Space

  Milan: In a move to optimize its portfolio and focus on core business, Italian defence group Leonardo said its US unit DRS had agreed to sell its satellite communications business GES to SES for...

  Friedrichshafen. Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' proposed preliminary design and the customer's system requirements...

DENVER. Lockheed Martin was awarded three NASA contracts for key elements of the agency’s visionary Mars Sample Return program. The first contract is for the cruise stage that will power and steer the Mars-bound journey...

  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. A new type of large, fully-composite, linerless cryogenic fuel tank, designed and manufactured by Boeing, passed a critical series of tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center at the end of 2021....

Munich. The Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway – developed with the support of ESA – provides broadband connectivity services between the International Space Station and the Earth. With the Columbus Ka-band (ColKa) terminal now installed and fully...

  Toulouse. Airbus has been contracted to supply space start-up Loft Orbital with more than fifteen satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform.  Arrow is the foundational satellite platform of the OneWeb constellation. There...

Tel Aviv: Gas stations for satellites in space. Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space refuelling service provider and Astroscale US Inc., the US subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced a commercial agreement to...

Madrid. Airbus Crisa, an affiliate company of Airbus, has signed a contract for the development of the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) with Northrop Grumman. Airbus Crisa is...

Tel Aviv: The early indications point to an Iranian failure of launching three satellites into orbit by its Simorgh space launch vehicle (SLV). Middle Eastern experts say that according to initial indications the SLV...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Orbit Communications Systems has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the issued and repaid capital of Euclid Systems Engineering Ltd., which specializes in the development of smart, small...

  Madrid. The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with...

Paris. Airbus and OneWeb have signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use. As the leading provider of military satellite communication services in...

  Toulouse. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus to build the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) mission. Ariel is the fourth medium-class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme. Ariel will...