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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
AerospaceIridium Next constellation built by TAS now completely deployed in orbit
A great human and technological adventure -VIDEO
The Iridium NEXT constellation of satellites, developed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), leading an industrial consortium, is now fully... more
AerospaceA space hotel for tourists of the future?
Program also includes the creation of spatial "condominiums"
By the end of 2022 should see the light Aurora Space Station produced by the US company Orion Span, which is expected to become the first hotel in the Earth orbit. A project that is part of the space tourism... more
AerospaceThe carbon fiber engine will be used for new Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers
The qualification test of the motor has taken place at the European Space Centre in Kourou
The qualification test of the P120C solid rocket motor has successfully taken place at the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guyana. The outcome of the test – the second for this motor– is a key... more
AerospaceAirbus completes SRR for Telesat LEO constellation
And it is currently working on the detailed system design
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the Telesat LEO Constellation System Requirements Review (SRR) and is now working on the detailed design of the system. Development of key technologies... more
AerospaceUSA. Did Trump propose unlimited funds to get to Mars?
Objective to return to the Moon in July 2026
United States President Donald Trump in 2017 would offer -according to "Business Insider"- to the former NASA director Robert Lightfoot an unlimited funding to bring man to Mars by 2020, in an attempt... more
AerospaceTAS-Maxar: achieved milestone in design phase of Telesat’s LEO satellite constellation
Success of SRR demonstrates increasing momentum and agreement on key innovations
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, have completed an important milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation. The success... more
AerospaceOneWeb Satellites: sent first constellation satellites to launch site
Scheduled for next February
OneWeb Satellites, a joint-venture between Airbus and OneWeb, announced today the delivery of the first satellites for the OneWeb constellation.The satellites were manufactured at the jv facility on the... more
AerospaceItaly, Space. 9.6 million Euros from MIUR to create satellites from very low orbits
To design an engine capable of producing thrust without consuming fuel
A total investment of 9.6 million euros allocated partly by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) for the design and construction of small satellites to be used with control... more
AerospaceDarpa assigns a contract to Airbus DS
To develop small constellation satellite bus for Blackjack program
Airbus Defense and Space (DS) has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack program.DARPA describes the Blackjack... more
AerospaceIran: failed to put a satellite into orbit
Launcher problems. Criticism from the United States for the program
Iran tried to put in orbit, yesterday, one of the first two satellites of national production, but after the launch had proceeded for the best the carrier rocket had problems when the third stage was turned... more
AerospaceLast batch of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit
The telecom constellation now fully deployed
The last batch of Iridium NEXT satellites, built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.... more
AerospaceSpaceX: the first Starship prototype is ready
The first launch in the coming months
SpaceX founder Elon Musk showed a pics of Starship spacecraft prototype -via "Twitter"-, which will be tested first on land and then later launched on some sub-orbital test flights at the Boca Chica Village... more
AerospaceRussia: United States asks to continue using Soyuz
Collaboration proposal for a lunar spacecraft
According to the director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin -interviewed on "Rossiya 24"- the US space agency (NASA) would have requested to continue using the spacecraft and Soyuz rockets to transport astronauts... more
AerospaceESA chooses TAS to lead the FLEX mission
Monitoring plant health from Space to evaluate that one of Earth’s ecosystem
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced that it has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite mission. FLEX was selected in 2015 as ESA's eighth... more
AerospaceNasa-Roscosmos: at risk collaboration for probe on Venus?
It could be one of the repercussions of the cancellation of Rogozin's visit
One of the first repercussions of the cancellation of the visit in the US of the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin could be the end of Russian-US cooperation for the Venus mission, where a probe should... more
AerospaceThe Chinese probe Chang'e-4 landed on the Moon
Historic landing on the hidden face of the Moon -2 VIDEO
The Chinese probe Chang'e-4 has landed on the hidden face of the Moon this night, making the first "soft" on Moon landing on the unexplored side of our natural satellite, never seen from Earth. Composed... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: criticism for the future visit of Rogozin in the USA
A series of meetings is planned to re-launch the collaboration
There are many criticisms in the United States for the upcoming February visit by the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) director Dmitry Rogozin who will have to meet with his NASA counterpart Jim Bridenstine.... more
AerospaceAustralia kicks off investment strategy in the space sector
After announcement that Asa headquarters will be Adelaide
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci) reports on its website that:Australia has kicked off an important investment strategy in the space sector. South Australia... more
AerospaceSpaceX: Falcon 9 carrier rocket launched
The first GPS III into orbit -VIDEO
On Sunday, December 23rd at 5:51 am PST, SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape C... more
Aerospace"Space Force": it will be established inside the US Air Force
An act will be presented by the Pentagon in February
After the day before yesterday, President Donald Trump signed the act to establish the US Space Command as the first step towards the creation of a sixth armed force dedicated solely to space, some rumors... more
AerospaceExpedition 57: three members back on Earth
After 197-day space mission
Three members of the International Space Station's Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at 12:02 am EST (11:02 am local time)... more
AerospaceSpaceX: possible new postponement of the launch of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket
After the two cancelled due to technical failure, now the bad weather
After two launches of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrier were cancelled due to last-minute technical problems, today it should "take off" from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, although... more
AerospaceTAS-ESA: contract signed for the Galileo program
New tranche for operational phase of its ground segment and security facility
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a new tranche of the framework contract originally signed on October 18 with the European... more
AerospaceFrance’s CSO-1 military observation satellite in orbit
TAS is prime contractor for instruments on it and Europe’s other main satellite systems
The CSO-1 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace, using a Soyuz rocket from the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Developed for the French Ministry for the Armed F... more