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AerospaceAvio: anomaly Vega VV17 after eight minutes from take-off
Data analyses are in progress; loss of the mission
AVIO informs in a short note that "Tonight during the Vega VV17 mission with the SEOSAT-Ingenio and Taranis satellites onboard, after 8 minutes from take-off and after the nominal trajectory recorded for... more
AerospaceAirbus: ESA’s LSTM temperature-check mission for Copernicus NG
Contract valued at € 380 million
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space as prime-contractor for the new Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) mission. LSTM is part of Copernicus, the European Union's... more
AerospaceOnly silence from PM Conte and Minister Gualtieri about Profumo's problems
Sentence on Leonardo's CEO is a risk for company reputation
It is called reputationin the Anglo-Saxon economic world which now considers it a fundamental asset for the evaluation of a company. And today in Leonardo, led by Alessandro Profumo (sentenced in first... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build Copernicus CIMR satellites realizzerà satelliti Copernicus Chime
To respond to high-priority requirements from key Arctic user communities
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) announced last Friday that it has signed a 93 Meuro, first tranche of the 495 Meuro global contract, with the European Space... more
AerospaceLeonardo: foreclosed on a fifth of Profumo's salary
Bari court ruled on Divania crash and sentenced it to a precautionary patrimonial measure
Another rather heavy tile falls on the head of Alessandro Profumo, CEO of Leonardo. After being sentenced to six years in prison for rigging and false corporate communications relating to the line of inquiry... more
AerospaceNASA, SpaceX crew arrived in Florida
On November 14th there will be the launch towards the orbiting station
The dragon is ready to take flight. “Crew Dragon” space capsule members arrived in Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center of NASA. This is the SpaceX shuttle that in four days will leave in the direction of... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic appoints new Chief Information Officer
Effective immediately
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced the appointment of Alistair Burns as Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. In this... more
AerospaceLeonardo's Board of Directors: results at 30 September 2020
Positive and effective management in response to the pandemic; strong financial position -ATTACHMENT
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Luciano Carta, examined and unanimously approved the results at 30 September 2020.Results at 30 September 2020Successfully... more
AerospaceChina, works started for new and ambitious astronomical center
Construction is expected to finish in 3 years
Astronomical research is one of the many priorities that China wants to give importance to in this historical moment. A clear example of this is the new scientific center that will be built in the so-called... more
AerospaceProfumo: "smell" of resignation
Tomorrow's Board of Directors could be the last for Leonardo's CEO
It will be an incandescent Board of Directors the one convened in videoconference tomorrow, on Thursday November 5, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Leonardo's board meets with the stock market closed, but on the... more
AerospaceNovember 3, 1957: mission to space of the dog Laika
63 years ago the launch of Sputnik 2
A "sacrifice" in the name of science. The date of November 3 is one of the most important in the history of space, since exactly 63 years ago the second ever artificial satellite, Sputnik 2, was launched... more
AerospaceStudy for metrological traceability of Earth observation data
European Space Agency TRUTHS mission
Consistent calibration will also enhance existing satellite missions more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic flight test program update: Spaceflight from New Mexico progress
By Mike Moses President of Space Missions and Safety at the company
Mike Moses President of Space Missions and Safety at the company declared in a note that: "It’s a hive of activity here at Spaceport America as preparations to deliver Virgin Galactic’s first spaceflight fro... more
AerospaceSpaceX, new mission on November 14th
There will be 4 astronauts headed to the ISS
If he didn't exist, it would be useful inventing him: Elon Musk, Tesla's number one, proves more and more every day that he has an impressive number of projects that see him as a great protagonist... more
AerospaceAirplanes-helicopters. Airbus reports 9m2020 results
The highlights - ATTACHMENT
Airbus reports today nine-month (9m) 2020 results.The highlights are: Global air travel recovery slower than anticipated Cash containment and business adaptation on track9m revenues € 30.2 billion; 9m... more
AerospaceRoxy turns Moon dust into oxygen
After two years’ development the breakthrough came during a series of laboratory tests
An international team led by Airbus Defence and Space (Friedrichshafen, Germany) with scientists from Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials Ifam (Dresden, Germany), Boston... more
AerospaceSpaceopal, innovation in the GNSS sector
Systems and technologies are constantly and rapidly evolving.
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) systems and technologies are constantly and rapidly evolving. For this reason Spaceopal, an equal-share joint-venture between Telespazio and DLR Gesellschaft für... more
AerospacePositive signs for Europe as ESA goes forward to the Moon
A MoU signed between European and American space agencies
ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Jan Wörner and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine have signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take Europe to the Moon.The historic agreement... more
AerospaceStart of the production of the Skylark constellation
Dedicated to monitor and track space debris
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed the first phase of a contract with NorthStar Earth and Space Inc., the Canadian space-based information services... more
AerospaceLeonardo, why Profumo is still not resigning?
Leonardo CEO is in trouble after bad experiences
What if it was time for the Tsar to fall? The sentence of six years in prison and a fine of 2.5 million euros after the crack of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) led from 2012 to 2015 puts even an untouchable... more
AerospaceSpainsat programme passes Preliminary Design Review
Important milestone achieved on schedule despite Covid-19
The SPAINSAT NG programme, owned and operated by Hisdesat, has successfully passed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the payload and the full satellite, including PDR of Pacis 3 (PPP) elements. SPAINSAT... more
AerospaceCoronavirus Emergency. Telespazio and e-GEOS present HERMES
A system of services to help health institutions
The testing of HERMES, the project of Telespazio -a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%)- and e-GEOS -an ASI (20%) and Telespazio (80%) company- to help hospitals and first aid units to... more
AerospaceNasa's Osiris-REx spacecraft touched asteroid
To collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023 -VIDEO
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched a... more
AerospaceNew goals of Chinese space industry until 2025
Experts took part in the forum organized in Wuhan
Space industry is one of the priorities of China's future, so much so that the media of Asian country recently reported on the promotion of the development of this sector over the five-year period... more
AerospaceCondemnation of Profumo for derivatives Mps, no to resign from Leonardo
The current CEO of the Group said he was surprised and embittered
Six years of imprisonment: this is the sentence imposed in the first instance against Alessandro Profumo and Fabrizio Viola, on trial as former president and managing director of Monte dei Paschi di Siena... more
AerospaceTAS (2) selected by Airbus as partner to the Mars Sample Return Mission
ATP signed to contribute to the Earth Return Orbiter
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an Authorization To Proceed (ATP) with Airbus Defence and Space, prime-contractor of the program, to contribute... more
AerospaceAirbus (2) selected for ESA’s Moon lander study
The industry to design the European Large Logistic Lander (EL3)
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as one of the two primes for the definition phase of the European Large Logistic Lander (EL3 ). In this study (phase A/B1), the industry will... more
AerospaceAirbus to bring first Mars samples to Earth: ESA contract award
A new decade of European exploration
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime-contractor for the Mars Sample Return’s Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) – the first ever spacecraft to bring samples back to Earth from Mar... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space on its way to reach the Moon
ESA chooses it to deliver the Europe’s two main modules for the lunar space station
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), will develop two key modules for the upcoming Lunar Orbital Platform–Gateway (LOP-G) of NASA: I-HAB (International H... more
AerospaceLeonardo at work on robotic arms for the NASA and ESA Mars Sample Return mission
Study of instruments for both the rover and lander
Mars robotic exploration is at the heart of the latest international space missions. Leonardo is involved in the study of cutting edge robotic systems which can contribute to the discovery of the Red Planet’s s... more