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AerospaceThales Alenia Space welcomes decisions made by ESA’s Ministerial Council
Rome, Italy - About the European space programs in the next five years
Following the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, on December 1-2, 2016, Thales Alenia Space welcomed announcements of the allocated budget, approved strategic p... more
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AerospaceArianespace’s Vega scores its eighth success in orbiting GÖKTÜRK-1 for Turkey (2)
Kourou, French Guyana - The flight had a duration of 57 minutes and 19 seconds
The Vega lightweight launcher continued its track record of success today, lofting the GÖKTÜRK-1 Earth observation spacecraft from the Spaceport on a mission that adds another operator to those entrusting t... more
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AerospaceThe GÖKTÜRK-1 satellite launched successfully -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guyana - The first telemetry signal was acquired by the Fucino 68 minutes after launch
The Turkish Earth observation satellite GÖKTÜRK-1 was successfully launched at 10:51 (local time), at 14:51 CET. The launch was carried out by Arianespace from the European spaceport in Kourou, in French G... more
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AerospaceMOU Altec - Virgin Galactic
Rome, Italy - Aimed to study experimental sub-orbital spaceflight in Italy
ALTEC SpA, the Italian engineering and logistics service provider for the International Space Station, and VIRGIN GALACTIC LLC, the US spaceflight company within the Virgin Group, announced the signature... more
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AerospaceThe ministerial ESA. ASI: Italian accent for Europe Space 4.0
Rome, Italy - ExoMars, Space Riders, launchers and astronauts, but also telecommunications and navigations
"We set a solid pillar for ESA of tomorrow. This is a long-term investment plan for European space-based science, technology and industry; this is the new space economy that merges science within the vision... more
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AerospaceESA’s Ministerial Council in Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland - Among the cruxes to dissolve the re-financing of the ExoMars 2020 mission and the utilization of the ISS
ESA’s Ministerial Council takes place in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 1 and 2 December 2016. Ministers in charge of space activities from the 22 ESA Member States meet to decide on future space activities f... more
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AerospaceYahsat and Telespazio sign Ka-band satellite capacity agreement in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A five year contract
Yahsat and Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%), have entered into a five-year contract for integrated satellite services using Ka-band. This landmark service... more
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AerospaceVega is ready for the flight VV08
Paris, France - Fixed for next December 5 in the morning (local time in French Guiana)
Preparations for Arianespace’s latest mission at the service of Earth observation are entering their final phase, with the GÖKTÜRK-1 optical satellite now transferred to the launch zone for integration on... more
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AerospaceImportant agreement on Space cooperation signed by Italy-Japan Business Group
Rome, Italy - ASI and JAXA collaborate in the field of disaster management using data from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed and the Japanese ALOS-2
An important agreement on Space cooperation was signed last Friday in Milan during the XXVIII General Assembly meeting of the Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG). The meeting was chaired by Mauro Moretti,... more
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AerospaceNext ISS mission name and logo unveiled today
Rome, Italy - Vita (in English and in Italian) is Vitality, Innovation, Technology and Ability
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) next year for his third spaceflight. The name and logo for his mission were announced today. "Vita"... more
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AerospaceAriane 5 lifts off with four Galileo spacecraft -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guyana - The European launcher completed its sixth mission of 2016
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launcher has begun its latest mission from the Spaceport, carrying four satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Lifting off at exactly 10:06:48 am local time (November 17)... more
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AerospaceThe crew of the missions 2017 on the ISS changes: new companions for Paolo Nespoli -VIDEO
Paris, France - The partners of the International Space Station have given today the announcement
The 51/52 expedition with the NASA (American Space Agency) astronaut Jack Fischer and the spaceman Fyodor Yurchikhin will be launched in March, to reach the ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas... more
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AerospaceClinton-Trump, the great challenge: how the cosmonauts voted into the space?
