Space

  Friedrichshafen. Airbus has been awarded a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to further develop the implementation of LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), one of the most ambitious science missions ESA has planned...

Toulouse. The last two satellites of the Airbus-built, owned and operated Pléiades Neo constellation are on track for launch later this year, following successful final tests in Toulouse’s clean rooms. Following the seamless parallel integration...

London: With their ability to operate simultaneously across the L and S-bands, Wideband fiber optic links from ViaLite are to be used in the backhaul network for the US Space Force’s new satellite mesh network. The Force’s initial Tranche 0...

  While the militarisation of space is being led by the Big Three – US, China and Russia, most nations are developing military space-based capabilities for support to operations on ground. In the context of...

Baltimore. NIRSpec (Near Infrared Spectrograph), a key instrument on Webb (the James Webb Space Telescope) has successfully passed all its functional tests including subsystems and mechanisms and is one step nearer to delivering its...

  The Indian space sector is undergoing a “space industry renaissance” and it has been predicted that academia, research, and industry will converge to accelerate technological development. Both international and domestic space requirements have exponentially...

Bengaluru: In a move to boost modernization and  network-centric warfare and communications programme, the Indian Navy is looking to acquire a dedicated earth imaging satellite — Geo Imaging Satellite-2 (GISAT-2) — this fiscal. Once...

  Long Beach, California. Rocket Lab  (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully launched its 26th Electron mission, deploying 34 satellites to orbit. Rocket Lab has now deployed...

New Delhi / Bengaluru: Taking forwards its remarkable progress on the Reusable Launch Vehicle-technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will be carrying out a key landing experiment (LEX) in April. According to a...

  Bengaluru: A consortium comprising State owned Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) HAL and private sector Larsen and Toubro have been awarded the contract for manufacture of polar space launch vehicles (PSLVs) — which was...

PALMDALE, California. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin  and Aerojet Rocketdyne  team successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). This historic flight reached speeds...

New Delhi: Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies Pvt Ltd., better known as ZUPPA has been making rapid strides in keeping with the government’s policy of self-reliance. The company recently featured in the documentary series - Aatmanirbhar...

  Bremen. Airbus Defence and Space has announced the acquisition of DSI Datensicherheit GmbH (DSI DS), a German-based company that provides cryptography and communication systems for Space, Airborne and Naval & Ground that is certified...