Added Value Solutions (AVS) has signed a major contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead one of the two parallel studies for the design and development of the […]
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Swarm satellites use magnetic signals to reveal Earth’s hidden ocean mysteries
ESA’s Swarm mission, utilizing the faint magnetic signals generated by Earth’s ocean tides, offers groundbreaking insights into undersea magma distribution and potential changes in global ocean temperatures and salinity. These […]
ESA Satellite ready for close-up
European Space Agency’s Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Rendezvous, Approach and Landing Simulator, GRALS — part of its Guidance, Navigation and Control Test Facilities at the ESTEC technical centre in […]
XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations
XMM-Newton The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results […]
UP Aerospace conducts latest research mission from Spaceport America
UP Aerospace launched its 21st suborbital space flight from the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport — Spaceport America. One of Spaceport America’s foundational tenants, UP Aerospace partnered with NASA’s Flight […]
IRIS2 lifts off as European Commission and SpaceRISE sign contract in Brussels
SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES, has signed the agreement with the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that will see the consortium design, deliver […]
Forrester’s Digest: EU spends €10bn on Starlink rival
The IRIS2 project for hundreds of satellites was confirmed December 16th with the signing of contracts worth €10.6 billion with the SpaceRISE consortium. The consortium, led by satellite operators SES, […]
Space Data Association signs the Zero Debris Charter
The Space Data Association (SDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) decided last month to strengthen their cooperation on space safety and sustainability — the SDA signed the Zero Debris […]
ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 December 2024 at 22:20 […]
Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday
Update: launch postponed to Thursday 5 December 2024. Due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry, the launch chronology has been stopped. The earliest targeted launch […]