Galileo is Europe’s largest satellite constellation – and the world’s most accurate satnav system. The work on Galileo began two decades ago with two test GIOVE satellites, followed by a…
Satellite operator Intelsat has placed an order for the first small geostationary “HummingSat” developed as part of ESA’s efforts to support fast, dynamic and agile private space firms in Europe….
Stevenage, 02 November 2022 – Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to…
THINKOM PASSES 30 MILLION HOURS OF OPERATIONAL TIME FOR Ku3030 PHASED ARRAY SATELLITE ANTENNAS ThinKom and Intelsat celebrate 30 million hours as the gold standard for inflight connectivity. High-speed, reliable…
Europe’s first generation Galileo constellation is already the world’s most precise satellite navigation system – delivering metre-scale positioning to more than 3.5 billion users worldwide – but Galileo Second Generation…
22 Jun 2022 Thales Alenia SpaceSatellite Navigation SystemSpace to travel and navigate Contract signed with EUSPA to develop the next version of EGNOSNew milestone in the Galileo program to improve…
Friedrichshafen, 21 June 2022 – Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series. It features a world premiere of a new separation mechanism which will help avoid space…
57th Eurostar E3000 geostationary satellite built by Airbus MEASAT-3d is equipped with C, Ku, Ka, Q/V and L-bands @AirbusSpace @MEASAT #Connectivity #SpaceMatters #NextSpace Toulouse, 14 June 2022 – The Airbus built…
World-class Earth observation satellite system developed for the Bundeswehr Latest radar technology together with very fast alignment and flexible shaping of the antenna beam enables extremely high-resolution observation of the…
Paris, 13 June 2022 – OneWeb, the global space-based communications company, will join Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), at Eurosatory 2022 to showcase their partnership…
Commercial mission will also be the precursor of Norway’s first smallsat constellation Vilnius, Lithuania, 18 May 2022 – Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has placed an order for three microsatellites…
Launched back in 2018, Aeolus has outlived its 36-month in-orbit design life – but going above and beyond, it continues to deliver excellent data. This shows that there’s life yet…
With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases. To track action, countries report their greenhouse…
With extreme weather events threatening to be more frequent and more severe as the climate crisis takes grip, it’s never been more important to have fast and accurate forecasts. ESA…
A small but powerful European telecommunications satellite – the first of a series – is to be developed under a contract signed between ESA and SWISSto12, an innovative company based…