Satellites

Satellites 2 November 2022

Bye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launch

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…

Satellites 25 October 2022

THINKOM PASSES 30 MILLION HOURS

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…

Satellites 14 September 2022

Galileo Second Generation technology tested in ESA labs

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…

News, Satellites 21 June 2022

Airbus delivers third radar for Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission with a world premiere

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…

Satellites 14 June 2022

Airbus built MEASAT-3d communications satellite ready for launch

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…

News, Satellites 13 June 2022

Airbus-built Earth observation satellite (SARah-1) ready for launch

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…

Satellites 13 June 2022

OneWeb and Telespazio partner for Eurosatory 2022 Exhibition

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…

Defence, Satellites 18 May 2022

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace orders three surveillance satellites from NanoAvionics

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…

Satellites, Space 26 April 2022

Keeper of the winds shines on

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…

Satellites 14 April 2022

Satellites improve national reporting of greenhouse gases

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…

Satellites 23 March 2022

MTG-I weather satellite passes tests in preparation for liftoff

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…

Satellites 22 March 2022

Micro-geostationary satellite enters design phase

A small but powerful European telecommunications satellite – the first of a series – is to be developed under a contract signed between ESA and…

Satellites 16 March 2022

Get SAT Introduces Two New FULLY Electronic KU ESA Solutions for Aviation, Land, and Maritime

Rehovot, Israel | Get SAT is proud to introduce its two newest electronically steerable antennas (ESA), the LESA Aero Ku and the Sling Blade KU Land Maritime (LM). Designed from…

Satellites 8 March 2022

Galileo 2nd generation satellites ready to navigate into the future

Airbus satellite design passes important project milestone Preparing for industrialised manufacturing concept@AirbusSpace @ESA_Tech @EU_Commission @EU4Space @defis_eu #Galileo #NextSpace #EUSpace #EUSPA #SatelliteNavigation Friedrichshafen, 08 March 2022…