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AerospaceSamantha Cristoforetti first European woman to command Iss
Third in the world in orbit with Space Station
There is always a first time in all things and the one that concerned today, Friday 28 May 2021, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti fills Italian country with pride. Cristoforetti will in fact be the first... more
AerospaceAriane Group: new ESA contracts to advance Prometheus and Phoebus projects
The signature during a virtual on-line ceremony
ESA (European Space Agency) is forging ahead with advanced developments in two flagship space transportation demonstration projects, Prometheus and Phoebus. This will benefit Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher i... more
AerospaceJapanese billionaire will reach International space station
Yusaku Maezawa has already passed the medical exams
As reported yesterday, Thursday 13 May 2021, by Space Adventures, a Japanese billionaire is ready to reach the International Space Station (ISS). We are talking about Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Start Today,... more
AerospaceSicral-1 re-orbiting operations concluded
After over 20 years of activity in geostationary orbit
The re-orbiting operations of the Sicral-1 military satellite (Italian System for Confidential Communications and Alarms) have been completed, moved to a safe position, the so-called cemetery orbit, to... more
AerospaceThales Alenia and Cira will develop thermal protection system for Space Rider
The reusable space transport vehicle for low Earth orbit
The Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA) will develop, test and build the Thermal Protection System and the "Body Flap" control surfaces of Space Rider, the European reusable space transport system... more
AerospaceChina launches three new satellites for electromagnetic surveys
Long March 2C carrier rocket took off
China has decided to launch new Yaogan satellites into orbit, confirming its propensity for the aerospace sector which has lasted for several years. After the controversy related to the Long March 5B rocket,... more
AerospaceBlue Origin, first suborbital trip with tourists on July 20
It is the project funded by Jeff Bezos
Overtaking and counter-overtaking: the ranking of the richest men in the world is recording changes at the top at a continuous pace and the protagonists are always the same, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Neither... more
AerospaceLeonardo BoD approved results of 1Q2021
Order intake of € 3.4 billion -ATTACHMENT
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Luciano Carta, examined and unanimously approved results of the first quarter 2021. The highlights: Results in line with our... more
AerospaceVega VV18: a French satellite in orbit
The next flight, VV19, is expected by the Summer -VIDEO
Today’s mission from Kourou’s spaceport in French Guiana marked a successful mission for Vega’s flight VV18. The European launcher, designed, developed and built by Avio, has placed in orbit the new gen... more
AerospaceJUICE Jupiter probe’s first taste of space
The satellite to start environmental tests
JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA), has left Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen (Germany) and is now on its way to the Large Space S... more
AerospaceNew Zealand satellite that will monitor greenhouse gas emissions
Nation strongly believes in this space mission
Today, Friday April 23, 2021, the government of New Zealand announced the commitments of the country in aerospace (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). The goal is to make Wellington become a... more
AerospaceOneSat Final Design Review successfully achieved
The fully reconfigurable satellite takes major step forward
Airbus has passed an important milestone for the OneSat flexible satellite product line, with the Final Design Review successfully achieved with customers and space agencies.The fully reconfigurable OneSat... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: key contract in the development of Galileo Second Generation
Boosting the positioning performance and real-time operability of the system
Thales Alenia Space (Tas), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), as prime contractor for Galileo First Generation’s Ground Mission Segment, has been selected by the European Space A... more
AerospacePutin wants to raise salary of Russian astronauts
Hypothesis formulated during a meeting on space sector
Aerospace tops the list of thoughts of many rulers. The Russian President Vladimir Putin is no exception and yesterday, on Monday April 12, 2021, deepened the question of the salaries to be paid to the... more
AerospaceApril 12, 1961: the flight by Gagarin, first man in space
60 years ago he completed an orbit around the Earth
The landscape is absolutely beautiful and new, the Earth's surface changes color as it is illuminated by the black sky, where I can see the stars very well: these are the words spoken on April 12, 1961,... more
AerospaceTelespazio announces support for AWS Ground Station
With its cloud-based service platform Enable
Telespazio Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of Telespazio –a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) –, a provider of aerospace engineering, software solutions and services and a member of the... more
AerospaceThe aerospace collaboration between Germany and New Zealand
12 very promising projects were selected
More than 18,000 kilometers away and two completely different cultures: there do not seem to be any points of contact between Germany and New Zealand, yet these two Nations have started a very promising... more
AerospaceHigh-speed artificial intelligence and machine learning for space satellite images
Thales Alenia Space and Microsoft’s cloud powered innovation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and Microsoft today announced that they are innovating together on cloud technologies in space by adding the Deeper Vision... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space opens new FabLab at Charleroi plant
Designed to stimulate innovation and drive sustainable growth in Belgium
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has set up a new FabLab (fabrication laboratory) at its plant in Charleroi, Belgium. This approach... more
AerospaceFirst satellite entirely produced by Tunisia launched into orbit
Together with 37 other ones carried by Soyuz rocket - VIDEO
Today, on Monday March 22, 2021, “Challenge One” was launched, the first entirely Tunisian production satellite. The technology is part of the group of 38 satellites sent into orbit by the Russian Soy... more
AerospaceEmergencies and more: the Argo program
For Telespazio a lesson from the earthquake in Irpinia in 1980
Confirmations and new horizons. For Telespazio, the early eighties were marked by two important names: Intelsat and Italsat.On the one hand, the Italian company was entrusted once again with ordinary traffic... more
AerospaceEutelsat selects Airbus for key orbital slot with satellite
Eighth order confirms success of Eurostar Neo for GEO market
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world’s reference satellite operators, to build EUTELSAT 36D, a new generation multi-mission geostationary telecommunications satellite. The spacecraft wi... more
AerospaceAvio: 2020 results
Vega to launch again in April -ATTACHMENT
The Board of Directors of Avio SpA reviewed and approved last Friday the financial statements as of December 31, 2020.The highlights are: Net Revenues: Euro 322 million (-12.6% on 2019)Adjusted EBITDA:... more
AerospaceArianespace signs supply agreement for additional Vega C launchers
During the recent meeting in Rome between French and Italian Ministers
Arianespace, the European launch services company, announced today the signature of an agreement with Avio, industrial prime contractor for the Vega and Vega C launchers, to start production of a batch... more
AerospaceTelespazio will lead a new Galileo Information Centre in Latin America
The new GIC will be working for 36 months
Telespazio Ibérica, a subsidiary of Telespazio –a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), is the reference of the consortium in charge of running the new Galileo Information Centre (GIC) fo... more
AerospacePhoto. Magboom attached to Juice
Latest milestone achieved on integration of the Jupiter probe
JUICE, the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has successfully passed its latest milestone: space engineers at Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen (Germany) h... more
AerospaceTelespazio transfers the data system of the European Copernicus programme’s Sentinel-3 satellites
To monitor oceans, atmosphere and the Earth's surface
Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), has successfully migrated the data processing infrastructure of the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-3 mission to the commercial... more
AerospaceAirbus: first Syracuse IV ground segment programme contract
A 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus
Within the Syracuse IV programme, Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites... more
AerospaceTas will play a major role on-board Galileo 2nd Generation constellation
A 772M EUR contract to provide 6 new satellites
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) has signed a 772M EUR contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting in the name andon behalf of the European Union... more
AerospaceTelespazio acquires the space activities of Vitrociset
As from today on March 1st
As from today, on March 1st, the space activities of Vitrociset will be integrated into Telespazio.The acquisition will allow the industry to grow yet further in strategic sectors such as space operations,... more