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The 1st pair of 2Gen Airbus-built weather satellites enter test phase

April 6, 2023

The Airbus built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A and B, will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction — the backbone of our daily […]

Filed Under: Airbus, MetOp, News, Polar Orbits, Satellite Testing, Testing + Verification, Weather Forecasting, Weather Satellites

Rocket Factory Augsburg and SaxaVord Spaceport plan first launch

January 11, 2023

Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) and SaxaVord Spaceport have today announced their launch operations partnership. RFA will have exclusive access to Launch Pad Fredo for orbital launches, […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Earth Observation (EO), Europe, Launch Agreement, Partnerships, Polar Orbits, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Space Communications, Testing, United Kingdom (UK)

ULA launches NASA’s third in a series polar-orbiting weather satellites for NOAA and re-entry tech demo

November 21, 2022

NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency […]

Filed Under: Climate, Forecasting, LEO, Mars, Monitoring, Moon, NASA, NOAA, Polar Orbits, SmallSat, Tracking, United Launch Alliance, Vandenberg SFB, Weather

Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite

June 28, 2022

Airbus has been awarded a 160 million euros contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FORUM satellite to measure heat emitted from the Earth into space. FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Earth Observation (EO), Europe, Infrared, Interferometry, Polar Orbits, Satellite Build, SmallSat

Open Cosmos signs contract with ESA to develop the smallsat NanoMagSat constellation concept

May 30, 2022

Open Cosmos has announced their latest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the NanoMagSat mission concept. The NanoMagSat mission concept consist of a smallsat constellation to monitor the […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Consortium, Constellation, Contracts, ESA, Ionospheric Environment, Magnetic Field, Monitoring, Polar Orbits, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

An Agreement For Launch Facilities Signed By Rocket Factory Augsburg AG + Australia’s Southern Launch

February 10, 2022

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has partnered with Southern Launch, a South Australian rocket launch facility provider. This partnership allows for the German launcher RFA ONE to be launched from […]

Filed Under: Agreement, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Vehicle, Polar Orbits, SSO Tagged With: Featured

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