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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... 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
AerospaceKonnect satellite ready to ship to launch site
Planned mid-January 2020
The all-electric KONNECT communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the international operator Eutelsat Communications is... more
AerospaceRussia: NASA request accepted to host American astronauts
They will travel again in the "Soyuz" spaceships
The head of the Russian space company "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin accepted NASA's request to welcome the American astronauts on the "Soyuz" spacecraft to allow them to arrive at the ISS (International... more
AerospaceAirbus checking ocean satellite Sentinel-6A’s operational fitness
Test programme is in full swing; launch scheduled for November 2020
Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn - near Munich - to prove its... more
Aerospace"AstroLuca" and the extra-vehicular exit of tomorrow
In the cosmic void to repair a particle detector - VIDEO
On Friday November 15 the commander of the International Space Station (ISS) Luca Parmitano will lead the next extra-vehicular mission of the astronauts. "AstroLuca" and his American colleague Andrew... more
AerospaceNasa: analysis of samples from the Moon
Possible new results with the most advanced technologies
NASA will analyze some pristine samples of Moon rock. One of these, brought to Earth in 1972, was opened on November 5 in the Lunar Curation Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston while the... more
AerospaceChina: test completed for the mission to Mars
Beijing and the ambition to become a benchmark in the space sector
Today, China has completed the lander test that will be used for a 2020 Mars mission. The trials were successfully held in Huailai, Hebei Province northwest of Beijing.Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of... more
AerospaceNasa: "unexplained" chemical behavior on Mars
Unexpected transformations examined by the "Curiosity" rover
NASA has found unexplained changes in oxygen fluctuations on Mars. Unexpected transformations that occurred on the surface of the "Gale" crater: the gas assumes a behavior that scientists are unable to... more
AerospaceThe Japanese "Hayabusa-2" probe is returning to Earth
From tomorrow with the asteroid's champions
The "Hayabusa-2" space probe nicknamed "asteroid explorer" will return to Earth after taking samples from the ground of an asteroid. Launched in 2014 by the Japanese space agency Jaxa (see AVIONEWS) it... more
AerospaceRussia: Turkish, Egyptian and Saudi astronauts in the space
The Bajkonur cosmodrome could be the basis for training
The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos intends to send Turkish, Egyptian and Saudi astronauts to space. The director of the company, Dmitry Rogozin, stated this today: "The Bajkonur cosmodrome is the cradle... more
AerospaceSpaceX: 60 new satellites in orbit today
The constellation to transmit Internet across the Globe
The US space company SpaceX launched today another 60 of its internet satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida (see AVIONEWS). "Starlink" is the ambitious project of the American firm to create a network... more
AerospaceRussia-France: new agreement for the "Spektr-M" satellite
It will look for traces of extraterrestrial life
Russia and France are drawing up an agreement as part of the "Spektr-M" ("Millimetron") satellite launch program to study objects in deep space and look for traces of extraterrestrial life.This was announced... more
AerospaceCygnus spacecraft to the ISS
The PCM module delivers 3,729 kilos of cargo in a total volume of 27 cubic meters
The Cygnus spacecraft, dedicated to delivering cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight F... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build EUTELSAT 10B satellite
For inflight andmaritime connectivity services
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a letter of agreement with Eutelsat Communications for the procurement of a new all-electric satellite, EUTELSAT... more
AerospaceContract signed for Vega launch the ESA Biomass satellite
For Earth observation
Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced today the closing of the contract to launch the Biomass Earth observation satellite with Vega.The Earth Explorer Biomass mission will provide... more
AerospaceNASA: in November the new supply of goods to the ISS
The "Antares" rocket will be used again to bring "Cygnus" into orbit
The Northrop Grumman company has agreed with Nasa the twelfth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than November 2, 2019. As in the other previous missions, the "Antares"... more
AerospaceIn Russia approved the project of a super heavy rocket
It will be launched from the "Vostochny" cosmodrome in 2028
In Russia a super heavy class carrier rocket will be used to perform flights on the Moon. The first launch is scheduled for 2028 from the "Vostochny" cosmodrome.The technical-scientific council of the... more
AerospaceSolar Orbiter satellite heads for the Sun in Florida
Completed tests it is ready for the mission that will last for almost eight years
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape Canaveral ready for its launch in February 2020.Built by Airbus in Stevenage, S... more
AerospaceHughes-Telespazio agreement to provide satellite broadband network solutions
The two companies prolong a collaboration that began 15 years ago
Hughes Europe, a division of Hughes Network Systems, and Telespazio, announced an agreement to continue to partner in delivering satellite communications. The contract enables the companies to leverage... more
AerospaceProfitable collaboration between Italy and China in the aerospace field
In 2021 launch of the Cses-02 satellite
Italy has started a fruitful collaboration with China in the aerospace sector (see AVIONEWS).During the "Diplomacy Festival" taking place in Rome from October 17th to 25th, the Chinese ambassador in Italy... more
AerospacePhoto. Satellite TIBA-1 leaves Airbus DS
Designed to remain in service in orbit for more than 15 years
Photo. TIBA-1, the communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) left the Airbus Defence and Space (DS) clean rooms in Toulouse. The spacecraft... more
AerospaceCHEOPS satellite arrived in Guyana on an Antonvo cargo plane
The launch will take place in mid-December
CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite), built by Airbus in Madrid was loaded into the freighter aircraft that flew it last Wednesday to Kourou, French Guyana. After arrival, the spacecraft is prepared... more
AerospaceBoeing contracted to build rocket stages for NASA’s Artemis missions
The company completes first Space Launch System core stage; second in production
NASA and Boeing have initiated a contract for the production of 10 Space Launch System core stages and up to eight Exploration Upper Stages to support the third through the twelfth Artemis missions.Up... more