GomSpace is participating in the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES), an innovative initiative led by the European Space Agency (ESA). The contract value is EUR 900,000. This mission […]
Planetary Defense
ESA moves forward with OHB Italia for Apophis mission preparations
ESA has signed a contract with OHB Italia SpA worth €63 million to begin preparatory work on the Agency’s proposed Ramses mission to the infamous asteroid Apophis. On April 13, […]
Redwire enabling ESA’s 1st Planetary Defense Mission with onboard computer system
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is providing a critical onboard computer system for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, Europe’s inaugural flagship planetary defense mission. Hera is the European-led companion […]
Tyvak International completes the Test Readiness Review of the Milani smallsat
Tyvak International — together with its project partners — have announced the successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review of the Milani spacecraft. A critical component of the Hera planetary […]
ESA: Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled
Hera is complete — ESA’s asteroid mission for planetary defence was built and prepared in two halves, but now, through a painstaking operation, they have been mated together to make […]
UPDATE 2: NASA’s Hubble Spots twin tails in new image following the DART Impact
Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test […]
SBIRS GEO-5 Operationally Accepted By The USSF After Exceeding On-Orbit Testing Expectations
The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been operationally accepted by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) less than a year […]
NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Goes Online
This diagram shows the orbits of 2,200 potentially hazardous objects as calculated by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Highlighted is the orbit of the double asteroid Didymos, […]