NOAA’s satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters […]
Polar Orbits
The 1st pair of 2Gen Airbus-built weather satellites enter test phase
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 […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg and SaxaVord Spaceport plan first launch
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, […]
ULA launches NASA’s third in a series polar-orbiting weather satellites for NOAA and re-entry tech demo
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 […]
Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite
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 […]
Open Cosmos signs contract with ESA to develop the smallsat NanoMagSat constellation concept
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 […]
An Agreement For Launch Facilities Signed By Rocket Factory Augsburg AG + Australia’s Southern Launch
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 […]