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AerospaceUSAF authorised the production and launch of another two Boeing satellite systems
California, USA - WGS-8 and WGS-9 to expand the international constellation
Yesterday, 18 January 2012, Boeing received authorization from the US Air Force to produce and launch the eighth and ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites. The WGS-9 authorization and the WGS-8... more
AerospaceRussia, Europe and America: objective Moon
Moscow, Russia - The goal is to start a joint lunar exploration
Roscosmos for Russia, ESA (European Space Agency) for Europe and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for the United States are discussing joint plans for the establishment of lunar bases... more
AerospaceGiglio tragedy: Cosmo-SkyMed ready to intervene. Aerospace technology for the environment
Rome, Italy - The system will be activated on "Emergency Mode" in case of fuel spillage
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) website reported that the COSMO-SkyMed satellite system is controlling the island of Giglio, where the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship sank last Friday causing the death of... more
AerospacePhobos Grunt mission failure provokes more controversy
Moscow, Russia - A new theory came up: could Americans be the cause?
The Phobos-Grunt failure, a Russian space mission intended to return to Earth after collecting samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, see also AVIONEWS), continues to provoke controversy. It... more
AerospaceDmirty Rogozin wants to investigate the failure of the Phobos Grunt space mission
Moscow, Russia - It seems that the probe reentered the atmosphere yesterday 15 January 2012
Russia’s new Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that he will oversee and investigate into the reasons for the Phobos-Grunt failure, a Russian space mission intended to return to Earth after c... more
AerospaceThe declarations made by the Head of Roscosmos regarding the Phobos Grunt spacecraft are worrying (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - According to Vladimir Popovkin, it was still launched in space despite its failure risk
According to statements made by the Russian Space Agency Director Vladimir Popovkin to "Izvestia" and communicated today by "Ria Novosti," Russia seems to have launched the spacecraft Phobos Grunt despite... more
AerospaceNASA's twin spacecraft reunite in Lunar orbit (VIDEO)
Pasadena, Usa - Working together, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B will study the Moon as never before
The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B... more
AerospaceSoyuz-Fg launched with the TMA-03M spaceshuttle and crew on board (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Travelling towards the ISS
As announced yesterday by AVIONEWS, the Soyuz-FG rocket was launched yesterday at 5.16pm Moscow time, sending the space shuttle TMA-03M in orbit with three men on board, cosmonaut and commander of the... more
AerospaceCrew members aboard the ISS will increase
Moscow, Russia - 40 scientific experiments in the orbit expected
Three new members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew are expected to take off from the Baikonur Space Center today, 21 December 2011, scheduled for 5:16pm (Moscow time) on the Soyuz-FG carrier... more
AerospaceThe ambitious joint aerospace projects of ESA and Roscosmos, primarily the Moon, Jupiter and Venus
Moscow, Russia - Five projects are being considered
Today, 20 December 2011, Valdimir Popovkin, head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain held a meeting in Moscow and decided to... more
AerospaceThe launch of the IXV expected for 2014
French Guyana, France - The rocket will gather many data during its flight
The launch of ESA's (European Space Agency) IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) on Europe's new VEGA (European Advanced Generation Carrier Rocket) rocket is now in detailed planning, a step towards... more
AerospaceAstrium will continue to manage the ISS on behalf of ESA
Bremen, Germany - Contract valued at €240 million for the period 2011/2012
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Astrium, Europe’s space company, to manage the continued operation and exploitation of the European components of the International Space Station (ISS) as t... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: new revelations from Mars Express
Rome, Italy - ESA' s satellite photographs in HD the Phlegra Montes region where considerable volumes of water ice have been detected
Ice and Martian mountains. The new high-resolution images of Mars Express show a detailed image of Montes Phlegra. At the core of this region, radar have detected considerable volumes of water ice that... more
AerospaceChina launched its 10th navigation satellite into orbit
Beijing, China - By 2020 a network of 30 satellites
As reported by "Xinhua" news agency, China has today, 2 December, launched its 10th navigation satellite into orbit as part of a project to develop its own ground/air global radio-location satellite navigation... more
AerospaceEC: new way forward for Galileo satellite navigation
Brussels, Belgium - The Commission proposes to earmark €7.0 billions to guarantee the completion of the infrastructure
The European Commission has proposed today the new framework for the financing and governance of the two European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS (GPS signal augmentation) for the period... more
AerospaceRussia orbits another Glonass navigation satellite
Moscow, Russia - A Soyuz-2/1b launched today
Today, November 28, Russia sent into orbit another satellite navigation system to Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System), the Russian global navigation satellite system, an alternative to the American... more
AerospaceTelemetry data sent from the Phobos Grunt probe decrypted (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - After some initial problems of deciphering the data received from the European Space Agency at Perth Station
