Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend and enhance the Skynet fleet — this project will involve the development, manufacture, […]
Satellites
ESA + NASA’s Solar Orbiter’s First Images Reveal ‘Campfires’ On The Sun
The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of our closest star. According […]
General Atomics Receives NASA MAIA Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to General Atomics of San Diego, California, for services required to host the agency’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) instrument on a commercial satellite in […]
Airbus to Build Optus Satellite
Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecommunications satellite from Australia’s second largest telecommunications company and leading satellite operator, Optus. The satellite will be based […]
SES Provides Satellite Capacity to Joy Learning
The Joy Learning channel’s wide reach is driven by SES’s prime orbital position at 28.2 degrees East…
Northrop Grumman Delivers Intelsat’s MEV-2 and Galaxy-30 to Launch Site
The Mission Extension Vehicle is the industry’s first satellite servicing vehicle, designed to dock with geostationary satellites…
Lockheed Martin’s LM2100™ Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
Completing TVAC was a significant milestone for the first military space satellite to be built on one of Lockheed Martin’s modernized LM 2100™ satellite buses.