RAL Space’s Speqtre smallsat has passed a major milestone in its journey to space. The mission, which will demonstrate quantum key distribution (QKD) from space, has passed its critical design […]
Europe
ArianeGroup to speed up the development of Europe’s 1st reusable + eco-friendly launchers
ArianeGroup has been given responsibility for two, particularly ambitious projects to speed up the development of reusable, eco-friendly, European launchers — the company will be heading the SALTO and ENLIGHTEN […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 pushes the Thales Alenia Space-built SES-22 satellite up from Cape Canaveral SFS
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]