On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying […]
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Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite — which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package — is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from […]
ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency
The European Space Agency has joined the world space community in congratulating the African Space Agency on its official inauguration. The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space […]
Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C
On Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from […]
Viasat’s contract with ATLAS Space Operations to provide NASA with mission-critical support
ATLAS Space Operations has been contracted by Viasat, Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, to help provide mission-critical support to ongoing and future NASA missions. As one of four […]
SuperSharp and NanoAvionics plan first of a kind disruptive Thermal InfraRed imaging satellite
UK based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s (NanoAvionics) MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark […]
First all-new MetOp complete + sibling in testing
With all instruments integrated, the first ESA MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year. Meanwhile, its sibling, MetOp-SG-B1, is undergoing […]
L3Harris ‘notches another milestone’ for the Biomass satellite as its large unfurlable mesh reflector arrives in France
L3Harris reports it has ‘notched another milestone’ in aiding the European Space Agency’s (ESA) five-year mission to better understand the state of the Earth’s forests and their role in the […]
Azercosmos’ MOU with the Commonwealth Secretariat to strengthen climate efforts
Azercosmos is ramping up their cooperation with Small Developing Island States (SIDS) through its recently inked Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Secretariat, all in an effort to strengthen climate-related […]
China’s advanced satellites for climate, carbon monitoring now operational
China’s atmospheric environment monitoring satellite and terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite have been officially put into operation, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday. During their in-orbit testing, […]