Satellites

Satellites 5 March 2024

U.S. Space Force Awards Boeing WGS-12 Communications Satellite Production Contract

The Protected Wideband Satellite is designed to provide high-data rate tactical communications in contested jamming environmentsTwelfth satellite in the Boeing-designed WGS constellation ensures U.S. military retains resilient communication networkWGS-12 will…

Satellites 28 February 2024

ERS-2 reenters Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

At approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on Wednesday 21 February 2024, ESA’s ERS-2 satellite completed its atmospheric reentry over the North Pacific Ocean. No damage to property has been reported….

Satellites 21 February 2024

Merah Putih-2 telecommunications satellite successfully launched

Set to provide more capacity over the Indonesian archipelago Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 21, 2024 – Merah Putih-2 telecommunications satellite, formerly named Telkomsat HTS 113BT, was successfully launched atop a…

SAUDI ARABIA OFFICIALLY OPENS DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET TO INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FLIGHT OPERATORS AS AGLOBAL AVIATION HUB

News, Satellites 2 February 2024

U-Space: many challenges to meet in 2024

U-Space, a company that designs nanosatellites, like all Newspace companies (a group of startups involved in the space industry and commerce) faces the challenges of financing, public acceptance, recruitment and…

Satellites 29 January 2024

Airbus Announces Purchase of Eutelsat Oneweb’s Stake in Satellite Constellation Manufacturing Joint Venture

Washington D.C., USA, 29 January 2024 – Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. announced completion of a deal with Eutelsat OneWeb to purchase its 50% share of the Airbus OneWeb…

Satellites 29 January 2024

Korea’s KASS satellite navigation system certified by national authorities and enters operational service

The KASS regional system was developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor under a contract signed with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute – The project has been strongly supported…

News, Satellites 13 November 2023

Two ESA Φ-lab-enabled satellites launched

MANTIS, the first satellite mission to be supported from concept to liftoff by ESA’s Earth Observation InCubed programme, was launched yesterday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. MANTIS carries a…

News, Satellites 13 October 2023

Antarctic ice shelf demise

Friday, 13 October 2023 New research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA’s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica’s ice shelves:…

News, Satellites 15 September 2023

Galileo becomes faster for every user

ESA satnav receiver vans – driving between the busy heart of Rotterdam, quiet countryside, and the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre – have confirmed that Galileo signals now provide a first…

News, Satellites 15 September 2023

Thaicom contracts Airbus for a OneSat flexible telecommunications satellite

9th Airbus-built software defined satellite will expand capacity to Thaicom for broadband applications @AirbusSpace @Thaicom #OneSat Toulouse, 11 September 2023 – Thaicom Public Company Limited, a leading Asian satellite operator and space technology…