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AerospaceAirbus signs MOU for future space cooperation
With the Hellenic HSA
Airbus and the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering future space cooperation. The MOU will focus on Earth observation, space exploration and future growth... more
AerospaceHerschel/Planck: 10 years later
A large-scale project in close collaboration with Esa
On May 14, 2009, just ten years ago today, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, with two spacecraft, Herschel and Planck.The two spaceborne observatories,... more
AerospaceBlue Origin announced Blue Moon lunar lander
It will powered by the BE-7 engine
Blue Moon lunar lander: Blue Origin announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. The cargo... more
AerospaceTAS marks key milestone in the ExoMars 2020 ESA mission
The laboratory is now ready to be integrated on-board the rover
After a challenging engineering phase, the Analytical Laboratory Drawer (ALD), the core of the Rover of the ExoMars 2020 ESA Program, has been successfully integrated and tested by Thales Alenia Space... more
AerospaceAirbus to build multimission satellite for Measat
The first one that includes a High Throughput Satellite (HTS)
Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”), the Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in... more
AerospaceNew Zefiro 40 engine test bench (Vega C)
The inaugural flight is scheduled for early next year
The "firing test" of the Zefiro 40 engine was successfully carried out yesterday in Sardinia, which will provide the necessary boost to the second stage of the Vega C, the new and best performing European... more
AerospaceTAS and consortium achieve milestone for Telesat's LEO satellite constellation
Completion of System Definition and Risk Management Phase
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and Maxar Technologies have completed an important milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation.The consortium has now... more
AerospaceLaunch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
It will be launched into orbit in July by an Ariane 5 launcher
The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway (SDH) network (also known as EDRS), will be launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East on 24 July 2019 by an Ariane 5 launcher. Once po... more
AerospaceHisdesat selects consortium to build Spainsat NG satellites
Advanced technologies for the Next Generation secure communications
A four co-primes consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space-TAS (JV betweenThales 67%, and Leonardo 33%) in Spain and France, and Airbus in Spain and France, has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos... more
AerospaceDragon resupply mission (CRS-17) launch
It separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about 9 minutes after liftoff -VIDEO
On Saturday, May 4, SpaceX launched its seventeenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-17) at 2:48 am EDT, or 6:48 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,... more
AerospaceSpaceX: a Crew Dragon spaceship explodes in a test
Joint investigation opened with NASA -VIDEO
NASA's times are getting longer to bring its own astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), because last Saturday a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft exploded during a test in the "John F. Kennedy"... more
AerospaceISS. From Russia: risk of collision with debris from the satellite destroyed by India
Warning that follows that of the director of NASA
The satellite debris destroyed by the Indian missile could endanger the security of the International Space Station (ISS). It was Roman Fattakhov, a senior assistant to the director of the Roscosmos Situational... more
Aerospace"Cygnus" spacecraft to the ISS
The enhanced PCM developed by TAS delivers 3,500 kg of cargo
The "Cygnus" spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, o... more
AerospaceRussia. Putin: "Aerospace industry must also provide civil technologies"
Objective: to improve the quality of life
Speaking at a meeting of the Russian Security Council, President Vladimir Putin called for a series of interventions to strengthen Russia's space and aerospace industry, also improving its management model... more
AerospaceStratolaunch Systems: maiden flight of the largest aircraft in the world
Powered by 6 motors it will allow to put satellites in orbit -VIDEO
After a series of ground tests, the Stratolaunch Model 351 made its first flight over the week-end. The giant plane designed by the engineers of Stratolaunch Systems and Scaled Composites, the companies... more
Aerospace"I see Earth! It is so beautiful"
58 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
"I see Earth! It is so beautiful". An historical and indelible phrase pronounced on 12 April 1961 by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board the Vostok-1 spacecraft. The first man to go into space.... more
AerospaceSpace: the landing on the Moon of the Israeli Beresheet failed
No problem Falcon Heavy launching and returning on Earth -VIDEO
Yesterday could be a double historic day for space exploration since the landing of Israeli probe Beresheet (Genesis in Hebrew) and the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy were expected to put a series of... more
AerospaceSES' O3B MEO satellites in orbit
