The first satellite developed under the Triton-X multi-mission platform program for low Earth orbit is on its way to be integrated onto the launcher for its inaugural flight. Developed under […]
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Galileo Second Generation enters full development phase
The main procurements batch of Galileo Second Generation initiated last summer has been finalized — the system is now ready for its In Orbit Validation development phase. ESA Director of […]
Students successfully conclude the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats
Last April, students from six CubeSats Teams successfully concluded the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats as part of ESA Academy‘s new Fly Your Satellite! (FYS!) Design Booster Program — […]
ESA’s wind mission satellite Aeolus to die fiery death setting standard for safe reentry
ESA’s wind mission, Aeolus, will soon be lowered in orbit leading to its fiery reentry and burn-up through Earth’s atmosphere. ESA’s efforts to ensure a safe return surpass international standards […]
CGI to extend machine learning to LEO satellite network optimization
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has been awarded a further contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under ESA’s ARTES Core Competitiveness program, with the support of the UK Space Agency, […]
ESA oversees on-orbit cybersecurity demo
Under ESA’s supervision, a team of experts from Thales Alenia Space recently performed a cybersecurity demonstration that revealed they could covertly access parts of ESA’s OPS-SAT spacecraft that are usually […]
Exxelia components aboard NASA’s JUICE mission
Exxelia components are being used aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission. Exxelia components are used in many of the embedded systems on board the […]
The UK’s University of Bristol satellite (UoBSat) team concludes their smallsat test campaign at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility
The UoBSat team from the University of Bristol in the UK recently completed their environmental test campaign for the PROVE-Pathfinder, a CubeSat imaging payload, as part of the Fly Your […]
Thales first cybersecurity exercise seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite
The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency’s OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking […]
European Space Agency (ESA) is developing space-based solar power plant plans
ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale, space-based, solar power plants, representing a crucial step in the agency’s new SOLARIS initiative — maturing the feasibility of […]