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AerospaceAtlantis Shuttle blasted off
Cape Canaveral, USA - Arrival scheduled for Saturday
Finally it managed to take off, despite the bad weather. At 2:45pm local time, Shuttle Atlantis left the launching pad at the NASA base of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, heading toward the International Space... more
AerospaceSuspense at Shuttle launch in Florida
Cape Canaveral, USA - High probability of bad weather
Hours of wait at Cape Canaveral for the launch of the Shuttle Atlantis which is to bring the space lab Columbus to join the International Space Station (ISS). Weather forecasters foresee rain, clouds and... more
AerospaceTelespazio and MARS Center take part in scientific experiments on board the International Space Station
Rome, Italy - The main goal of the mission will be to install the Columbus module
Through its subsidiary MARS Center (Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center) Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is set to take part in scientific experiments to be conducted on board... more
AerospaceTelespazio: the "Mentore" project starts the test period
Rome, Italy - It will supply the guidelines for the development of the "Tracking & Tracing" services based on the EGNOS/Galileo applications
The "Mentore" (Implementation of GNSS Tracking & Tracing Technologies for EU Regulated Domains) partners launched Phase II of the project on 30 January 2008, by validating the 3 pre-selected pilots and... more
AerospaceBoeing names former NASA Engineer to head Space Shuttle Program
St. Louis, USA - The calendar forecasts six scheduled launches in 2008
The Boeing Company has named veteran NASA space shuttle engineer John P. Mulholland its new Space Shuttle vice-president and program manager. With more than more than 21 years of experience in space shuttle... more
AerospaceUS spy satellite threatens the Earth
Washington, USA - In a few weeks it will fall on an unspecified location of our planet
ESA (European Space Agency) is quite worried about a news coming from NASA - the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration: an American spy satellite out of control will fall on an unspecified location... more
AerospaceTelespazio: a Satellite Services Centre in Iraq
Rome, Italy - A deal signed with the Italian Foreign Ministry
Telespazio has been awarded a contract by the Italian Foreign Ministry (MAE) to build a Satellite Services Centre to support the activities of Italian organizations, companies and institutions working... more
AerospaceScientists against Bush: "No to Moon station"
Washington , USA - "Better aiming directly at Mars"
The Moon fascinated mankind ever since. In recent historical times, it also raised the interest of the powerful. Kruscev for instance, proposed once to his generals to fire nuclear warheads on it, to show... more
AerospaceGalileo, EC disproves investment increase rumoured by "Der Spiegel"
Brussels, Belgium - The declarations by the spokesman Michele Cercone
The final cost for the realization of Galileo (the new European project of satellite navigation, future competitor of the American GPS, the Russian GLONASS and the Chinese Compass/Beidou) might triple... more
AerospaceIndia puts in orbit an Israeli spy satellite
New Delhi, India - The space craft is named Tecsar
Yesterday morning the Indian Space Research Organisation launched in orbit, in conditions of maximum secrecy, an Israeli spy satellite named Tecsar (also known as Polaris), which is going to be used, according... more
AerospaceAriane 5 finished its checks for the launch with the Automated Transfer Vehicle
Kourou, French Guyana - It's first Ariane 5 flight with a human-rated payload
The launch vehicle for Arianespace's upcoming milestone mission has completed its basic buildup at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations move ahead for Ariane 5's first ever flight with a human-rated... more
AerospaceArianespace will launch Yahsat 1A satellite for United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The satellite is built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space
Arianespace has been chosen to launch the Yahsat 1A communications satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) of the United Arab... more
AerospaceColumbus European laboratory launch targeted for 7 February
Kennedy Space Center, USA - It is the Shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission
