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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
AerospaceEndeavour: first spacewalk complete
Cape Canavera, USA - Two more scheduled for mission STS-130
Space Shuttle Endeavour crew completed the first spacewalk scheduled within mission STS-130. Mission specialists Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick remained out of the spaceship for 6 hours and 32 minutes,... more
AerospaceNASA, Solar Dynamics Observatory launched
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will collect data on the Sun's inner workings
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched yesterday on board of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The mission of this satellite is to evaluate the complex mechanisms... more
AerospaceASI-NASA: other seven years for Cassini
Rome, Italy - The spacecraft works still perfectly, and the NASA approved the extension of budget until 2017
NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a $ 60 million per year extension for continued study of... more
AerospaceBoeing's contribution to the Node 3 "Tranquillity"
Kennedy Space, Usa - The module has been realized by Thales Alenia Space Italia in Turin
The Boeing Company provided engineering and cargo processing services for the Tranquility module, which will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-130.... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Endeavour lifts off towards the ISS
Cape Canaveral, USA - To carry the Italian-built "Tranquillity" module
Space shuttle Endeavour was launched tonight (4:14 am EST) from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its trip towards the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard there are six astronauts... more
AerospaceLeonardo on board of the last Shuttle mission
Rome, Italy - That will be launched next September
Nexus 3 and the Dome won't be the last contribution to ISS (International Space Station) from Thales Alenia Space (TAS): Leonardo module, modified to be a permanent multipurpose module, will be on-board... more
AerospaceThales Alenia on-board of next Shuttle mission
Rome, Italy - ISS Nexus 3 and Dome launched in two days
ISS Nexus 3 and Dome will be on-board on next Shuttle "Endeavour", whose launch scheduled in two days. Nexus 3 “Tranquillity” is the 2nd inter-module made by Thales Alenia Space, following “Harmony 2”, l... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: "SAT Expo" begins
Rome, Italy - The third edition from February 4-6, while today meeting in Campidoglio
"The third edition of 'Sat Expo Europe 2010', the international kermesse dedicated to services and space application and integrated telecommunications, opens tomorrow, on February 4. The event's calendar,... more
Aerospace"SAT EXPO": meeting by Mediterranean and world space agencies tomorrow in Rome
Rome, Italy - The Italian capital in the middle of the world space
"The main space agencies tomorrow, on Wednesday February 3, will be protagonist for a day of the Roman cultural and political life and for a day Rome will be at the middle of the world aerospace community. The... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: NASA, it's changed page
Rome, Italy - Obama presents the budget proposal for the Agency. Constellation and return on the Moon cancelled. The ISS program confirmed until 2020. Green light to the private flights
As anticipated in the last days by different sources, US President Barack Obama has decided to step off on Constellation program by NASA, the American Space Agency. The perspective about a return on the... more
AerospaceNO by Obama to return on the Moon?
Washington, Usa - The President will propose it today at the Congress according to American press
Different American press sources reported news in the last days that President Obama would have the intention to ask at American Congress, today in the ambit of the presentation of budget 2011, to abandon... more
AerospaceVisit by Italian ASI in Israel
Rome, Italy - The president Saggese met ISA's leadership and local industry, and NASA's CEO, Bolden
The President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Enrico Saggese, has visited Israel between January 26 and 28, in view of the first Italian-Israeli meeting, that will take place in Jerusalem in February... more
AerospaceRussia orbits new military satellite
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Launched on board of a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur
Russia yesterday launched a new military satellite on board of a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for Moscow's defense ministry. Lift off sequence and payload separation from the booster... more
AerospaceNASA: "Tranquillity" early on ISS
Rome, Italy - The Shuttle Sts-130 mission with on board Nodo 3 and the cupola is planned for next February 7
Endeavour's STS-130 Mission Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists... more
AerospaceArianespace to launch the first 10 Galileo satellites
Noordwijk, Netherlands - From Kourou, French Guiana, starting in December 2012
Arianespace will be responsible of the launch of the first 10 satellites of the Galileo constellation. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and René Oosterlinck, Director of the Galileo... more
AerospaceSlovenia is the sixth ESA European Cooperating State
Noordwijk, Netherlands - It will mainly cooperate in Science and Robotic Exploration programme
Thanks to an agreement signed last week in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, by Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Gregor Golobic and ESA’s Director of Legal Affairs and External R... more
AerospaceHaiti: e-GEOS provides aid agencies with satellite maps of Léogâne and Jacmel
Rome, Italy - Two cities hit by the earthquake
"e-GEOS (a Telespazio/Italian Space Agency company) is providing satellite maps of road conditions in the haitian areas of Jacmel and Léogâne, the earthquake's epicentre, to the United Nations, the World F... more
AerospaceUSV "Polluce": second mission in February
Capua, Italy - It will be presented tomorrow morning at Italian CIRA's headquarters
CIRA (Italian Aerospace Researches Center) president, Eng. Enrico Saggese, will present tomorrow on Friday January 22, 2010 at 10:00am at the CIRA's headquarters in Capua (Caserta), to the aerospace community... more
AerospaceDRS Defense Solutions to supply NASA with infrared sensor modules for discovering new celestial bodies
Rome, Italy - The aim of the WISE mission is to map the sky with a degree of sensitivity never achieved before, thereby providing a detailed survey of objects
