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AerospaceThe crew of the missions 2017 on the ISS changes: new companions for Paolo Nespoli -VIDEO
Paris, France - The partners of the International Space Station have given today the announcement
The 51/52 expedition with the NASA (American Space Agency) astronaut Jack Fischer and the spaceman Fyodor Yurchikhin will be launched in March, to reach the ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas... more
AerospaceClinton-Trump, the great challenge: how the cosmonauts voted into the space?
Washington, Usa - Thanks to a specific law launched in 1997, they made it from the cosmos
After months of cruel electoral campaign, the decisive day of November 8 has arrived. Donald Trump is the 45th US President. This happened on the Earth. But into the space? Have you ever asked if who orbits... more
AerospaceCOSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG): the program completion contract has been signed
Rome, Italy - Worth 77 million euros
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed an amendment to the original contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation... more
AerospaceLeonardo will monitor the health of the Earth from Space: 74 million contract from ESA
Florence, Italy - The industry will provide the spectrometer for the FLEX Space mission, which will study the actual photosynthetic activity of vegetation on a global scale
Today Leonardo-Finmeccanica has signed a contract worth 74 million Euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create the FLEX spectrometer for the mission of the same name as part of the ESA’s ‘Earth Exp... more
AerospaceTelespazio and Space Star Technology Corporation sign an agreement for satellite based services
Zhuhai, China - The cooperation is relevant to three main service segments
Telespazio, a Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%) joint-venture, active in satellite services, and Space Star Technology Corporation (SSTC), a Chinese company of the CAST (China Academy of Space... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space signed contract with Korean KARI
Rome, Italy - For South Korean Augmentation Satellite System (KASS)
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced today that it has signed a contract with the South Korean space agency KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) to supply a satellite navigation system called KASS... more
AerospaceExoMars: key technologies tested for Europe's landing on the "Red Planet"
Rome, Italy - In view of the next mission planned in 2020
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), has announced that the 2016 ExoMars mission has taken place in order to correctly position the TGO (Trace... more
AerospaceSchiaparelli descent data (2): decoding underway -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Important data were recorded from it and beamed back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday morning
Essential data from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander sent to its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) during the module’s descent to the Red Planet’s surface yesterday has been downlinked to Earth and is... more
AerospaceExoMars TGO reached Mars orbit while EDM situation unders assessment: the mission's result predicted today
Rome, Italy - The elements necessary to understand the condition of things
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet, while contact h... more
AerospaceLeonardo-Finmeccanica grows in the Space Sector increasing its stake in Avio
Rome, Italy - From ca 14% to ca 28%. The closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2017
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announces the approval by the Board of Directors of transaction aimed to increase its stake in Avio from the current ca. 14% to ca. 28%. The current majority shareholder, Cinven,... more
AerospaceMars on the ultraviolet. Schiaparelli's descent on the planet -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Today the touchdown of the Italian lander
Today the touchdown on Mars of the Italian Schiaparelli. On the Earth new images of the Red Planet. The photos, taken by IUVIS in the ambit of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission... more
AerospaceSchiaparelli lander of ExoMars has "Landed" on Mars
Rome, Italy - Seven months into the space to arrive on the "Red Planet"
Today afternoon, shortly after the 5:00pm (Italian hour) Schiaparelli, the module of ESA (European Space Agency) has touched the surface of the Mars planet, released last October 16 by the interplanetary... more
AerospaceSuccessful launch of Cygnus spacecraft -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Cygnus cargo carrier, with pressurized cargo module by Thales Alenia Space, headed for the ISS
The Cygnus spacecraft has been successfully launched (OA-5 Mission) by the Antares launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility based in Virginia. T... more
AerospaceExomars probe reaches Mars: towards landing of the Schiaparelli module -VIDEO
Paris, France - Step by step, the upgrade from ESA's space operations centre
Updates from ESA’s (European Space Agency) space operations centre informs as the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) interplanetary probe approached and entered orbit around the "Red Planet", and on the S... more
AerospaceThe Dream Chaser for European Utilization program takes flight with MoU
Sparks, Usa - For its pilot phase
The Dream Chaser for European Utilization (DC4EU) program kicked off its pilot phase with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Telespazio, the European Space... more
AerospaceAriane 5 continues its track record of success with Arianespace’s launch -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guyana - The European launcher carries two satellites for telecommunications
Arianespace has successfully launched the Sky Muster II satellite for Australian operator nbn (National Broadband Network) and the GSAT-18 satellite for the Indian space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research... more
AerospaceMission completed: Rosetta's journey ended in daring descent to comet
Rome, Italy - After 12 years of discoveries finished, a mission into the history of the exploration
ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years. Confirmation of the end of the mission arrived a... more
