Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), a provider of advanced imaging solutions, has launched a suite of sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging that are onboard the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite. MetOp-SG-A1 […]
Europe's Spaceport
Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite — which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package — is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from […]
Arianespace to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites and CNES’s MicroCarb satellite on July 25 from French Guiana
On Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025), Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, […]
Orbex pre-selected by ESA in European launcher challenge
Orbex, the UK-based orbital launch services company, has been pre-selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to take part in its prestigious European Launcher Challenge (ELC). Orbex was selected against […]
Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C
On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission […]
A new chapter for Ariane 6 + Vega launchers with the P160C rocket motor
The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on April 24th at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency […]
ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport
ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April […]
Arianespace’s successful top secret launch for French military
The CSO-3 military observation satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane 6 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. Carrying a very-high-resolution optical instrument built by Thales Alenia […]
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 to launch the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency’s CSO-3 satellite
On February 26, 2025 at 1:24 p.m. local time (4:24 p.m. UTC, 5:24 p.m. CET), Arianespace will launch the CSO-3 satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French […]
Airbus awarded Bundeswehr contract for MILSATCOM system + Sentinel-2C on the move
Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation, secure, military satellite system that includes geostationary satellites as well as ground segment, […]