NASA has announced 7 February 2008 as the target launch date for Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to carry the European Columbus laboratory into space. The Russian Space Agency has advanced... more
AerospaceItalian Tour for the crew of Shuttle Sts-120/Esperia mission
Turin, Italy - Astronaut Paolo Nespoli will guide the travellers through all stops
An 11-day Italian Tour awaits the crew of the Shuttle Sts-120/Esperia mission. The astronauts, led by the Italian Paolo Nespoli, will travel in Italy from January 14th to 25th: from Turin to Milan,... more
Aerospace"Rome's Festival of Science 2008", the presence of Telespazio
Rome, Italy - At the Auditorium "Parco della Musica" from January 14th to 21th
Telespazio is taking part in Rome’s third Festival of Sciences, which will be held at the Auditorium "Parco della Musica" from January 14th to 21th. At the Filas/Lazio Region exhibition area, Telespazio, a... more
AerospaceAstrium to build new-generation KA-band satellite for Eutelsat
Paris, France - It is the first European multi-beam satellite to operate exclusively in the KA-band
Astrium has been selected by Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, to deliver a satellite, currently designated as KA-Sat, the first European multi-beam satellite to... more
AerospaceGalileo Avionica: the journey of VIR-MS continues with success
Rome, Italy - In the NASA mission DAWN
After the successful launch of the interplanetary space probe DAWN on the 27th of September 2007 from Cape Canaveral, the VIR-MS (Visibile InfraRed – Mapper Spectrometer) instrument was switched on for t... more
AerospaceTelespazio presents the “Love Planet Earth 2008” calendar dedicated to the North and South Poles
Rome, Italy - A look on the different realities of the Planet
Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is proud to present its Love Planet Earth 2008 calendar, dedicated - in the International Polar Year - to the coldest places on Earth, those where global warming... more
AerospaceDEMA signs a contract with Bombardier Aerospace
Naples, Italy - Quinquennial agreement for a value of 30 million dollars
DEMA - DEsign MAnufacturing, a company of Campania working in the aerospace components field, has signed in the last days a quinquennial agreement for the value of 30 million dollars with Bombardier Aerospace... more
AerospaceCosmo-SkyMed (2): the Fucino Space Centre successfully took over the second satellite
Avezzano, Italy - Kiruna, North Pole and Cordoba are the other stations involved in the control operations
The Italian COSMO-SkyMed system, the first dual-use global Earth observation constellation, has been regularly taken over at 04:39:01 (Italian time) of December 9, 2007 by the Fucino Space Centre of Telespazio,... more
AerospaceCOSMO-SkyMed: in orbit the second satellite
Vandenberg, USA - After a postponement of several days
In the night between Saturday and Sunday, at 3:30 Italian time, a Boeing Delta II rocket launched the second satellite of the Earth observation constellation, COSMO-SkyMed, from Vandenberg US air force... more
AerospaceCOSMO-SkyMed: a technical hitch of Delta II launcher provoked a further delay
Vandenberg, USA - Launch opportunity forecasts between Saturday and Sunday
New delay for the launch of the second satellite of COSMO-SkyMed. The postponement should have been provoked by a technical hitch of the Delta II launcher made known by Boeing technicians in Vandenberg... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event (6): the representation of the Italian industrialists Association of the space sector
Rome, Italy - ASAS, AIAD and AIPAS
In the name of the Italian industrialists Association of the space sector (ASAS, AIAD and AIPAS) intervenes Luigi Alberto Ciavoli Cortelli president of ASAS, a Confindustria companies association for space... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event (5): the Thales position
Rome, Italy - "With this project the Italian space industry made significant improvements"
Engineer Rubertone, on behalf of Thales, stated: "After 25 years of work in the space sector, and in this case in the remote sensing field, with COSMO-SkyMed the Italian space industry has made significant... more
AerospaceSpace tourism will be "Low-cost"
Moscow, Russia - A ticket worth "Only" 50.000 USD
There are over 200 billionaires in the world, waiting to have a "Space holiday" on Intenational Space Station, at a ticket price of about 30 USD million. Thus the "Space tourism" is becoming a real... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event (4): the commitments of ASI explained by professor Onofri
