Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their vital role in […]
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ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a […]
A European team headed by GAF AG operates the Copernicus Contributing Missions Rapid Response Desk Service
GAF AG, an e-GEOS S.p.A. (Telespazio S.p.A./ASI) company, has been entrusted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to set up and operate the Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) Rapid Response Desk […]
SSC’s ground station contracts for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been awarded several additional satellite ground station contracts by ESA for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program. The new contracts include ground station support from both […]
ESA and Seamless Air Alliance drive 5G Non-Terrestrial Network connectivity for aviation
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Seamless Air Alliance (SAA) have made key achievements in the development of 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) for aviation connectivity. Following a formalised partnership in […]
The INFLECION project to address maritime safety and sustainability from space
The European Space Agency (ESA) and AAC Clyde Space have jointly signed a contract for the first phase of satellite constellation project INFLECION—this initiative will transform Maritime Domain Awareness by […]
XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations
XMM-Newton The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results […]
Los Angeles struggles to contain wildfires
Five wildfires – the largest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires – are still currently burning (as of January 10, 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles […]
Teledyne Space Imaging awarded payload contract for the CAS instrument on LISA, the ESA Space Observatory mission
Teledyne Space Imaging has been awarded the role of Prime Contractor for the CAS (Constellation Acquisition Sensor) instrument, contributing to the ESA mission, LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna). The UK […]
Forrester’s Digest: UK to test-remove OneWeb satellite from space
Japan’s UK subsidiary of its Astroscale is getting itself ready with its Critical Design Review of a ‘space tug’ which is planned to remove a OneWeb satellite from its low […]