Washington, Usa - Thanks to a specific law launched in 1997, they made it from the cosmos
After months of cruel electoral campaign, the decisive day of November 8 has arrived. Donald Trump is the 45th US President. This happened on the Earth. But into the space? Have you ever asked if who orbits... more
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AerospaceCOSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG): the program completion contract has been signed
Rome, Italy - Worth 77 million euros
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed an amendment to the original contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation... more
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AerospaceLeonardo will monitor the health of the Earth from Space: 74 million contract from ESA
Florence, Italy - The industry will provide the spectrometer for the FLEX Space mission, which will study the actual photosynthetic activity of vegetation on a global scale
Today Leonardo-Finmeccanica has signed a contract worth 74 million Euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create the FLEX spectrometer for the mission of the same name as part of the ESA’s ‘Earth Exp... more
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AerospaceTelespazio and Space Star Technology Corporation sign an agreement for satellite based services
Zhuhai, China - The cooperation is relevant to three main service segments
Telespazio, a Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%) joint-venture, active in satellite services, and Space Star Technology Corporation (SSTC), a Chinese company of the CAST (China Academy of Space... more
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AerospaceThales Alenia Space signed contract with Korean KARI
Rome, Italy - For South Korean Augmentation Satellite System (KASS)
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced today that it has signed a contract with the South Korean space agency KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) to supply a satellite navigation system called KASS... more
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AerospaceExoMars: key technologies tested for Europe's landing on the "Red Planet"
Rome, Italy - In view of the next mission planned in 2020
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), has announced that the 2016 ExoMars mission has taken place in order to correctly position the TGO (Trace... more
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AerospaceSchiaparelli descent data (2): decoding underway -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Important data were recorded from it and beamed back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday morning
Essential data from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander sent to its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) during the module’s descent to the Red Planet’s surface yesterday has been downlinked to Earth and is... more
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AerospaceExoMars TGO reached Mars orbit while EDM situation unders assessment: the mission's result predicted today
Rome, Italy - The elements necessary to understand the condition of things
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet, while contact h... more
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AerospaceLeonardo-Finmeccanica grows in the Space Sector increasing its stake in Avio
Rome, Italy - From ca 14% to ca 28%. The closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2017
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announces the approval by the Board of Directors of transaction aimed to increase its stake in Avio from the current ca. 14% to ca. 28%. The current majority shareholder, Cinven,... more
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AerospaceMars on the ultraviolet. Schiaparelli's descent on the planet -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Today the touchdown of the Italian lander
Today the touchdown on Mars of the Italian Schiaparelli. On the Earth new images of the Red Planet. The photos, taken by IUVIS in the ambit of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission... more
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AerospaceSchiaparelli lander of ExoMars has "Landed" on Mars
Rome, Italy - Seven months into the space to arrive on the "Red Planet"
Today afternoon, shortly after the 5:00pm (Italian hour) Schiaparelli, the module of ESA (European Space Agency) has touched the surface of the Mars planet, released last October 16 by the interplanetary... more
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AerospaceSuccessful launch of Cygnus spacecraft -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Cygnus cargo carrier, with pressurized cargo module by Thales Alenia Space, headed for the ISS
The Cygnus spacecraft has been successfully launched (OA-5 Mission) by the Antares launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility based in Virginia. T... more
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AerospaceExomars probe reaches Mars: towards landing of the Schiaparelli module -VIDEO
Paris, France - Step by step, the upgrade from ESA's space operations centre
Updates from ESA’s (European Space Agency) space operations centre informs as the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) interplanetary probe approached and entered orbit around the "Red Planet", and on the S... more
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AerospaceThe Dream Chaser for European Utilization program takes flight with MoU
Sparks, Usa - For its pilot phase
The Dream Chaser for European Utilization (DC4EU) program kicked off its pilot phase with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Telespazio, the European Space... more
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AerospaceAriane 5 continues its track record of success with Arianespace’s launch -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guyana - The European launcher carries two satellites for telecommunications
Arianespace has successfully launched the Sky Muster II satellite for Australian operator nbn (National Broadband Network) and the GSAT-18 satellite for the Indian space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research... more
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AerospaceMission completed: Rosetta's journey ended in daring descent to comet
Rome, Italy - After 12 years of discoveries finished, a mission into the history of the exploration
ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years. Confirmation of the end of the mission arrived a... more
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AerospaceVega: flight VV07 inaugurated the commercial phase -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guiana - Orders for 10 launches until 2019 ensured by Arianespace
Arianespace’s Vega continued its track record of succes, orbiting five new sets of “Eyes” that will observe the planet Earth in very high resolution: a cluster of four SkySat satellites for US-based opera... more
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AerospaceIndra will implement Spain's system for space surveillance and tracking -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Its services include collision warnings, object fragmentation and a re-entry warning service that includes information on the time and place of Earth impact
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra contracts to deploy the S3T surveillance and tracking system for objects in low Earth orbit, worth a total of €17 million. Indra has thus established i... more
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AerospaceThales Alenia Space signs phase B contract with LeoSat
Rome, Italy - To develop high-throughput, low-orbit satellite constellation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and LeoSat Enterprises, announced today the signature of the phase B contract for the development of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. It will offer very-high-speed... more
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AerospaceSuccessful firing test for the ARTA 6 solid rocket motor for the Ariane 5 booster
