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AerospaceLaunched Falcon 9 rocket. The privately space exploring era is begin?
Cape Canaveral, Usa - Launched on last Friday, it will be able to transport equipment, materials and men in the space
Is it opening a new era for exploring privately the space? Maybe yes. The Falcon 9 rocket, belonging to the private company SpaceX, was launched for the first time from Cape Canaveral base in Florida on... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: a chance to name Europe’s next astronaut Soyuz mission by Italian astronaut Nespoli
Rome, Italy - ESA has officialized launched a concourse opened to all citizens living in the member States
ESA’s Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli will soon visit the International Space Station, and he needs your help to name his mission. Paolo Nespoli is now in intensive training for his challenging 6-month m... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build the Iridium NEXT constellation
Rome, Italy - Accord covers 81 satellites for a total of USD 2.1 billion
"Following this announcement, Reynald Seznec, CEO of Thales Alenia Space declared: 'We were selected for this contract following a long international competition that started back in 2007. It is the result... more
AerospaceItalian ASI. Atlantis: bye bye ISS
Rome, Italy - After the separation from orbit house the Shuttle has landed yesterday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT landing Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flawless landing wrapped... more
AerospaceSTS-132 mission: today Atlantic landed after the definitive bye to ISS
Cape Canaveral, Usa - Closed successfully its activity: after 25 years of service its future is in a museum. But maybe...
Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT landing Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The third of five shuttle... more
AerospaceNasa: Sts-132, crews open hatch to new module
Cape Canaveral, Usa - Latest space shuttle news
At 6:52 a.m. EDT, following leak checks, Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Alexander Skvortsov opened the hatch of the Mini Research Module-1, named Rassvet. They will insert an air... more
AerospaceSES World Skies orders new satellite from Astrium
Princeton, Usa - SES-6 to fuel growth for SES throughout the Americas
SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., today announced that it has signed an agreement with Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, for the procurement of a new satellite to be named SES-6. Consistent... more
AerospaceAstrium ships ATV “Johannes Kepler”
Bremen, Germany - The second ESA's spacecraft will carry supplies to the ISS and to be launched at the end of 2010
“Johannes Kepler”, the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has und... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space and Telespazio sign contract for SICRAL 2 satellite
Rome, Italy - The contract is worth about 295M€ in total
Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio announced today that they have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence and the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for the development of the... more
AerospaceTAS. Herschel and Planck to log one year of successes in space
Rome, Italy - First Herschel results to be presented to the medias on May 6, 2010 in Estec
"On May 14, 2009, an Ariane 5 lifted off from French Guiana with one of its most ambitious payload ever, not one but two deep space observatories – Herschel and Planck – designed to answer crucial que... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space delivers its first "Eurobot Ground" to ESA
Cannes, France - Result of the program started in 2002, to support the ISS's Extra-Vehicular Activities
Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has delivered the Eurobot Ground Prototype (EGP) to the European Space Agency (ESA), following successful testing and qualification. ESA launched the Eurobot... more
AerospaceTanDEM-X – Mapping the Earth in 3DAstrium satellite complete and ready for launch campaign
Munich, Germany - High-tech radar product scheduled for launch on 21 June 2010
The German radar satellite TanDEM-X, built by Astrium, has proven its suitability for operation in space in a series of special tests at IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich. On 11 May, the satellite will leave... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica trimestrial. Space: Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space
Rome, Italy - Revenues: EUR 194 million (+2%)
Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space (all figures relate to the two joint-ventures – Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio – which are consolidated proportionally at 33% and 67%, respectively). Revenues wer... more
Aerospace"All systems go" for the Helios IIB built by Astrium
Toulouse, France - The satellite will now enter its opeational phase
The in-flight acceptance of the Helios IIB satellite has been successfully completed by Astrium on behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and under delegation from the French space agency,... more
AerospaceSatellite Ses-1 successful launched in the space
Baikounur, Kazakistan - Placed at the key orbital position of 101, it will be used for commercial purposes
Ses World Skyes, a division of SES S.A., announced that the SES-1 satellite successfully roared into space on board a Proton Breeze M booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakistan on April 24 at 17:19... more
AerospacePlanck highlights the complexity of star formation
Rome, Italy - Italian ASI: two new spectacular images by ESA's satellite
New images from ESA’s Planck space observatory reveal the forces driving star formation and give astronomers a way to understand the complex physics that shape the dust and gas in our Galaxy. Star f... more
