and Maxar Technologies have completed an important milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation.The consortium has now... more
AerospaceLaunch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
It will be launched into orbit in July by an Ariane 5 launcher
The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway (SDH) network (also known as EDRS), will be launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East on 24 July 2019 by an Ariane 5 launcher. Once po... more
AerospaceHisdesat selects consortium to build Spainsat NG satellites
Advanced technologies for the Next Generation secure communications
A four co-primes consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space-TAS (JV betweenThales 67%, and Leonardo 33%) in Spain and France, and Airbus in Spain and France, has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos... more
AerospaceDragon resupply mission (CRS-17) launch
It separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about 9 minutes after liftoff -VIDEO
On Saturday, May 4, SpaceX launched its seventeenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-17) at 2:48 am EDT, or 6:48 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,... more
AerospaceSpaceX: a Crew Dragon spaceship explodes in a test
Joint investigation opened with NASA -VIDEO
NASA's times are getting longer to bring its own astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), because last Saturday a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft exploded during a test in the "John F. Kennedy"... more
AerospaceISS. From Russia: risk of collision with debris from the satellite destroyed by India
Warning that follows that of the director of NASA
The satellite debris destroyed by the Indian missile could endanger the security of the International Space Station (ISS). It was Roman Fattakhov, a senior assistant to the director of the Roscosmos Situational... more
Aerospace"Cygnus" spacecraft to the ISS
The enhanced PCM developed by TAS delivers 3,500 kg of cargo
The "Cygnus" spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, o... more
AerospaceRussia. Putin: "Aerospace industry must also provide civil technologies"
Objective: to improve the quality of life
Speaking at a meeting of the Russian Security Council, President Vladimir Putin called for a series of interventions to strengthen Russia's space and aerospace industry, also improving its management model... more
AerospaceStratolaunch Systems: maiden flight of the largest aircraft in the world
Powered by 6 motors it will allow to put satellites in orbit -VIDEO
After a series of ground tests, the Stratolaunch Model 351 made its first flight over the week-end. The giant plane designed by the engineers of Stratolaunch Systems and Scaled Composites, the companies... more
Aerospace"I see Earth! It is so beautiful"
58 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
"I see Earth! It is so beautiful". An historical and indelible phrase pronounced on 12 April 1961 by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board the Vostok-1 spacecraft. The first man to go into space.... more
AerospaceSpace: the landing on the Moon of the Israeli Beresheet failed
No problem Falcon Heavy launching and returning on Earth -VIDEO
Yesterday could be a double historic day for space exploration since the landing of Israeli probe Beresheet (Genesis in Hebrew) and the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy were expected to put a series of... more
AerospaceSES' O3B MEO satellites in orbit
20 ones built by Thales Alenia Space -VIDEO
The four latest satellites in the O3b constellation built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), jv between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%, as prime-contractor for SES were successfully launched yesterday from the... more
AerospaceNASA. Bridenstine: "India missile test a danger for human flight into space"
400 debris generated by the destroyed satellite
Still critical of the anti-satellite missile test carried out by India: NASA director Jim Bridenstine also pointed out that "400 orbital debris have been created that have seriously endangered the International... more
AerospaceAirbus prepares Cheops satellite for launch
Final technical review successfully passed
Airbus Defence and Space has completed construction of the Cheops satellite (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite). The European Space Agency (ESA) recently gave the green light at the Qualification and... more
AerospaceNASA-Roscosmos: asked for the reprogramming of the Soyuz missions
The cause is the delays of the Crew Dragon spacecraft
The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) could accept the proposal to schedule a further launch of a manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) advanced by the NASA, which has also requested... more
AerospaceNASA. Pence: "We will return to the Moon by 2024"
Announcement of the vice president shortening the time
At the end of last night's meeting of the US National Space Council, US Vice President Mike Pence announced to the press that "the policy and goal of our administration is to bring the astronauts back... more
AerospaceIndia. Modi: "We are a space superpower"
Successfully destroyed a satellite with a missile
In a message to the Nation the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of a missile test that killed a satellite in the low Earth orbit, in an exercise that makes India the fourth country in... more
AerospaceRoscosmos. Rogozin: "We work to create a fixed lunar base"
Program that will complement the one for the new space station
The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) among the objectives for the future has the collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway,... more
Aerospace"Brexit" preparedness (2): removal of Galileo back-up sites from UK continues
Daily news by European Commission
As part of its "Brexit" preparedness work, the Commission is taking the necessary operational steps to ensure business continuity and preserve the security of the Galileo satellite navigation system after... more
AerospaceNASA: news on the future of SLS will be published this week
It will probably remain central to future explorations of the Moon and Mars
During this week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) should announce if it will slow down the development of the Space Launch System rocket by deciding to use commercial launchers... more