A Russian official announced that the engineers were able to decipher the encrypted data sent from the Russian Phobos Grunt spacecraft and were received yesterday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.... more
AerospaceTMA-22 space-shuttle landed in Kazakhstan
Moscow, Russia - Rotation on board the ISS
The Russian space-shuttle TMA-22 successfully landed yesterday at 6:25am Moscow time near the town of Arkalyik, in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 29 has transported to Earth the long mission cosmonauts Sergey... more
AerospaceSoyuz TMA-22 docks on the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - Three crew members will remain on board for 124 days
The piloted TMA-22 space shuttle took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last November 14, and docked on the ISS (International Space Station orbiting) successfully at 9.24am Moscow time,... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica BoD. Performance by sector. Space
Rome, Italy - Revenues: EUR 699 million (+13%); adj. EBITA: EUR 27 million (+80%)
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
AerospaceTMA-22 in flight towards ISS (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - The space shuttle separated successfully from the third stage of the Soyuz-FG rocket
A spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced today that the third separation phase from the TMA-22 piloted space shuttle has been successfully implemented, continuing its trip to the orbiting... more
AerospaceRotation of the International Space Station crew (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - The launch of the Soyuz TMA-22 is programmed for 14 November
After the failure to launch the Progress M-12M shuttle last 24th of August, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has re-scheduled the departure of the Soyuz TMA-22 for next November 14. It will transport... more
AerospaceFermi's 100th pulsar star
Rome, Italy - Latest discovery made by the Large Area Telescope, Italian "Eye" operating on the NASA satellite
The Large Area Telescope (LAT), Italian "Eye" of NASA's Fermi mission, discovered a powerful millisecond pulsar. This result, achieved by an international team (significantly supported by Italy), impeaches... more
AerospaceSukhoi T-50: the third prototype of the fifth generation aircraft close to take-off
Rome, Italy - The fighter in the two final stages of completion
Last Wednesday, a Russian military industry source declared that third prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation aircraft is close to make its first take-off. The T-50 -Russia's first new major warplane... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Italy and Japan together in Space
Rome, Italy - Enhanced collaboration between the two countries
A delegation of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), led by president Enrico Saggese, has visited Tokyo for the "Italy in Japan" event (25 to 27 October 2011). ASI and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)... more
AerospaceRosat satellite: yet unknown if debris hit the Earth
Rome, Italy - Since Sunday, no reports
The Rosat satellite re-entered the atmosphere on last Saturday above South Asia's Bay of Bengal, but it remains unclear how much, if any, of its debris actually reached the sea's surface. Most of the 21-year-old... more
AerospaceGlonass. Russia to add four navigation satellites
Moscow, Russia - The launch on November 4
Russia is planning to launch four Glonass navigation satellites, in addition to the 28 ones already in orbit, in November. Three Glonass-M satellites will be delivered to orbit by a Proton-M carrier... more
AerospaceGalileo. Vitrociset Belgium signs the delay with Thales Alenia and launches the first two satellites
Transinne, Belgium - At the start the terrestrial station construction
Vitrociset Belgium, IT and logistic group, signed with Thales Alenia Space Deutschland the contract for the construction of the global network of ground stations that will serve the Galileo satellite system,... more
AerospaceReturn of the ROSAT satellite (2): last update of yesterday at 5:00pm
Rome, Italy - Italian Civil Defense Department continues to monitor the situation
"The Italian Space Agency (ASI) yesterday updated the forecasts regarding the possible return into the atmosphere of the German space agency (DLR)Roentgen (X-ray) SATellite (ROSAT) and informed the Department... more
AerospaceSatellite Rosat expected to return on Earth
Rome, Italy - Around 30 fragments will reach the ground: scenario are being analysed and possible interventions are being discussed
"Yesterday afternoon, at the headquarters of the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), an Operations Committee - convened in agreement with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) - was called to analyse the scenarios... more
AerospaceThe first European launch of the Soyuz-ST rocket delayed till Friday
French Guyana, France - Technical inconvenience
The first European launch of the Russian Soyuz-ST rocket from the European Space Agency (ESA) located in Kourou, French Guyana, has been postponed until Friday. Chief of ESA's Moscow office Rene Pichel... more
AerospaceNegligence behind the loss of Express AM-4 satellite and Progress M-12M cargo shuttle (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - Employees of guilty companies should be penalised
The failure to launch the Express AM-4 satellite and the Progress M-12M cargo shuttle loaded on the Proton-M rocket was a result of negligence staff of the aerospace companies. A spokesman declared that... more
AerospaceThe engine and payload of the Vega rocket have taken off to Kourou
Rome, Italy - The launch flight of the Italian vector carrying Lares, scheduled for next January, is approaching
The advanced European carrier Vega has little time left at the ESA (European Space Agency) centre in Kourou (French Guiana), the last part of the European carrier is approaching the Guianese site. After... more
