Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announces that SWISSto12 has selected the Keysight Payload Test System (PTS) to validate the RF payloads of its first HummingSat geostationary satellite, Intelsat 45. The HummingSat is a […]
European Space Agency (ESA)
European space firms set specifications for optical links
Sending vast quantities of data between satellites speedily and securely means using light to communicate. Now a group of space companies, research centers and universities working with ESA has established […]
Airbus selects TESAT to provide quad microwave power module
In 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) and TESAT launched a development program to improve the functionalities and design of Microwave Power Modules (MPMs) — this program laid the foundation […]
Big Earth imager to be tested on small Vega CubeSat
A briefcase-sized CubeSat being flown on Europe’s next Vega launcher this week will gather 340 km wide views of Earth’s vegetation growth, employing a spectral imager originally designed for ESA’s decade-in-flight […]
ESA + Axiom Space forge partnership for future space exploration
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Axiom Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaborative opportunities in human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. Key areas addressed in […]
Vega launcher’s fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings
Spain’s trio of ANSER CubeSats, due to fly on Europe’s next Vega launcher, will fly like a flock of birds on-orbit — in more ways than one. Keeping in formation […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI) launches JAXA payloads
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) lifted off on a H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 08:42 JST / 00:42 […]
Ariane 6 core stage hot fire test on the launch pad is successful
The Ariane 6 core stage has successfully carried out its first complete hot-fire test on its launch pad, as part of the combined tests campaign. This hot-fire test occurred after […]
UCAnFly moves to satellite production
UCAnFly, a CubeSat project from the University of Cadiz, Spain, is marking significant strides toward its own production and launch. Part of the third edition of Fly Your Satellite!, an […]
The James Webb Telescope captures an image of a cosmic whirlpool
The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Unlike the menagerie of weird and wonderful spiral galaxies […]