20 ones built by Thales Alenia Space -VIDEO
The four latest satellites in the O3b constellation built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), jv between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%, as prime-contractor for SES were successfully launched yesterday from the... more
AerospaceNASA. Bridenstine: "India missile test a danger for human flight into space"
400 debris generated by the destroyed satellite
Still critical of the anti-satellite missile test carried out by India: NASA director Jim Bridenstine also pointed out that "400 orbital debris have been created that have seriously endangered the International... more
AerospaceAirbus prepares Cheops satellite for launch
Final technical review successfully passed
Airbus Defence and Space has completed construction of the Cheops satellite (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite). The European Space Agency (ESA) recently gave the green light at the Qualification and... more
AerospaceNASA-Roscosmos: asked for the reprogramming of the Soyuz missions
The cause is the delays of the Crew Dragon spacecraft
The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) could accept the proposal to schedule a further launch of a manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) advanced by the NASA, which has also requested... more
AerospaceNASA. Pence: "We will return to the Moon by 2024"
Announcement of the vice president shortening the time
At the end of last night's meeting of the US National Space Council, US Vice President Mike Pence announced to the press that "the policy and goal of our administration is to bring the astronauts back... more
AerospaceIndia. Modi: "We are a space superpower"
Successfully destroyed a satellite with a missile
In a message to the Nation the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of a missile test that killed a satellite in the low Earth orbit, in an exercise that makes India the fourth country in... more
AerospaceRoscosmos. Rogozin: "We work to create a fixed lunar base"
Program that will complement the one for the new space station
The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) among the objectives for the future has the collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway,... more
Aerospace"Brexit" preparedness (2): removal of Galileo back-up sites from UK continues
Daily news by European Commission
As part of its "Brexit" preparedness work, the Commission is taking the necessary operational steps to ensure business continuity and preserve the security of the Galileo satellite navigation system after... more
AerospaceNASA: news on the future of SLS will be published this week
It will probably remain central to future explorations of the Moon and Mars
During this week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) should announce if it will slow down the development of the Space Launch System rocket by deciding to use commercial launchers... more
AerospacePrisma (2). Vega: 14th launch, an all Italian mission
The launcher built by Avio
Italy is behind tonight’s 14th successful VEGA space launcher mission, built by Avio. At about 3AM tonight, the rocket produced in Colleferro, near Rome, took off from the space base in French Guiana, b... more
AerospacePrisma satellite launched (Italian Asi): take-off aboard Vega launcher
It will provide hyperspectral images of Earth -VIDEO
Starting tonight Italy’s PRISMA satellite has begun its mission orbiting Earth. Its hyperspectral eyes will soon observe and acquire new images of Earth giving insight into its natural resources. PRISMA i... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Giorgio Saccoccia will be the new president
The engineer is also highly respected by Roberto Battiston
The possibility that the engineer Giorgio Saccoccia will be appointed, these days, as the new President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is increasingly concrete. The choice is up to the Minister of Education,... more
AerospaceTAS reached key-milestone for NanoRacks Airlock module
Shell ready to ship for Bishop for the ISS
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that the shell for the Bishop airlock module is ready to ship to the NanoRacks integration facility in Houston,... more
AerospaceNasa. Bridenstine: "We are evaluating different hypotheses to return to the Moon"
Initially, commercial rockets will be used
Speaking in front of Committee in the US Senate, the NASA Director Jim Bridenstine explained that the agency is considering using commercial rockets to transport astronauts to the Moon, actually opening... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Prisma satellite launch postponed
Due to security reasons; new date set
Asi, the Italian space agency, announced yesterday in a note that it is set for 2:50 am (Italian time) the night between 21 and 22 March, the liftoff of the Italian satellite, Prisma (PRecursore IperSpettrale... more
AerospaceNASA: in 2028 the man will return to the Moon
First step towards the exploration of Mars
By 2024, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send a lander to the Moon with no men on board, so as to demonstrate that it still has the technological capabilities and skills to... more
AerospaceThe telecommunication satellite project for Nepal has been launched
TAS to support Nepal in its official entry into the space community
