on 13/02/2019 at 11h45
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met with officials from the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to discuss ongoing and future space cooperation projects.
on 11/02/2019 at 15h22
The Prometheus demonstrator of a future low-cost engine for European launchers has successfully passed its definition review.
on 29/01/2019 at 14h58
A new variant of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched two satellites on 24th January.
on 29/01/2019 at 10h45
The all-new P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C was successfully tested for the second time on 28th January.
on 25/01/2019 at 14h03
Airbus Defence and Space reports that it has successfully completed the Telesat LEO Constellation System Requirements Review.
on 23/01/2019 at 17h31
OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, has delivered the first satellites for the OneWeb mega-constellation.
on 22/01/2019 at 11h14
The European Space Agency has awarded ArianeGroup a contract to prepare for a mission to the Moon with the aim of mining regolith.
on 18/01/2019 at 11h00
Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack programme.
on 16/01/2019 at 15h43
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) mission, scheduled for launch in 2023.
on 09/01/2019 at 16h37
Arianespace is gearing up for the challenges of 2019, including the transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6, due to make its first flight in 2020.
on 03/01/2019 at 16h03
Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a new tranche of the framework contract originally signed on 18th October with the European Space Agency (ESA), on behalf of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA), to develop and deploy...
on 20/12/2018 at 16h31
For its 11th and final launch of the year – and the third with the Soyuz medium launcher — Arianespace sent the CSO-1 Earth observation satellite, intended for defence and security applications, into Sun-synchronous orbit on 19th December for the French CNES (Centre National d’Etudes...
on 14/12/2018 at 12h47
ArianeGroup has been awarded the contract to supply a chemical propulsion system to place Germany’s Heinrich Hertz experimental telecommunications satellite (H2Sat) into geostationary orbit and to provide attitude control during its 15-year service life. ArianeGroup will supply a bi-propellant...
on 11/12/2018 at 11h07
Following the successful launch of the Franco-Chinese CFOSat mission on 29th October, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall has set out a series of goals for future joint space programmes between France and China. Le Gall was speaking at a preparatory meeting of the French-Chinese joint science and...
on 06/12/2018 at 12h13
Arianespace’s tenth mission of 2018, successfully completed on 4th December, placed satellite payloads for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) into geostationary transfer orbit, using an Ariane 5. Designated Flight VA246, it delivered...