AerospaceVega: flight VV07 inaugurated the commercial phase -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guiana - Orders for 10 launches until 2019 ensured by Arianespace
Arianespace’s Vega continued its track record of succes, orbiting five new sets of “Eyes” that will observe the planet Earth in very high resolution: a cluster of four SkySat satellites for US-based opera... more
AerospaceIndra will implement Spain's system for space surveillance and tracking -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Its services include collision warnings, object fragmentation and a re-entry warning service that includes information on the time and place of Earth impact
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra contracts to deploy the S3T surveillance and tracking system for objects in low Earth orbit, worth a total of €17 million. Indra has thus established i... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space signs phase B contract with LeoSat
Rome, Italy - To develop high-throughput, low-orbit satellite constellation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and LeoSat Enterprises, announced today the signature of the phase B contract for the development of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. It will offer very-high-speed... more
AerospaceSuccessful firing test for the ARTA 6 solid rocket motor for the Ariane 5 booster
Colleferro, Italy - The test also provided some important data
Firing test of the Solid Rocket Motor (MPS) of the Ariane 5 booster in Kourou, French Guiana, concluded successfully. This was the sixth firing test of ARTA (Accompagnement et Recherche Technologique Ariane),... more
AerospaceVega to launch ESA's wind mission -VIDEO
Paris, France - For the launch of the ADM-Aeolus satellite planned at the end of 2017
ESA (European Space Agency) and Arianespace signed a contract to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite. With this milestone, a better understanding of Earth’s winds is another step closer. The contract, w... more
AerospaceSpace. A ring of fire replaces the Sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory witnesses a double Eclipse -VIDEO
Houston, USA - The "Main star" darken from Earth and Moon nearly at the same time
Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, but during SDO’s sem... more
AerospaceNASA approves 2018 launch of Mars InSight mission
Houston, Usa - It will study the origins and the evolution path of Mars and the rocky planets of the solar system
NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval last week by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. The Interior E... more
AerospaceThe first scientific data back from NASA’s JUNO mission from JIRAM, the Italian instrument designed to study Jupiter up-close
Rome, Italy - Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper will photograph Jupiter and analyse the images to understand the planet’s formation, evolution and structure
The JIRAM (Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper) Space spectrometer, developed for NASA’s JUNO probe by Leonardo-Finmeccanica, bursts into life, marking the start of the scientific stage of the mission to s... more
AerospaceTelespazio VEGA secures business relationship with ESOC
Darmstadt, Germany - For another five years
The Aerospace Company Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) has successfully qualified for the Frame Contract with the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of t... more
AerospaceJUNO, destination reached. The NASA probe, born from an intense cooperation with Italian partners, has successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit
Rome, Italy - After a journey and about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years
After a journey, started on August 5 of 2011, about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years, JUNO has reached its destination. On June, 4th 2016, at 8:53 pm (California time – i... more
AerospaceAirbus Safran launchers JV finalised: Europe’s new space industry fully operational; original agreement signed in December 2014
Paris, France - The new-generation Ariane 6 launcher will make its first flight in 2020; 8,400 employees in the company
Airbus Group and Safran will finalise today the creation of their Airbus Safran Launchers 50/50 Joint-Venture, which becomes a fully-fledged operational company. The industry was already managing launcher... more
AerospaceArianespace Flight VA230: Ariane 5 launch -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Third mission of 2016, two satellites in orbit
Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites for operators in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region: EchoStar XVIII for the operator DISH Network and BRIsat for the Indonesian bank PT. Bank... more
AerospaceSupply payloads for RSCC’s Express-80 and Express-103 satellites
Rome, Italy - They will provide fixed and mobile communications, digital television and radio broadcasting
Thales Alenia Space, the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with RSCC (Russian Satellite Communication Company), Russia’s l... more
AerospaceTelespazio exhibits at "ILA Berlin Airshow"
Rome, Italy - The industry is present with the subsidiaries VEGA Deutschland and GAF (e-GEOS)
Telespazio is present with the subsidiaries Telespazio VEGA Deutschland and GAF at the "ILA Berlin Airshow", taking place from 1-4 June 2016 at the Berlin Expo Centre Schönefeld. The event is known to... more
AerospaceExoMars spacecraft completed functionality analysis
Rome, Italy - All systems are “Go” for this spacecraft, now en route to Mars, and the industrial team is gearing up for its rendezvous with the Red Planet in October
The ExoMars spacecraft built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) as prime-contractor for the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully completed its In-Orbit Commissioning Review (IOCR), The industry has... more
AerospaceSuccessful launch of the Sentinel-1B -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Once in orbit, the satellite will send data to several European centers. In Italy, this data will be collected by a station at the e-GEOS Space Center in Matera
Sentinel-1B satellite, designed built by Thales Alenia Space as prime-contractor, was successfully launched by a Soyuz-Fregat A rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This satellite... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space-built Sentinel-1B environmental monitoring satellite ready for launch
