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Airbus completes second ocean satellite Sentinel-6B

  Friedrichshafen. Airbus has completed Sentinel-6B, the second ocean monitoring satellite of the European Copernicus programme, and is now testing it extensively over the next six months in preparation for its use in space. "Copernicus Sentinel-6"...

Astroscale Launches Universal Docking Device – a Standard Fitment for Future Removal of Defunct LEO Satellites

Tel Aviv: Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, revealed a universal docking device that the company hopes will become standard fitment on all future Low...

First Airbus built Inmarsat-6 satellite shipped to Japan ready for launch

  Toulouse. The first Airbus built Inmarsat-6 , I-6 F1, satellite has been shipped from Airbus in Toulouse to Tanegashima in Japan ready for launch. The first satellite of the Inmarsat-6 series is due to be launched on an...

CERES reconnaissance space system designed by Airbus and Thales successfully launched

  Kourou. The CERES space system (Capacité de Renseignement Electromagnétique Spatiale or Space-based Signal Intelligence Capability) satellites designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales for the DGA (the French Armament General Directorate)...

Israel Aerospace Industries Unveils MCS – Mini Communication Satellite

  Tel Aviv: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has unveiled a new concept for a communication satellite by introducing the MCS – a Mini Communication Satellite. The MCS is an advanced communication satellite weighing roughly 700...

Boost to India’s Space Technology: Bellatrix Aerospace, Dhruva Space sign MoUs with Larsen & Toubro

Bengaluru: In a boost to India’s space technology, startups Bellatrix Aerospace and Dhruva Space have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T). Bellatrix Aerospace became the first private Indian company...

TPY-4 Radar Earns Official US Government Designation, Setting New Standard In Airspace Threat Detection

SYRACUSE, New York. As the world’s most capable and flexible ground based multi-function long-range radar, Lockheed Martin’s TPY-4 has received its official US Government nomenclature – AN/TPY-4(V)1 – officially marking the radar’s maturity and its...

Pléiades Neo – at the double!

  Toulouse.  Pléiades Neo 4, the second satellite of the Pléiades Neo Earth observation constellation, was successfully launched by Arianespace’s European launcher Vega from French Guiana on August 16, 2021.  Pléiades Neo 4 was released from...

Performance Anomaly Affects Satellite After Launch: ISRO

  New Delhi:  Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to...

Last stop on Earth at Airbus before odyssey to Jupiter for JUICE

Toulouse. The Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft, (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission) developed for the European Space Agency (ESA)  has arrived in Toulouse, where it will stay for its final assembly and test campaign at Airbus’...

HENSOLDT Completes GALA Laser Altimeter for Mission to Jupiter

Oberkochen, Germany.  In September 2022, the Ariane 5 launcher will take off from the Kourou spaceport, marking the start of ESA’s JUICE mission for the exploration of Jupiter’s moons. The equipment also includes the...

Airbus completes integration of 3rd Copernicus Sentinel-2

Friedrichshafen. Airbus has finished the integration of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite. It is the third of its kind and will now be shipped to Munich to undergo extensive environmental tests to prove its readiness...

Start-up Pixxel Targets Satellite Launch in October

New Delhi: Pixxel is gearing up with multiple launch vehicles to cater to customers for specific requirements aiming to complete the constellation of hyperspectral satellites by 2023. The earth observation satellite developed by the Indian...
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