Rome, Italy - Eyes to the sky for the launch of the Columbus module
Professor Marcello Onofri, teacher of aerospace propulsion and air-breathing engines at the University of Rome "Sapienza" and director of ASI (Italian Space Agency). "This is a fiery week for ASI. We... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event (3): the paper of Telespazio CEO Giuseppe Veredice
Rome, Italy - "The great undertakings can only be achieved with great projects"
The intervention of Telespazio CEO, Giuseppe Veredice, joins those of a series of speakers. "This is always an exciting event. I shall never tire of telling that COSMO-SkyMed is the event of the moment... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event (2): the speech of the ASI vice-president
Rome, Italy - "It is the most important programme of the Agency"
The ASI vice-president Carolina Matarazzi opened the evening by saying a few words to all present in the Rome ASI headquarters, thanking who have organized the COSMO-SkyMed event and who have made all... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS at the COSMO-SkyMed event: strong upper winds have blocked the launch of the second satellite
Rome, Italy - The launch could be postponed
Yesterday night, at the Italian Space Agency headquarters in Rome, a celebratory event on the occasion of the launch of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation's second satellite - fruit of the Italian space industry... more
AerospaceTelespazio and MARS Center take part in scientific experiments on board the ISS
Rome, Italy - The launch is forecast on December 6th at 10:30 pm
Through its subsidiary MARS Center (Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center) Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is set to take part in scientific experiments to be conducted on board... more
AerospaceTelespazio: Cosmo-SkyMed doubles from the US base of Vanderberg
Rome, Italy - Scheduled for Thursday morning the launch of the second satellite
"Vandenberg Air Force Base again will have some Italian flavor this week when a Delta 2 rocket is set to carry aloft that nation's second Earth-imaging satellite of the year. The 12-story-tall Delta... more
AerospaceItalian scientist discovers a new comet
Rome, Italy - The first confirmation of its existence comes from astrophiles of Remanzacco
Andrea Boattini, Italian astronomer who currently works in the United States at the "Mount Lemmon" Observatory, Arizona, has recently discovered a new comet, called C/2007W (Boattini). The announcement... more
AerospaceItalian Transports Ministry and ASI together for the future of the satellite navigation
Rome, Italy - ENAV to free its own excellence centres
"With the agreement signed by the Italian Minister, Alessandro Bianchi and by ASI (Italian Space Agency) President, Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, the two Authorities start to a cooperation that will bring... more
AerospaceThe Galileo satellite programme risks the stop again
Rome, Italy - Soon the meeting between Prodi and the German chancellor Angela Merkel
The Galileo satellite project has been brought forward by the Germans, said Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, CEO of Finmeccanica, talking about the next meeting between Italian Premier Romano Prodi and the... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica (5). sectors of activity - Space
Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio
- Revenues were EUR 593 million, up 14% on the EUR 519 million the previous year, essentially as a result of more production work in the manufacturing segment. Production related principally to: planning... more
AerospaceShuttle Discovery's landing succeeded
Cape Canaveral , USA - Yesterday shortly after 1 pm (local time)
The return flight of the Discovery shuttle from the International Space Station (ISS), began on Monday, has concluded yesterday without incidents, when at 1:02pm local time the spacecraft reached the Earth... more
AerospaceChina: the "Chang'e-1" satellite has reached the lunat orbit
Beijing, China - Launched from the Xichang Launch Center on October 24th
China's first lunar probe, launched from the Xichang Launch Center in the country's South-West on October 24 (see AVIONEWS), will reach the moon's orbit Monday morning. "Chang'e-1, following the instructions... more
AerospaceShuttle Discovery, NASA extends mission by 24 hours