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed today an agreement under which Thales Alenia Space will build... more
AerospaceNASA-SpaceX: today the return to Earth of the Crew Dragon
If all goes well within the first year with human mission
Today, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth, thus completing its first mission on the International Space Station (ISS). If all goes well, the engineers of the company created by Elon Musk... more
Aerospacee-GEOS will manage two crucial projects for emergencies and crisis
Contracts for a total value of 37 million euros
e-GEOS, a company set up by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%), has signed two contracts with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and with European Union Satellite Centre... more
AerospaceSpaceX: Crew Dragon docks to the ISS
First US spaceship to return in orbit -VIDEO
After the launch on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral from the same launching pad from where the Saturn V of the Apollo Mission took off, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrier rocket brought... more
AerospaceEutelsat’s KONNECT satellite successfully mated
First Spacebus Neo all-electric platformfrom TAS passes key milestone
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) announced today that the platform and payload of Eutelsat’s KONNECT communicationssatellite have been successfully mated. K... more
AerospaceTAS to provide key communication equipment
To NASA for PACE and WFIRST missions
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has awarded Thales Alenia Space (TAS) two contracts concerning the delivery of the Transponders and the Travelling... more
AerospaceNASA: criticism at SpaceX and Boeing for the problems emerging from spacecraft
Defects that could lengthen the time for their launch
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) would have asked the companies SpaceX and Boeing to make their utmost to solve all the problems that emerged during the test phase to the respective... more
AerospaceUSA: Trump signs the act that establishes the "Space Force"
The final vote will be of the Congress
The US President Donald Trump signed yesterday the act that formalises the birth of the "Space Force" which -at the moment- will be submitted to the Department of the Air Force and its Secretary Heather... more
AerospaceLeoStella inaugurates smallsat production plant
Joint project Tas and Spaceflight Industries
LeoStella, a smallsat design and manufacturing company, announced the official inauguration of its production facilities in Tukwila, Wash. The company is a joint-venture between Thales Alenia Space, jv... more
AerospaceVirgin Orbit. LauncherOne destined to revolutionize space exploration
In the future, the satellites will be put in orbit after 24 hours of the request
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson explained that his company (Virgin Orbit) could replace every type of satellite in orbit "within 24 hours, even if these were destroyed during a conflict". Phrases... more
AerospaceNASA. Bridenstine: "We will return to the Moon by 2028"
First step towards the exploration of Mars
Supported by President Donald Trump, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is accelerating plans to bring back an astronaut to the Moon, where man has been missing since December 1972... more
AerospaceUnited States: open investigation on SpaceX vectors
Doubts of the Pentagon on the conformity of the USAF certifications
From the Department of Defense there are doubts about the certification given by the US Air Force (USAF) to the carrier rockets of SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, as this could have been given inappropriately.... more
AerospaceAirbus-Hisdesat: the first TerraSAR-X/PAZ radar interferogram was developed
Step demonstrates the mission capacity for cross-sensor interferometry, whose processing is challenging
Airbus Defence and Space and Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos, SA have generated the first joint TerraSAR-X / PAZ Radar Interferogram. This milestone demonstrates the missions’ capacity for cross-sensor in... more
AerospaceUSA: Pentagon warns about the risks of anti-satellite laser weapons
China and Russia would be working on it
A new report by the US Department of Defense warned that China and Russia would be developing laser weapons capable of destroying satellites in orbit, in an attempt to threaten the pre-eminent position... more
AerospaceAirbus invests in the future of its aerospace site near Munich
For EUR 25 million
Airbus is expanding its aerospace activities at its site in Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, near Munich. Today, it has reached two new milestones, with Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder and Dirk Hoke, CEO... more
AerospaceASECNA launches study to supply satellite navigation services in Africa
Contract signed between the agency and TAS in Dakar
The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), on February 8... more
AerospaceSpace. In March, the first unmanned launch for Crew Dragon
For July 2019 the return to the NASA missions with astronauts on board
The first unmanned flight of the Crew Dragon shuttle developed and produced by SpaceX is expected to take place on the 2nd of March, anticipating the launch of the Boeing Starliner capsule, in a program... more