On July 5, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. local time, Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, lifted off flawlessly from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit for the German government and […]
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Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) to launch from Kourou
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has signed a binding term sheet with the French space agency CNES to offer the company’s launch services from the Kourou Space […]
Airbus and TerraNIS to export Farmstar in Europe
Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement with TerraNIS to export Farmstar, the space-based precision farming and crop monitoring service, outside of France. Farmstar Export will be developed in […]
Inmarsat’s-6 F2 satellite built by Airbus arrives on Airbus’ Beluga for launch in Florida
The second Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 geostationary telecommunications satellite (I-6 F2) has arrived on board an Airbus Beluga at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ready for its launch in February. The […]
General Atomics GAzelle satellite completes post launch acceptance review
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) recently launched GAzelle satellite that is hosting NOAA‘s Argos-4 and RadMon payloads has successfully completed its on-orbit, Post Launch Acceptance Review (PLAR). All components are […]
Thales Alenia Space + partners receive an ESA contract for TeQuantS quantum satellite project
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the TeQuantS (Technological development for space-based Quantum reSource distribution) project aimed at developing quantum, space-to-Earth, […]
Gama’s revolutionary propulsion Gama Alpha Solar Sail mission launches
Gama, a French aerospace company’s first solar sail was launched to space, with the support of the CNES and private companies including CMA CGM, a global player in sea, land, […]
Thales Alenia Space to start MicroCarb’s instrument integration … a first for Europe’s atmospheric carbon monitoring mission
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has completed the assembly, integration and testing (AIT) of the MicroCarb satellite platform, and is now ready to […]
SWOT satellite making final launch preparations
After more than a year in assembly, integration and testing at Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes, France, for the French and U.S. space agencies CNES and NASA, the SWOT […]
General Atomics satellite with Argos-4 payload completes pre-launch environmental testing
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully completed environmental testing of the company’s satellite platform and has integrated the Argos-4 hosted payload in preparation for a fall 2022 launch. GA-EMS […]