AerospaceHow Venus Express measures Venus' atmosphere
Paris, France - Its solar arrays become to catch the faint wisps around the hot planet
Venus Express has completed an 'aerodrag' campaign that used its solar wings as sails to catch faint wisps of the planet’s atmosphere. The test used the orbiter as an exquisitely accurate sensor to measure a... more
AerospaceESA: two new atlases to not lose into the infrared sky
Paris, France - They contain more than a million of astronomical sources thanks to the space telescope observation
Thanks to the observation by Akari's space telescope, the astronomers that study the sky with infrared light have two new great atlases with more than a million of astronomical sources. It's of the first... more
AerospaceDiscovery STS-131 mission comes back on Earth
Rome, Italy - ASI: perfect landed after postponement for meteorological problems. But It's juts all ready for the leave of the next crew
A perfect landing manoeuvre led by commandant Alan G. Poindexter together with pilot James P. Dutton concluded the shuttle Discovery's mission, landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:08 am of yesterday,... more
AerospacePresident Obama outlines new USA's Space politics
Titusville, Usa - In the Conference at the Florida's Kennedy Space Center
On last Thursday at the Florida's Kennedy Space Center a crucial conference was held for USA's and all the world's future. President Obama outlined his plans and discussions regarding airspace sector.... more
AerospaceCryoSat-2: first data from space
Kiruna, Sweden - SIRAL, the primary instrument of observation, seems to work perfectly
First data from CryoSat-2 satellite, launched last Thursday April 8th from Bajkonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the purpose of producing data on oceans and by the observation of ice, begin to arrive. From... more
AerospaceSELEX Galileo discovers recent volcanic activity on Venus
Rome, Italy - Aided by the industry's VIRTIS
Using data from the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Venus Express spacecraft, an international team of scientists from the US and Europe have detected for the first time clear signs of recent lava flows o... more
AerospaceCryoSat-2 in orbit: launch live today on ESA's website
Rome, Italy - At over 700 km above the Earth will observe the ice thickness accurate to within one centimetre
CryoSat, ESA's ice mission, is scheduled for launch today at 15:57 CEST (13:57 UT). Live web streaming starts at 15:35 CEST (13:35 UT). CryoSat-2 will be placed into orbit 700 km above the Earth by... more
AerospaceSuccessful docking between Discovery and International Space Station
Houston, Usa - The two crews have met. They will work about two weeks together
Docking between Shuttle "Discovery" and International Space Station (ISS) happened successful this morning at 9:44 a.m. Italian local time, at 344 km over Caribbean, on line with new schedule. The announce... more
AerospaceNASA: Discovery took off from Cape Canaveral
Houston, Usa - Fourth from last Shuttle's mission
Shuttle Discovery has taken off at 06:21am (local hour) yesterday to reach the International Space Station (Iss), as planned and eight minutes and half later the nocturnal launch the spacecraft has reached... more
AerospaceCryoSat-2 ice satellite at teh Bajkonur Cosmodrome
Bajkonur, Kazakhistan - Last general tests in view of 8 April's launch
In readiness for launch on 8 April, ESA's CryoSat-2 ice satellite has now joined the rest of the Dnepr rocket in the launch silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 'space head module' was... more
AerospaceLockheed Martin presents new space launch vehicle with Alliant Techsystem
Denver, Usa - The system is based on modernized version of Athena rockets
The rockets lunch's field will see in action a special team: Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) entered into a strategic teaming agreement to offer launch service based on... more
AerospaceDiscovery ready to the launch of next April 5
Cape Canaveral, Usa - Second of five missions in 2010; the last one, predicted in September
Yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A are preparing space shuttle Discovery's reaction control system for pressurization of the main propulsion system for flight.... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Roberto Vittori mission's experiments approved
Rome, Italy - NASA gives the go-ahead to scientific and technological programme proposed by the Italian Space Agency and Air Force
NASA (American Space Agency) approved the integration, about Shuttle STS-134 mission, of experiments plan defined together by ASI (Italian Space Agency) and Italian Air Force (AMI), that will represent... more
AerospaceAstrium delivers the 50th Ariane 5 launcher for the first European launch of 2010
Kourou, French Guyana - Together two communications satellites ASTRA 3B and COMSATBw-2
Astrium (EADS Group) has delivered the 50th flight-ready Ariane 5 launch vehicle to Arianespace together with two communications satellites – ASTRA 3B for SES Astra and COMSATBw-2 for the German Armed F... more
AerospacePlanck sees tapestry of cold dust
Rome, Italy - Last images of ESA's mission engaged to draw the detailed map of the Universe
Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape our Galaxy a... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: all satellite in a click
Rome, Italy - It's on-line aerospazio.info, with recent and complete data on satellite, launchers and bases
All wide world of satellite with a click: it's this the main mission of www.aerospazio.info, the last born among sites dedicated to the Space; a blog and mainly a database constantly updated at disposal... more
Aerospace"Sentinel 1B" and "3B" satellites, THAS Italy's CEO and President Pasquali's comment (video)
Rome, Italy - Technology at the radar's heart was developed in L'Aquila's facility