Colleferro, Italy - The test also provided some important data
Firing test of the Solid Rocket Motor (MPS) of the Ariane 5 booster in Kourou, French Guiana, concluded successfully. This was the sixth firing test of ARTA (Accompagnement et Recherche Technologique Ariane),... more
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AerospaceVega to launch ESA's wind mission -VIDEO
Paris, France - For the launch of the ADM-Aeolus satellite planned at the end of 2017
ESA (European Space Agency) and Arianespace signed a contract to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite. With this milestone, a better understanding of Earth’s winds is another step closer. The contract, w... more
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AerospaceSpace. A ring of fire replaces the Sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory witnesses a double Eclipse -VIDEO
Houston, USA - The "Main star" darken from Earth and Moon nearly at the same time
Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, but during SDO’s sem... more
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AerospaceNASA approves 2018 launch of Mars InSight mission
Houston, Usa - It will study the origins and the evolution path of Mars and the rocky planets of the solar system
NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval last week by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. The Interior E... more
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AerospaceThe first scientific data back from NASA’s JUNO mission from JIRAM, the Italian instrument designed to study Jupiter up-close
Rome, Italy - Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper will photograph Jupiter and analyse the images to understand the planet’s formation, evolution and structure
The JIRAM (Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper) Space spectrometer, developed for NASA’s JUNO probe by Leonardo-Finmeccanica, bursts into life, marking the start of the scientific stage of the mission to s... more
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AerospaceTelespazio VEGA secures business relationship with ESOC
Darmstadt, Germany - For another five years
The Aerospace Company Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) has successfully qualified for the Frame Contract with the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of t... more
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AerospaceJUNO, destination reached. The NASA probe, born from an intense cooperation with Italian partners, has successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit
Rome, Italy - After a journey and about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years
After a journey, started on August 5 of 2011, about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years, JUNO has reached its destination. On June, 4th 2016, at 8:53 pm (California time – i... more
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AerospaceAirbus Safran launchers JV finalised: Europe’s new space industry fully operational; original agreement signed in December 2014
Paris, France - The new-generation Ariane 6 launcher will make its first flight in 2020; 8,400 employees in the company
Airbus Group and Safran will finalise today the creation of their Airbus Safran Launchers 50/50 Joint-Venture, which becomes a fully-fledged operational company. The industry was already managing launcher... more
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AerospaceArianespace Flight VA230: Ariane 5 launch -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Third mission of 2016, two satellites in orbit
Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites for operators in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region: EchoStar XVIII for the operator DISH Network and BRIsat for the Indonesian bank PT. Bank... more
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AerospaceSupply payloads for RSCC’s Express-80 and Express-103 satellites
Rome, Italy - They will provide fixed and mobile communications, digital television and radio broadcasting
Thales Alenia Space, the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with RSCC (Russian Satellite Communication Company), Russia’s l... more
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AerospaceTelespazio exhibits at "ILA Berlin Airshow"
Rome, Italy - The industry is present with the subsidiaries VEGA Deutschland and GAF (e-GEOS)
Telespazio is present with the subsidiaries Telespazio VEGA Deutschland and GAF at the "ILA Berlin Airshow", taking place from 1-4 June 2016 at the Berlin Expo Centre Schönefeld. The event is known to... more
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AerospaceExoMars spacecraft completed functionality analysis
Rome, Italy - All systems are “Go” for this spacecraft, now en route to Mars, and the industrial team is gearing up for its rendezvous with the Red Planet in October
The ExoMars spacecraft built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) as prime-contractor for the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully completed its In-Orbit Commissioning Review (IOCR), The industry has... more
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AerospaceSuccessful launch of the Sentinel-1B -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Once in orbit, the satellite will send data to several European centers. In Italy, this data will be collected by a station at the e-GEOS Space Center in Matera
Sentinel-1B satellite, designed built by Thales Alenia Space as prime-contractor, was successfully launched by a Soyuz-Fregat A rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This satellite... more
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AerospaceThales Alenia Space-built Sentinel-1B environmental monitoring satellite ready for launch
Rome, Italy - Next April 22 from the Space center in Kourou
The Sentinel-1B satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) is ready to be launched on April 22, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, by a Soyuz-Fregat A rocket. This satellite... more
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AerospaceWith Lombardia Aerospace Cluster teachers updated in the company; a series of meeting ended
Varese, Italy - 23 teachers, 10 schools, 32 hours of formation, 4 firms involved
23 participating teachers coming from 10 schools of the Milan and Varese' Provinces. 32 hours of education of which 16 in company. 4 industries involved (Aermacchi, AgustaWestland-subsidiaries of the One... more
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AerospaceCygnus cargo carrier successfully launched -VIDEO
Turin, Italy - With pressurized cargo module by Thales Alenia Space, headed for the ISS
The Cygnus cargo carrier for the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully launched today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on an Atlas V rocket. The Cygnus spacecraft comprises two modules:... more
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AerospaceExoMars successfully launched -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space, prime contractor of the program, is responsible of the planning of both missions (2016 and 2018)
Thales Alenia Space announced yesterday that Europe’s ExoMars spacecraft was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan using a Proton-M Rocket. After a successful separation from B... more
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AerospaceSuccessful flight for the Ariane 5 VA229 -VIDEO
Colleferro, Italy - Sending the EUTELSAT 65 WEST A satellite into orbit
The European launcher Ariane 5 has successfully completed its 85th mission, sending the EUTELSAT 65 WEST A satellite into orbit. The mission lifted off at 02:20 AM local time, 06:20 AM in Rome, from the... more
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AerospaceItalian CIRA: diplomatic representations of the 25 foreign Countries visit the Centre
Capua, Italy - Belonging to all world regions: Europe, North and South American, Asia and Africa
CIRA, the Italian Aerospace Researches Center, hosted yesterday governmental representations, diplomatic authorities, scientific delegation of 25 foreign countries belonging to all world regions: Europe,... more