Open Cosmos has announced their latest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the NanoMagSat mission concept. The NanoMagSat mission concept consist of a smallsat constellation to monitor the Earth’s magnetic field and ionospheric environment with an innovative revisiting time strategy and combination of instruments (one self-calibrated absolute scalar/vector magnetometer combined with star trackers […]
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Creating A Scientific Pathfinder For Future ESA Space Weather Activities
INAF (ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA), POLIMI (Politecnico Milano), SkyLabs d.o.o., TU Delft, University of Maribor, University of Trento, have joined in a consortium of research institutes, universities and industry, and have won the tender “Space Weather Monitor Nanosatellites” published by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a project proposal called CUBE (CME Catcher Carousel). The […]
The Airbus Copernicus CRISTAL Mission Satellite Built For The ESA Successfully Passes The PDR
The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimetry mission CRISTAL is clearly on track. Following an intensive review process, the European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the preliminary design of the satellite meets all system requirements. CRISTAL will carry an advanced, multi-frequency altimeter that will measure sea ice thickness and ice sheet elevations – […]
Thales Alenia Space Satellites Are Honored At Prix Bulles Cardin Awards For Surveying The Planet’s Changing Climate
Some unexpected encounters, such as that between Pierre Cardin and Thales Alenia Space, open up new avenues for raising public awareness of the urgent need to develop a profitable and virtuous ecology. The key role of satellites in surveying Earth and the impacts of climate change on its environment was in the spotlight recently at […]
Key Milestone Reached By Thales Alenia Space In The Ongoing Development of Prime OBH’s Copernicus CO2M Mission For The ESA
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 million with project prime contractor OHB for the development and qualification of the payloads for the first two satellites in the CO2M mission, part of Europe’s Copernicus program. Copernicus is the core satellite […]
ESA’s Call For Uni CubeSat Team Proposals
Teams that have already assembled their hardware will have the chance to verify equipment, payloads, experiments, or entire nanosatellites making use of the CubeSat Support Facility in ESEC-Galaxia (Belgium). The ESA Academy announces two new hands-on training opportunities for University CubeSat teams. The call for proposals are open to teams, composed of bachelor, master and PhD students […]
NASA’s Swift Tracks Potential Magnetic Flip Of Monster Black Hole
A rare and enigmatic outburst from a galaxy 236 million light-years away may have been sparked by a magnetic reversal, a spontaneous flip of the magnetic field surrounding its central black hole. Explore the unusual eruption of 1ES 1927+654, a galaxy located 236 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. A sudden reversal of the […]
KSAT Will Support Gilmour Space With The Launch Of The Eris Launch Vehicle, Plus, KSAT To Provide S-a-a-S For ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite
The launch is scheduled for this year and KSAT will provide Launch- and LEOP Services to one of the leading space companies in Australia. Gilmour Space Technologies is pioneering new and innovative hybrid propulsion technologies that offers lower cost access to space. The venture-backed rocket company is developing new capabilities for launching small satellites to […]
Arianespace’s New Contract With ESA Is To Launch Radar Satellite, Sentinel-1C, On Vega-C
Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission, to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 on Vega-C. The satellite, weighing around 2.3 metric tons, will be placed in a Sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of approximately 690 km. “We are very proud of this new launch contract […]
CopaSAT’s STORM SOTM / COTM Terminal Is SOF Tested + Operational
CopaSAT has announced that the company’s SATCOM-On-The Move (SOTM) STORM satellite terminal has become the COTM terminal of choice for SOF (Special Operations Force) users. This terminal is capable of being used as both a SOTM and a Communications-on-the-Pause (COTP) terminal. Developed with CopaSAT’s unconventional warfare customers in mind, this CopaSAT exclusive solution is the […]