Houston , Usa - The return to Earth postpones to November 7th
NASA made the announcement that it has added a day to the shuttle Discovery's mission to allow the cosmonauts to give an inspection on a joint of the ISS (International Space Station) solar arrays. Cosmonaut... more
AerospaceISS, cosmonauts complete the second spacewalk
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow starts the third, until now the balance of the delicate mission is positive
During the second spacewalk, in which the Italian cosmonaut, Paolo Nespoli, has led his American colleagues Parazynski and Tani in the installation of solar power arrays, there was a not very nice surprise.... more
AerospaceTelespazio at the "Genoa Science Festival"
Genoa, Italy - It will present a series of satellite images of the Earth
From 25 October to 6 November 2007, Telespazio will be exhibiting at the "Genoa Science Festival", now in its fifth year. The show will consist of around 400 events held over 13 days, including exhibitions,... more
AerospaceChina: launched the first Moon satellite Chang'e-1
Xichang, China - An ambitious programme that provides for the send of the first Chinese astronaut within 2020
People's Republic of China launched today October 24th, 2007, its first lunar probe Chang'e-1, so proposing to carry out the first step towards an ambitious lunar mission that provides to send on the Moon... more
AerospaceCape Canaveral, Discovery took off
Cape Canaveral, Usa - As forecasted the shuttle has been launched at 5:38 pm (Italian hour)
There was some apprehension till the last moment, but at the end the Discovery shuttle started on schedule (5:38 Italian hour) and in the past it happened only two times out of 120 shuttle missions. Besides... more
AerospaceShuttle launch (2), also an Italian astronaut on board
Cape Canaveral , USA - The Milanese Paolo Nespoli will be the fifth Italian to fly towards the ISS
The bad weather might delay Shuttle launch, even if the refuelling has been completed. The start is scheduled for yesterday at 5:38pm (Italian hour). The Discovery Shuttle crew consists of 7 members: two... more
AerospaceThe Discovery shuttle prepares for take-off
Cape Canaveral , USA - But the bad weather could cause a postponement
Last preparations are being made at the airspace base of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, in expectation of the launch of the Discovery shuttle foreseen for 15:38 GMT. At 06:13 GMT the fuel tank has begun to... more
AerospaceLufthansa Technical Training joins EAQG
Frankfurt, Germany - For MRO-services in the aerospace sector
Yesterday has been signed in Frankfurt a Memorandum of Understanding between Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT), provider of training for maintenance, repair and overhaul services (MRO), and the European... more
AerospaceNew GPS-satellite in orbit
Cape Canaveral , USA - The launch took place with success
There is a new GPS-satellite in orbit around the Earth. Its exact name is GPS 2R-17, and if everything goes well, by tonight a kick-motor will give it the right thrust to begin the approach to the other... more
AerospaceTelespazio: International Workshop entitled "Novel Spaceways for Scientific and Exploration Missions"
Avezzano, Italy - From October 15th until today at Fucino Space Centre
An international Workshop entitled "Novel Spaceways for Scientific and Exploration Missions" is held at the Fucino Space Centre and at the Scuola Superiore Reiss Romoli in L’Aquila from October 15th t... more
AerospaceIntelsat 11 and Optus D2: two satellites on orbit with one launcher
Kourou , French Guyana - The launcher is an Ariane 5 Gs
On the evening of October 5, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guyana with its payload comprising Intelsat 11, which will provide direct-to-home broadcasting and data... more
AerospaceTelespazio: COSMO-SkyMed now fully operational
Matera, Italy - The first images from the Italian Earth observation system unveiled at the Matera Space Centre
With the completion of the checking and setup phases, COSMO-SkyMed, the world’s first Earth observation satellite constellation, has entered full operational mode. The first of the four radar satellites t... more
AerospaceAmerican Senate increases funds for NASA
Washington , USA - Against Bush's "Slimming cure"
With a bipartisan vote the U.S. Senate decided yesterday to increase of USD 1 billion the funds set for NASA, emending thus the domestic budget plan presented by the White House. The financing will... more