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...
on 06/12/2018 at 10h45
Thales Alenia Space has signed two contracts — one with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) and one with Hanwha Systems Corporation (HSC) — relating to the development of a constellation of four high-agility, high-resolution radar satellites for Korea's Agency for Defence Development (ADD), under...
on 30/11/2018 at 17h52
For its next mission, scheduled for 4th December, an Ariane 5 ECA will launch two satellites: India's GSAT-11 and Korea's GEO-KOMPSAT-2A. It will be the 102nd flight of Ariane 5, the sixth of 2018 and the tenth launch of the year from the CSG. With a launch mass of 5,854kg, GSAT-11 is an...
on 27/11/2018 at 12h56
InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) — the 12th mission of the NASA Discovery Program — has successfully arrived on the surface of Mars for a two-year mission. Having completed an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458-million-km) journey...
on 22/11/2018 at 12h01
Arianespace successfully launched the Mohammed VI-B satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco on 20th November from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The launch marked the 13th consecutive success for the Vega light launcher since it entered service in 2012 and its 10th mission carrying an Earth...
on 21/11/2018 at 14h50
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat to build two new-generation Hotbird telecommunication satellites to replace the current spacecraft and enhance capacity at Eutelsat’s broadcasting position 13° East. Eutelsat becomes the launch customer for Eurostar Neo. The two satellites will ensure full...
on 15/11/2018 at 12h24
India's GSLV MkIII launch vehicle successfully launched GSAT-29, a high-throughput communication satellite at 5.08 pm IST on 14th November from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. It was the second developmental flight of India's upgraded Geosynchronous...
on 05/11/2018 at 10h24
Airbus delivered the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its site in Bremen, Germany on 5th November. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Airbus as the prime...
on 31/10/2018 at 12h30
Japan's H-2A launcher has successfully orbited the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Greenhouse gas Observing SATellite-2 (GOSAT-2), along with the United Arab Emirates KhalifaSat satellite. The launch took place from the Tanegashima Space Centre on 29th October. GOSAT-2, also known as IBUKI-2,...
on 30/10/2018 at 09h10
Airbus Defence and Space will continue to provide access to its radar satellite data to Ursa Space Systems (Ursa), a data fusion and analytics company. The two companies signed a four-year extension to the initial contract signed in 2015. Under this agreement, Ursa will analyse and fuse radar data...
on 29/10/2018 at 14h53
The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was successfully placed into orbit by a Chinese Long March 2C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan launch base in Inner Mongolia on 29th October. CFOSat’s solar array deployed successfully 32 minutes after lift-off, and the satellite started its science...
on 24/10/2018 at 16h08
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced the signature of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission (EC) and the European GNSS Agency (GSA), for the development and deployment of the next...
on 24/10/2018 at 10h53
The French-Chinese CFOSat satellite is set for launch on 29th October atop a Chinese Long March 2C vehicle from the Jiuquan launch base in Inner Mongolia. This science mission to study ocean surface winds and waves is the first Franco-Chinese joint project in space. Developed by France's CNES space...
on 23/10/2018 at 15h25
ArianeGroup has completed qualification testing of the re-ignitable Vinci engine that will power the upper stage of Ariane 6. The 148th and final test was successfully completed on 12th October on the PF52 test bench at ArianeGroup’s Vernon site. The final test had a duration of more than 15...
