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 […]
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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 […]
Debris from DART impact could reach Earth
In 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft made history, and changed the Solar System forever, by impacting the Dimorphos asteroid and measurably shifting its orbit around the larger Didymos asteroid. In the process […]
SpaceX launches ESA’s Galileo L13 navigation satellite, Europe’s alternative to American and Russian GPS
On Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to orbit from to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
SpaceX ready for Galileo L13 launch on Tuesday
SpaceX is now scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit, on Tuesday, September 17th, at 3:51 PM – 4:24 PM PDT from Space Launch […]
SpaceX to launch ESA’s Galileo L13, two more satellites for Europe’s alternative to American GPS
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit, on Sunday, September 15th, at 3:57 PM – 4:39 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex […]