The EarthCARE satellite — developed by Airbus for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — addresses two of the fundamental challenges that we face […]
Airbus
Mitsubishi Corporation joins Starlab Space as strategic partner, equity owner in JV
Starlab Space LLC (Starlab Space), the joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, has welcomed Mitsubishi Corporation as a strategic partner and equity owner in Starlab Space — this partnership […]
SpaceX launches EUTELSAT 36D providing more than 1100 broadcast channels in Africa, Russia and Europe
On Saturday, March 30 at 5:52 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the EUTELSAT 36D mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center […]
UPDATE: 3 Saturday launches, 22 Starlink from West Coast, 23 Starlink and Eutelsat-36D launches from East Coast
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 30 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg […]
Airbus-built TEXUS sounding rockets launched to conduct experiments in microgravity
The TEXUS 60 rocket was successfully launched by Airbus on Sunday, March 24, at 10:45 CET, from Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden — the rocket reached an apogee of […]
NASA JPL awards Airbus a GRACE-C contract for two spacecraft
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California). This new mission of NASA and the German […]
Exotrail officially a space services provider with successful in-orbit delivery of a commercial satellite
After the critical first step of becoming a satellite operator at the end of 2023, Exotrail is continuing to gain space heritage with a first “last-mile” in space delivery on […]
Airbus rolls out OneAtlas update
Airbus’ OneAtlas Radar Tasking & Archive service now includes Quicklook imagery of the entire Radar data archive. With this brand-new functionality, you will be able to even better browse and select suitable imagery […]
EarthCARE goes west for launch as ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer mission
The Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its way aboard an aircraft to its launch site in Vandenberg, California. […]
SKYTRAC completes first installation of a factory installation of ISAT-200A and DAL-200 for the H135
SKYTRAC Systems Ltd. (SKYTRAC), a provider in aerospace intelligent connectivity and satellite communications (satcom), has today announced that they have completed the first installation of a factory installation of the […]