The global company Spire, which specializes in using continuous global monitoring to track aircraft, ships and weather patterns using a large constellation of CubeSats, is now an ESA Third Party […]
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Rocket Factory Augsburg names eight customers on second flight
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for German launcher […]
HummingSat is the world’s first commercial GEO smallsat creating a new chapter in space innovation
Inspired by the tiny, fast-moving hummingbird, ESA and SWISSto12 have signed a contract for the full development of a new product line of satellites called HummingSat. SWISSto12 is a manufacturer […]
SES-led consortium for EAGLE-1 system welcomes TNO and Airbus to deliver optical ground station
The SES-led consortium of European companies, responsible for development of the quantum secure space-based EAGLE-1 system and working in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), is joined by TNO and Airbus […]
Building the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way: Belgian astronomers contribute to the Gaia Focused Product Releases
The Gaia satellite has been charting the sky since 2014, and its map includes stars that are a million times fainter than can be seen with the naked eye. Published […]
NASA’s Webb reveals methane, carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b, and maybe water
A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and […]
UPDATE 2: Objects are detected in the vicinity of ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission target — with debris then impacting the spacecraft itself
On August 10th, 2023, ESA’s Space Debris Office was informed by the United States 18th Space Defense Squadron that new objects have been detected in the vicinity of a payload […]
Canada to contribute to an ESA exoplanet mission
The Canadian Space Agency will contribute to the ESA’s Ariel space telescope mission that will launch in 2029. The first astronomy mission of its kind, Ariel will study the atmospheres […]
Rhodes wildfire in Greece forces thousands to flee
Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island’s mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus […]
Libre Space Foundation’s 2 Million Euros PHASMA project with ESA for development of three open-source CubeSats
Libre Space Foundation is announcing another major project involving undertaking the PHASMA project regarding the design and development of three open-source CubeSats. The three CubeSats are tasked to oversee the […]