"DRS Defense Solutions LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies Inc., part of the Finmeccanica Group, is to supply all the infrared sensor modules for NASA’s new space vehicle for mapping the s... more
Aerospacee-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) provides satellite images and maps of earthquake-hit areas in Haiti
Rome, Italy - Under the European G-MOSAIC programme
"Within a few hours of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, e-GEOS (a Telespazio/Italian Space Agency company) went into action to provide the United Nations, the Spanish Red Cross and the Italian ministries... more
Aerospace"Torino Piemonte Aerospace": the Czech societies Aero Vodochody and Evektor find partner into the Region
Turin, Italy - The meeting for next Wednesday will be opened with a conference
"The Piedmont's aerospace enterprises will meet, next Wednesday January 20, Aero Vodochody and Evektor Aerotechnik, Czech societies interested to the Italian local system and to find new suppliers. Precision... more
Aerospacee-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) and LM to supply satellite data to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (US)
Denver, USA - Five-year contract could be worth up to USD 85 million
"The team consisting of the US firm Lockheed Martin and the Italian company e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) has been awarded a contract worth up to USD 85 million by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency... more
AerospaceEC awards major contracts to make Galileo operational early 2014
Brussels, Belgium - Three of the six ones for the procurement
"The European Commission announced today the award of three of the six contracts for the procurement of Galileo’s initial operational capability. The contract for the system support services is awarded t... more
AerospaceItalian ASI. The top ten in 2009: a year of space
Rome, Italy - The Herschel and Planck missions. The satellite images of earthquake in Abruzzo. The Hubble's reparation. The events to remember
What will remain into space field in 2009? ASI, the Italian Space Agency, has tried to answer to retrace the main ten stages that have scanned for the Agency and for the other great space agencies, the... more
AerospaceItalian ASI (2). A year of space: Italy protagonist
Rome, Italy - The water on the Moon, the Italian astronauts, international collaborations, the allocations
6) The Moon's year In the year in which the entire world has celebrated 40 years of the moon-landing of Apollo 11, the Moon has been protagonist of a stunning discovery: there is water on our satellite,... more
AerospaceBoeing-built DIRECTV 12 satellite delivers 1st signals From Space
El Segundo, Usa - Together with twins DIRECTV 10 and 11, will expand DIRECTV's HDTV broadcasting in United States, Hawaii and Alaska
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from DIRECTV 12 nine hours after launch, indicating that the satellite is healthy and operating normally. DIRECTV 12 is a Boeing 702 commercial satellite... more
AerospaceSoyuz TMA-17 scheduled to dock today to the ISS
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - With on board the crew of Expedition 22
The docking of the Soyuz TMA-17 to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for today, December 22, with on board the crew of Expedition 22. The spaceship was launched on Sunday from Baikonur... more
AerospaceFrench Helios-2B satellite launched
Kourou, French Guiana - On board of an Ariane 5 GS rocket
An Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar orbit. Flight V193 w... more
AerospaceGOES-14 meteorological satellite accepted by NASA
El Segundo, USA - It joins GOES-13 for NOAA operations
Boeing today announced that GOES-14 (formerly GOES-O), the second satellite in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... more
AerospaceArianespace, launch of the Helios-2B satellite postponed
Kourou, French Guiana - It will serve the French defense
The launch of the Helios-2B satellite scheduled yesterday from Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed during final count-down operations due to an anomaly occurred in a launcher subsystem. The delay... more
AerospaceVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveiled
Mojave, USA - At Mojave spaceport, California
On Monday Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo to the world at Mojave Spaceport, California. In presence of press, future astronauts and VIP guests gathered in the desert for a press conference and to... more
AerospaceFour Astrium satellites for SES
Paris, France - To strengthen the company's network
Global satellite operator SES and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, announced that SES has ordered four multi-mission satellites from the European consortium to provide replacement as well as... more
AerospaceDIRECTV 12 satellite shipped to Baikonur
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will increase the company's HD capacity by 50%
Boeing announced today that DIRECTV 12 satellite was shipped last week from Boeing's manufacturing facility in El Segundo (USA) to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the... more
AerospaceThird USAF WGS satellite ready for launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will be placed over the Atlantic Ocean
Boeing announced yesterday that the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite it has built for the US Air Force (USAF) has completed prelaunch testing. The satellite is ready for its scheduled December... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: site of Galileo station at Kourou
Rome, Italy - Europe's global navigation satellite system was inaugurated in French Guyana
ESA PR 29-2009. The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated. The site,... more
AerospaceGOCE: control handed over to operating centers
Rome, Italy - Commissioning and calibration phase ended
Control of ESA’s (European Space Agency) GOCE satellite has been transferred to the operations teams, marking the end of its commissioning and calibration phase. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean C... more
AerospaceESA delivered ISS's Node 3 and Cupola to NASA
Rome, Italy - The two elements, both built in Italy, will be docked to the Station in February
Two more pieces of Europe, and of Italy in particular, are getting ready to join the ISS (International Space Station). Twelve years of design, development and hard work came to fruition with the formal... more