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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 pushes the Thales Alenia Space-built SES-22 satellite up from Cape Canaveral SFS

June 29, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, C-band, Cape Canaveral SFS, Europe, Falcon 9, FCC, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Vehicle, satBroadcasting, USA Tagged With: Featured

Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite

June 28, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Earth Observation (EO), Europe, Infrared, Interferometry, Polar Orbits, Satellite Build, SmallSat

Avanti Communications + Viasat enter a long-term capacity agreement targeting the energy sector

June 26, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Agreement, Capacity, EMEA, Energy, Europe, Satellites, USA

New satellite navigation programs now under development by Thales Alenia Space for EGNOS + Galileo via a EUSPA contract

June 23, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Constellation, Contracts, EGNOS, Europe, EUSPA, Galileo, GNSS, Government, Ground Stations

A world premiere for Airbus as the company delivers the third radar for the Copernicus satellite

June 21, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: C-band, ESA, Europe, European Commission, Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Radar, SAR, Satellites, Space Debris

AAC Clyde Space garners million€ avionics contract from Space IL

June 20, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Avionics, Business Moves, Contracts, Europe, Israel, Lunar, Lunar Lander, Mission

QuadSAT will benefit from ESA’s ARTES Core Competitiveness Program

June 20, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Antennas, Award, Business Moves, Calibration, Development, ESA, Europe, SATCOM, UAV / RPA

ThrustMe wins an ESA GSTP contract to develop + qualify an electric propulsion system

June 14, 2022

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, […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Contracts, Countermeasures, Electric Propulsion, ESA, Europe, Featured, France, In-Space Demo, LEO, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

ST Engineering iDirect Achieves ESA certification for aerospace manufacturing capabilities

June 14, 2022

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), […]

Filed Under: Agencies, ESA, Europe, Flight Systems, Manufacturing, Repair, Spacecraft, Testing, United Kingdom (UK)

Collins Aerospace brings next-gen SDR to Five Eye and NATO nations

June 13, 2022

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 […]

Filed Under: Airborne, Comms, Europe, FIve EYe, Military, NATO, SSA

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