The preliminary spacecraft design of ESA’s future exoplanet mission Ariel received approval from the ESA review board and passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with flying colours. This concludes the […]
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The New 2023 Earth Observation Handbook edition arrives from CEOS
The CEOS Earth Observation Handbook presents the main capabilities of satellite Earth Observations (EO), their applications and a systematic overview of present and planned CEOS agency Earth observation satellite missions […]
Airbus receives ESA TRUTHS mission contract
Airbus has been awarded the latest phase in the European Space Agency (ESA) TRUTHS mission as part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch program — the 109.3 million euros contract […]
TEKEVER secures 1st contract with CNES
TEKEVER has secured a contract with the Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French Space Agency, to test new, Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) concepts using GAMALINK, TEKEVER’s software-defined radio (SDR) to […]
Sener to lead the design + manufacture of the space capsule set to visit a pristine comet
The Sener engineering and technology group was recently selected to lead the design and manufacture of the probe for the Comet Interceptor space science mission of the European Space Agency […]
Celestia TTI-led consortium’s €9.9 million ESA contract develops Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece
A consortium led by Celestia TTI has been awarded a €9.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris […]
The Arctic Weather Satellite completed and heading for testing
Only 36 months were required to develop and build ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS). Now complete, this smallsat has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to Germany where the craft […]
EIRSAT-1 team discovers what it takes to be spacecraft operators
EIRSAT-1 is Ireland’s first satellite is designed and built by students from University College Dublin who are participating in ESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite! program. Scheduled for launch in November […]
Spire Global unveils Constellation Management Platform
Spire Global, Inc. has unveiled the firm’s Constellation Management Platform, a web-based app that simplifies satellite constellation operations through a user-friendly interface — the development of the platform is co-funded by the European […]
Square Peg Communications teams with ESA to test hybrid 5G networks between Earth + space
Square Peg Communications has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to implement an emulation environment that reliably tests a variety of scenarios across multiple satellite constellations as part […]