SKY Perfect JSAT and Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed a contract to build JSAT-31, a new generation of software-defined satellite based […]
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Beyond Gravity: Key products for new European navigation satellites
The past weekend witnessed two additional European Galileo navigation satellites launched into orbit. In parallel, work on the second generation of Galileo satellites is already underway on Earth. Beyond Gravity […]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus pressurized cargo modules completed by Thales Alenia Space
Conceived in the 2000s, the first Cygnus pressurized cargo modules (PCM) were designed and built to ferry supplies to the International Space Station in the so-called standard version, with a […]
Forrester’s Digest: GEO satellite demand decreases plus Eutelsat OneWeb + Intelsat
The Satellite 2024 conference in Washington opened with its regular panel of satellite manufacturing executives. They admitted that demand for their geostationary craft had dropped. Chris Johnson, CEO at Maxar […]
Thales Alenia Space awarded one of two ESA LEO-PNT orbit demonstrators
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a contract with European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver an end to end solution for the LEO-PNT […]
Thales Alenia Space to develop the radar instrument for ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer Harmony satellites mission
Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a first 7M€ contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the Earth Observation Synthetic Aperture […]
Thales Alenia Space contracts with Italian Space Agency to develop communications system for International Mars Ice Mapper mission
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a contract with the Italian space agency (ASI) to develop the communications subsystem for the innovative International […]
Astroscale to lead consortium to secure UK Space Agency contract for ADR Refueling Mission
Astroscale Ltd. has successfully bid for the UK Space Agency’s Active Debris Removal (ADR) Refuelling feasibility study. This £2 million UKSA study program marks a significant milestone in the mission […]
SpaceX sends Telkomsat’s Merah Putih 2 mission soaring
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, […]
SpaceX plans Tuesday launch of Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 for Indonesia’s Telkomsat
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, February 20 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]