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AerospaceA new Glonass station will be born in Brazil
The fifth in the country, built by the Russians by the end of the year
Gennady Saenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos has revealed to the national press that Russia should soon begin work on the construction in Brazil of a new ground station for the Glonass satellite... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes second flight from Spaceport America
It follows the completion of the previous one last May 1, 2020
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. announced yesterday the successful completion of the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America. This flight follows the completion of the first test flight from... more
AerospaceAirbus and ESA sign agreement to continue ISS operations
Services contract for 2020, worth €16 m, ensures operation and use of European components
Research has been conducted in Low Earth Orbit in the industry-built Columbus laboratory for the past 12 years more
AerospaceTAS: two key pressurized elements for Axiom Commercial Space Station
In January, NASA selected the proposal by the company from Texas
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) announced the signature of an ATP (Authorization To Proceed) with Axiom Space of Houston, Texas to initiate the development... more
AerospaceTelespazio: agreement for global distribution
Partnership signed with Thuraya
Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, (Yahsat), has signed a partnership agreement with Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (... more
AerospaceSentinel-2A: five years of environmental insights
Copernicus mission delivers massive data sets for wide ranging applications
Sentinel-2A has orbited Earth more than 26,000 times – and travelled nearly 1.2 billion kilometers in its quest to help us better understand and manage our environment. Since its launch on 23 June 20... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic signs space act agreement with Nasa
For private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc announced today the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International S... more
AerospaceUK space industry consortium calls for greater SME engagement
For future satcom services
The UK’s space industry Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the "Open Innovation – Space" initiative. Thi... more
AerospaceAirbus: next study contract for Martian Sample Fetch Rover
Work progresses on joint ESA/NASA mission to bring samples back from "The Red Planet"
Airbus Defence and Space has won the next phase of the study contract (Advanced B2) from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the advanced Sample Fetch Rover which will be used to collect samples from the... more
AerospaceSpace. Sea Launch for sale
Destined for Rosatom
S7 Space, belonging to the Russian mega-industrial group S7 which also belongs to the carrier S7 Airlines, intends to sell the Sea Launch mobile launch platform to Rosatom. State Atomic Energy Corporation... more
AerospaceLeonardo increases its stake in Avio
And it further consolidates its positioning in the Space Sector
Leonardo announces the conclusion of the transactions aimed at purchasing 988,475 Avio’s shares. Following the transactions, Leonardo increases its stake in Avio by 3.75%, reaching 29.63% of the share c... more
AerospaceSouth Korea will launch its first military satellite
Maybe as early as next Summer from Florida -VIDEO
South Korea's first military communications satellite could be launched into space by the Kennedy Space Center next month, and rumors say this project would form part of compensation agreements for... more
AerospaceNasa: SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched
The first woman and the next man will land on the lunar surface in 2024 -VIDEO
On May 30, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s second demonstration mis... more
AerospaceBrief. The inaugural launch of Ariane 6 delayed by one year
But in the meantime, ESA employees sent away to Covid-19 are returning to Kourou
Short from the world. The employees of ESA, the European Space Agency, dismissed due to the pandemic emergency, are returning to the European cosmodrome in Kourou located in French Guyana, to resume preparations... more
AerospaceRussia will test the heavy launcher Angara as early as next Autumn
The latest enhanced variant will be tested -VIDEO
According to what the Russian aviation authority writes today, the national space agency Roscosmos could start flight tests of the Angara heavy transport missile -in the model higher than the A5 variant-... more
AerospaceBrief. Nasa: launch attempt of "Crew Dragon" next Saturday
Initially planned for yesterday it has been cancelled due to the weather
Brief from the world. NASA on its twitter account announced yesterday that:"Yesterday’s launch was scrubbed due to weather. There were no issues with the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. T... more
AerospaceESA has signed a contract with Airbus
To construct third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around... more
AerospaceTAS: project will enable the creation of satellites 100% European
Thales Alenia Space in Spain to lead a consortium in the frame of the "Horizon 2020" program of the EC
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%),leads from Spain the consortium of a revolutionary project, PROMISE (PROgrammable MIxed SignalElectronics), that will... more
AerospaceMay 27: access to space in the USA reopens after nine years
Two astronauts take off from Cape Canaveral with an Elon Musk spaceship
AVIONEWS writes that May 27th will mark a historic moment in the conquest of Space. Next Wednesday in the afternoon at 4:33 local time, 10:33pm Italian time, from the Cape Canaveral NASA base in Orlando,... more
AerospaceNASA will name the new WFirst telescope to Nancy Grace Roman
First female astronomer to head NASA, "mother" of Hubble - 2 VIDEO
NASA, the US space agency, named its next generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFirst), to Nancy Grace Roman, the first female astronomer to... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: study in satellite navigation services provision in Africa
Planned from 2022
The definition study for the satellite-based augmentation system “SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean” took a major step forward, with validation of the system’s architecture and geographic coverage. This... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space selected by ESA to study future upgrades of the EGNOS system
Two contracts signed with the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded two contracts to Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), concerning EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay... more
AerospaceSentinel-6A satellite gets an earful
Acoustic noise test simulates sound impact during rocket launch
Earth observation satellite Sentinel-6A is currently getting an earful. Airbus space engineers are ‘bombarding’ the latest satellite for the European environment and security programme ‘Copernicus’ with so... more
AerospaceAirbus: signed contract for new Bartolomeo platform
With Xenesis and to space-test optical communication terminal aboard facility on ISS
Airbus and Xenesis have signed a contract for a payload slot on the International Space Station (ISS) Bartolomeo platform for the demonstration of their Xen-Hub optical communication space terminal, a... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space selected by Dynetics to partner in the “back to the Moon” challenge
On-board an industrial consortium developing the NASA Human Landing system -VIDEO
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%),has been selected by Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, serving as prime contractor, to partnerfor the study... more
AerospaceGuyana space launch base to re-open in May
Vega return to flight with SSMS (VV16) scheduled by the middle of June
Avio informs that CNES (the French Space Agency) and Arianespace have communicated yesterday the gradual re-opening of the Guyana Space Center, starting from the 11 of May. The space center in Kourou had... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to develop the transmitter for VEGA launchers
Using geostationary data relay satellites
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced yesterday the signature of a contract with AVIO SpA, industrial prime- contractor of VEGA launch vehicle, in... more
AerospaceJupiter probe JUICE: final integration in full swing
Until the end of 2020 it will be kitted out with its final components
JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has reached its next milestone: on its Earthly journey via different Airbus sites in Europe the spacecraft has arrived at its satellite integration centre... more
AerospaceAirbus and the climate change with TRISHNA
The industry will support France and India to monitor it
The French Space Agency (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, CNES) has recently signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the development and manufacture of the thermal infrared instrument f... more
AerospaceA vegetable garden in orbit. It's Italian
It will allow optimal nutrition in long-lasting space missions
Enea (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), the "Federico II" University of Naples and the "Sapienza" University of Rome are the entities that participated... more