The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite has passed the Critical Design Review (CDR), a key step to start the manufacturing of the satellite ahead of planned launch in […]
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Teledyne e2v Space Imaging celebrates sensors success as Aeolus de-orbits
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging , part of Teledyne Technologies, designed and built sensors for Aeolus, the first European Space Agency (ESA) satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth’s wind on […]
EnduroSat’s Balkan constellation selected by ESA + the EU for the Copernicus Contributing Missions
EnduroSat’s Balkan Constellation has been selected by ESA and the European Union (EU) for the Copernicus Contributing missions. The Balkan Constellation is another step in EnduroSat’s mission of making space […]
ESA’s Copernicus reveals carbon monoxide from fires in Canada
As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be […]
Sun-watching Proba-3 formation flyers tested for take-off
ESA’s pair of Sun-watching Proba-3 satellites have been placed in take-off configuration (see image above), one on top of the other, for testing in simulated launch and space conditions at […]
INTEGRASYS develops MOBISAT + completes ESA’s ARTES program project
INTEGRASYS has successfully completed the MOBISAT project, carried out under the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Core Competitiveness program with the support of the Centre […]
ESA’s CubeMAP mission development terminated
After very careful consideration, ESA’s Earth Observation Program Board has taken the decision to terminate the development of CubeMAP as a Scout satellite mission. This decision is based on the […]
PLD Space achieves major milestone and prepares for launch of MIURA 1 micro rocket
The Spanish company, PLD Space, achieved a major milestone for European Space by successfully completing the hot test of MIURA 1 from its launch base in El Arenosillo (Huelva). The […]
ClearSpace to launch the first active debris removal mission with Arianespace Vega C
ClearSpace and Arianespace have signed a launch contract for ClearSpace-1, the first, active, debris removal mission that will capture and deorbit a derelict space debris object of more than 100 […]
TRL Space awarded ESA funding
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently issued the first contract for the Lunar Geology Orbiter (LUGO), under which the international consortium led by Czech company TRL Space, will define the […]