Rome, Italy - Next April 22 from the Space center in Kourou
The Sentinel-1B satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) is ready to be launched on April 22, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, by a Soyuz-Fregat A rocket. This satellite... more
AerospaceWith Lombardia Aerospace Cluster teachers updated in the company; a series of meeting ended
Varese, Italy - 23 teachers, 10 schools, 32 hours of formation, 4 firms involved
23 participating teachers coming from 10 schools of the Milan and Varese' Provinces. 32 hours of education of which 16 in company. 4 industries involved (Aermacchi, AgustaWestland-subsidiaries of the One... more
AerospaceCygnus cargo carrier successfully launched -VIDEO
Turin, Italy - With pressurized cargo module by Thales Alenia Space, headed for the ISS
The Cygnus cargo carrier for the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully launched today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on an Atlas V rocket. The Cygnus spacecraft comprises two modules:... more
AerospaceExoMars successfully launched -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space, prime contractor of the program, is responsible of the planning of both missions (2016 and 2018)
Thales Alenia Space announced yesterday that Europe’s ExoMars spacecraft was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan using a Proton-M Rocket. After a successful separation from B... more
AerospaceSuccessful flight for the Ariane 5 VA229 -VIDEO
Colleferro, Italy - Sending the EUTELSAT 65 WEST A satellite into orbit
The European launcher Ariane 5 has successfully completed its 85th mission, sending the EUTELSAT 65 WEST A satellite into orbit. The mission lifted off at 02:20 AM local time, 06:20 AM in Rome, from the... more
AerospaceItalian CIRA: diplomatic representations of the 25 foreign Countries visit the Centre
Capua, Italy - Belonging to all world regions: Europe, North and South American, Asia and Africa
CIRA, the Italian Aerospace Researches Center, hosted yesterday governmental representations, diplomatic authorities, scientific delegation of 25 foreign countries belonging to all world regions: Europe,... more
AerospaceSuccessful launch of the Sentinel-3A satellite of Thales Alenia Space -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - It will carry out a number of oceanography, environmental and climate change study missions
The Sentinel-3A satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency (ESA), was successfully launched yesterday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, on a Rockot launch vehicle. One... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica: two new contracts signed in space activities (EUR 138 million)
Rome, Italy - Telespazio will be responsible for managing the ground segment operations of the whole Sentinel-3 mission
Two new contracts totalling €138 million have been signed as part of Finmeccanica space activities relating to the Copernicus programme’s Sentinel-3 mission, led by the European Commission in partnership wit... more
AerospaceA delegation of 28 Latin Americans at the Italian CIRA for the conference on collaboration in space sector
Capua, Italy - The President Carrino and other authorities of this field welcomed it
The mission in Italy by a group of 28 delegates representing space agencies, governmental institutional and embassies coming from 12 States of the Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba,... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: signed ESA contract to build Sentinel-3C and D satellites for Copernicus program
Cannes, France - Worth EUR 450 million
Thales Alenia Space is celebrating the signing with the European Space Agency (ESA), for the contract worth €450 million, to build the Sentinel-3C and D environmental monitoring and oceanographic satellites f... more
AerospaceItalian CIRA: conference on the collaboration Italy-Latin America in the space sector
Capua, Italy - The mission of a group of 28 delegates takes place from today to February 12
The mission in Italy by a group composed of 28 delegates representing space agencies, governmental authorities and embassies coming from 12 Countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador,... more
AerospaceAir Liquide awarded two contracts in the satellite propulsion market
Paris, France - A total worth of EUR 20 million
Air Liquide has signed two multi-year contracts recently, a total worth of € 20 million, for the supply of high purity xenon in the all-electric propulsion satellite market: one with Airbus Defence and S... more
AerospaceAriane 5. Flight VA228: the launch of Intelsat 29e -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guyana - It took place on January 27 at 8:20pm (local time) from Kourou
Arianespace has successfully launched Intelsat 29e for the international operator Intelsat. Arianespace’s first launch of the year, and its 56th performed for Intelsat, took place on January 27 at 8:20 p... more
AerospaceIntelsat 29e ready for January 27th launch on Ariane 5
Paris, France - It will bring a total payload of 6700 kg
The first of the Intelsat EpicNG series of High Throughput Satellites, Intelsat 29e undergone final preparations before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on the 27th of January, 2016. Manufactured... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: a flower germinated in the cosmos...
Houston, Usa - With the food autonomy given by the future greenhouses, the orbiting station more terrestrial outpost in the universe
"Yes, there are other life forms in space!": with this exclamation the NASA's cosmonaut Scott Kelly started off from ISS (International Space Station) by a post on the social networks. "Yes, there are... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: the Jason-3 satellite launched -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - By a Falcon 9 rocket (Space X)
The Jason-3 satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space as prime-contractor, was successfully launched by a Falcon 9 rocket (Space X) from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite will... more
AerospaceA Thai delegation visits Lombardia Aerospace Cluster
Varese, Italy - To study the model of the Italian clusters
Lombardia Aerospace Cluster, upon warning of the Royal Thai Embassy of Rome, met last January 12 a Thai professor delegation involved in the "Industrial clustering on Dawei-Rayong Network Corridor" project. The... more