The SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) in Florida, United States, at 5:04 p.m., local time for SES. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the first of SES’s C-band satellites dedicated to freeing up the lower […]
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Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite
Airbus has been awarded a 160 million euros contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FORUM satellite to measure heat emitted from the Earth into space. FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) will be the first satellite to observe Earth in the far-infrared part of the spectrum, providing unique measurements of the Earth’s outgoing […]
Avanti Communications + Viasat enter a long-term capacity agreement targeting the energy sector
Avanti Communications (“Avanti” has signed a long-term capacity lease agreement with Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) to help support the connectivity needs of their customers in the energy sector. Capacity from Avanti’s fleet of HYLAS Ka-band satellites will be used to extend coverage across the North Sea and Western Africa. Viasat and Avanti have a long-standing […]
New satellite navigation programs now under development by Thales Alenia Space for EGNOS + Galileo via a EUSPA contract
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a new contract with the EU Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) to develop, qualify and deploy the new European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) version. Thales Alenia Space has also just reached a new milestone in the Galileo program with […]
A world premiere for Airbus as the company delivers the third radar for the Copernicus satellite
Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series which includes a new separation mechanism to help the spacecraft avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is now en route to Thales Alenia Space facilities in Rome, Italy, where integration and testing will occur. The satellite is scheduled for […]
AAC Clyde Space garners million€ avionics contract from Space IL
AAC Clyde Space has won a 0.56 million euros contract for the company’s Sirius avionics for SpaceIL‘s moon mission, Beresheet 2, with the AAC Clyde Space avionics to be delivered during Q1 of 2024. SpaceIL’s previous mission, Beresheet 1, was the first private spacecraft to the Moon. Beresheet 2 is planned to launch in the […]
QuadSAT will benefit from ESA’s ARTES Core Competitiveness Program
QuadSAT has been awarded an additional 500,000 euros by ESA under ARTES Core Competitiveness program to enter into the product phase development project, thus continuing the successfully concluded technology phase. Within the contracted activity, QuadSAT will further develop, validate and certify its UAV testing system, providing the industry with a solution that enables flexible and […]
ThrustMe wins an ESA GSTP contract to develop + qualify an electric propulsion system
ThrustMe has been awarded an ESA GSTP contract to develop and qualify the electric propulsion system NPT30-I2-1.5U. ThrustMe technology will integrate the GomSpace lead technology demonstration GOMX-5 mission — the satellite will be equipped with several advanced payloads and ThrustMe will provide the maneuverability for orbit raising and end-of-life disposal. During the last few years, […]
ST Engineering iDirect Achieves ESA certification for aerospace manufacturing capabilities
The spaceflight industry planted a new flag in Belgium as ST Engineering iDirect announced that the company will be manufacturing components used in flight systems for spacecraft to European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standards at their Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC) in Erpe-Mere, Belgium. Following the stringent certification process by the European Space Agency (ESA), […]
Collins Aerospace brings next-gen SDR to Five Eye and NATO nations
Collins Aerospace’s next generation, software-defined, airborne communication system – ARC 210 Gen6 – is now authorized for delivery to Five Eye and NATO nations. This advanced airborne radio features the latest satellite capability (MUOS), anti-jam technology, embedded high-power output as well as the latest modernized cryptology for enhanced situational awareness (SSA) and seamless communications in […]