AerospaceSoyuz launched for the first time from the spaceport in French Guyana
French Guyana, France - Another pair will be launched into orbit next year
The Soyuz rocket that will take off for the first time from Europe's Spaceport situated in French Guyana has been moved to the launch pad last Saturday 15 October and will be send into orbit the first... more
AerospaceRussia wants to cooperate with ESA and NASA in the ExoMars mission
Moscow, Russia - Declared by Oleg Korablyov, deputy head of the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Oleg Korablyov, deputy head of the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, declared from a scientific point of view, the ExoMars mission "is of great interest, because it would increase... more
AerospaceIndia: PSLV-C18 launched with four satellites on board (VIDEO)
New Delhi, India - The indigenous Jugnu, SRMSat, Vesselsat-1 from Luxembourg and the Mega-Tropiques born after ISRO-CNES joint-venture
Yesterday India successfully sent into orbit the PSLV-C18 launcher (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) carrying four satellites: the Jugnu and SRMSat (manufactured by the Indian Institute of Technology and... more
AerospaceEutelsat reinforce new level of performance with 9B satellite ordered from Astrium
Paris, France - It will embark Hosted Payload for the ESA EDRS
Eutelsat Communications announced it is initiating a new satellite programme that will significantly expand and diversify resources at its 9° East location which addresses high-growth video markets across... more
AerospacePartnership between Astrium and Beijing Eastdawn for Pleiades satellites' use
Paris, France - Signed a three year-contract
Astrium Services and Beijing Eastdawn Information Technology recently signed a contract in Paris that will give the Chinese provider of satellite images the exclusive right to distribute 50-cm resolution... more
AerospaceAnalysts criticize US space program suspension
Washington, USA - Also Neil Armstrong among detractors
The decision took by US President Barack Obama last June to cancel the Constellation program -which aim is to return by 2020 other cosmonauts to the Moon- and his request to NASA to develop projects to... more
AerospaceMexico announced launch of another communication satellite
Evry, France - The Mexsat-3
Mexican Communications and the Mexican ministry of transport have announced that in June it has been signed a contract with the space transportation company Arianespace for the launch, in 2012, of the... more
AerospaceRussia successfully launched GLONASS navigation system's satellite
Moscow, Russia - With a Soyuz-2 rocket
Another satellite of GLONASS navigation system has been successfully launched in the early hours of today from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 800 km north of Moscow: the Russian authorities and the space agency... more
AerospaceRussia launches in orbit the Mexican satellite QuetzSat-1 (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - A Proton-M rocket used
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that last night, the Mexican telecommunications satellite QuetzSat-1 was successfully launched from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan; at 7.45am Moscow... more
AerospaceTiangong-1 model launched - first Chinese space-station (VIDEO)
Beijing, China - Satisfy the ambition of a national orbiting space laboratory
The first module of the Chinese space-station Tiangong-1 was launched today (Palazzo Celeste), officially re-announced yesterday by spokesman for the project Wu Ping: "All preparations for the launch of... more
AerospaceChina is ready to launch the Tiangong-1 spacecraft (VIDEO)
Beijing, China - Launch between 27 and 30 September
The Chinese space agency announced that preparations for the launch of the Tiangong-1 spacecraft have begun at the Jiuquan launch centre, which depending on weather conditions, should be made between 27... more
AerospaceNew images provided by the La Silla observatory reveal the Lambda Centauri Nebula (VIDEO)
La Silla , Chile - Nicknamed running chicken
New images released by the MPG/ESO telescope of the La Silla Observatory in Chile revealed a nebula in the constellation of Centaurus, the Southern Milky Way: the Lambda Centauri Nebula, officially named... more
AerospaceNASA: some UARS satellite's debris will fall on Earth
Washington, USA - Italy must be hit
The US space agency NASA has announced that on September 23 is expected the re-entry of the UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) satellite, but also warned that during the impact with the atmosphere... more
AerospaceAstrium Services signs contract with ESA
Paris, France - A contract initially worth 17 million Euros
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Astrium Services, a division of EADS Astrium, to supply satellite images and optical data collected by satellite... more
AerospaceSES-2 and Arabsat-5C satellites' launch delayed
Kourou, French Guyana - For radar trackers strike
Arianespace, the French space transportation company worldwide, announced that the launch of satellites Arabsat-5C and SES-2 has been postponed due to a strike at the French Guyana space center called... more
AerospaceNASA officially announces the Space Launch System (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - Fore-casted initial expenditure of 18 billion dollars
According to rumors (see AVIONEWS), NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration- officially unveiled the Space-Launch System (SLS), the new launch system with a similar power to the Saturn V that... more
AerospaceNASA expected to announce the production of a new rocket
Washington, USA - It will have bigger dimensions than previous version
Anonymous sources reported that the US space agency NASA is expected to unveil a new project involving the construction of a giant rocket and will have much bigger dimensions than the one used to propel... more