"Sentinel 1B" and "3B" satellites, whose development step was launched last Friday, on March 12, are born by the co-operation of Thales Alenia Space and Italian Space Agency (ASI) and will be dedicated... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: third ATV named after Edoardo Amaldi
Rome, Italy - The Agency into the cargo Automated Transfer Vehicle program developped by ESA
"Production of the Automated Transfer Vehicles is gearing up. After the flawless flight of the first ATV, Jules Verne, the second, Johannes Kepler, is being completed for launch later this year. Now the... more
AerospaceIndia fails test on interceptor missile
Hyderabad, India - The ballistic missile shield's weapon doesn't leave
Ballistic missile defence Indian system did a waterhole. The big Asian Country, increasing its investments about airspace and defense technologies, yesterday made a test in Hyderabad/Chennai area, south-east... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS interviews Enrico Saggese, Italian ASI's president
Rome, Italy - On the occasion of "Sentinel 1B" and "3B" satellites' development step start
On AVIONEWS' microphone there was Italian Space Agency's (ASI) president, Enrico Saggese, the highest representative of field where Italy demonstrated to be able excelling in worldwide, even from the... more
Aerospacee-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) signs framework contract with the European Union
Rome, Italy - To supply GeoEye-1 and IKONOS very high resolution satellite data
e-GEOS, the company jointly owned by Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, has signed a framework supply contract with the European Union, through the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission.... more
AerospacePhobos images from Mars Express
Rome, Italy - From flyby of last March 7, the sixth on the major of Moons of Mars, has been actived the HRSC tool
Images from the recent flyby of Phobos are released today. The images show Mars’ rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for t... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space begins the development of Sentinel 1B and 3B environmental satellites
Rome, Italy - Worth 270 million euros
"Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has started the development of Sentinel 1B and 3B Earth observation satellites in its Italian and French facilities. These contracts have been awarded to Thales... more
AerospaceDiscussion about opportunity to extend Shuttle programme
Washington, Usa - Deadline come nearer, but to extend they need remarkably resources
In Washington these days they discussed about opportunity or not to keep NASA space exploration programme that are near to demise on 30 September 2010, going on. John Shannon, Space Shuttle Programme... more
AerospaceSpace: results 2009 Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - Revenues: EUR 909 million (-9%); adjusted EBITA: EUR 47 million (-28%)
Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space Revenues were EUR 909 million, down 85 million (-9%) on the EUR 994 million recorded the previous year, due to lower production in the manufacturing segment. Production... more
AerospaceHigh-performance ESA receiver brings satnav indoors
Paris, France - Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives
Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors, where satnav signals fail to reach. But one ESA project is... more
AerospaceReady to use the second tool "ROSA" to study the ocean
Rome, Italy - Delivered from Italian Space Agency to Argentinian's one
The second tool "ROSA", developed by Italian Space Agency (ASI) and built by Leben (today Thales Alenia Space) is ready to be operative. This small jewel made in Italy, with 16 Kg weight, will measure... more
AerospaceEarth Observation to screen European Investment Bank's projects
Paris, France - European Space Agency shows potential of satellite data to assess environmental impact
European Space Agency (ESA) highlights the potential of data get by "Earth Observation" (EO) throughout satellite. In these days ESA's experts are holding some workshops at European investment bank (EIB)... more
AerospaceFirst images from ESA’s SMOS
Rome, Italy - The new mini-satellite by ESA dedicated to the study of climate has been launched on last November 2
In less than four months since launch, the first calibrated images are being delivered by ESA’s SMOS mission. These images of 'brightness temperature' translate into clear information on global variations o... more
AerospaceESA chooses three scientific missions for further study
Paris, France - Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun
Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. On... more
AerospaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour back to Earth
Cape Canaveral, USA - After two weeks in space
Space shuttle Endeavour landed tonight at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral after two weeks in space with on board the crew of mission STS-130. Among more than 16,000 kg of hardware left on the ISS... more
AerospaceCryoSat launch delayed
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - A new launch date shortly
The launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, scheduled for 25 February, has been delayed due to a concern related to the second stage steering engine of the Dnepr... more
AerospaceISS. STS-130 mission: concluded third spacewalk
Rome, Italy - Italian ASI: also the installation of Nodo 3 and Cupola completed
Spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick completed a 5-hour, 48-minute spacewalk at 3:03 a.m. EST. The pair finished all their scheduled tasks. This was the last of three STS-130 spacewalks,... more
AerospaceISS: installation of Nodo 3 and Cupola completed
Rome, Italy - Italian ASI: tomorrow planned the last of three spacewalks from STS-130 mission
The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships. Relocation of the cupola from Tranquility’s for... more