When sizing space telecommunications systems, the ability to counter adverse atmospheric effects on ground to-satellite communication links is a key competitive advantage. It also optimizes the performance of future high-data-rate…
Space can help to identify historic landscapes and conserve cultural buildings. Find out how by joining a free ESA digital workshop introduced by UNESCO’s chief cultural heritage manager alongside ESA’s…
Both main satellite modules successfully mated Eurostar Neo: increased payload capacity and more efficient power and thermal control systems for video connectivity Toulouse, 12 February 2021 – Airbus Defence and…
The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is investigating the martian atmosphere. Discovering new gases related to active process and looking for their sources is a key goal of the mission….
The CADMOS centre for the development of microgravity applications and space operations at CNES’s Toulouse Space Centre (CST) prepared and monitored the seven experiments that the agency conceived for Thomas…
Monday, 12 October 2020 Swirling fragments of past space endeavours are trapped in orbit around Earth, threatening our future in space. Over time, the number, mass and area of these…
21 September 2020 ASD is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Alessandro Profumo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Italy-based multinational Leonardo, as President of the AeroSpace and…
September 2020 – ESA’s Kiruna ground station in northern Sweden celebrates 30 years of space excellence. Near the top of the world, at a latitude of almost 68° north and…
New software will allow NASA ground control to analyze radiation exposure measurements taken aboard crewed spacecraft in real time while simultaneously assessing health-related risks and outcomes. A description of the…
Airbus innovative payload to launch on Faraday-1 satellite Airbus developed next generation retaskable software defined radio payload to be proven in space Airbus’ newspace initiative Prometheus will see rapid in-orbit…
The Société astronomique de France (SAF, the French astronomical society) awarded its prestigious international Jules-Janssen Prize to Alessandro Morbidelli (Italy – 2018).
On Tuesday 3 May 2016, Marwan Lahoud, President of GIFAS (the French Aerospace Industries Association), presented the 2015 results for the French Aeronautical, Space, Defence and Security Industry. “2015 was…
Wednesday 27 April in Brussels, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall took part in a lunch debate chaired by Franck Proust where he presented France’s space strategy to European MPs from…
ESA’s LISA Pathfinder lifted off earlier today on a Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves from space….