Space

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’...

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...

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...

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...

Friedrichshafen. Thirty years ago, on  July 17, 1991, at exactly 03:46 (CEST), an Ariane 4 launch vehicle took off into space with the Earth observation satellite ERS-1 of the European Space Agency (ESA). The...

Leiden. Airbus space engineers have installed ESA’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) onto the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) and it is now ready for its flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Together with...

Toulouse. The Airbus built EUTELSAT QUANTUM satellite has been shipped from the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Toulouse to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for its launch at the end of July on an...

Tel Aviv. While doubts grow about the alleged Russian willingness to supply an advanced spy satellite to Iran, the country's space program has been accelerated with massive help from China. It was expected that...

  Toulouse, 15 June 2021 – Airbus has passed an important milestone for the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) mission, which will bring the first Mars samples back to Earth: it has passed the Preliminary Design...

  SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency to demonstrate space-to-air optical communication using GA-EMS’ Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS)...

Toulouse. Airbus released a first collection of sharp images at 30cm native resolution from the Pléiades Neo 3 satellite, recently safely launched and secured in orbit. The successful acquisitions and delivery of these first...

  Stevenage. Airbus has been awarded a series of contracts during the first quarter of 2021 from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) both as part of its continuing programme of upgrading and enhancing services for...

Toulouse.  The first satellite of the Pléiades Neo constellation was safely delivered in orbit by Arianespace’s European launcher Vega, from French Guiana last night. First telemetry signals were received this morning and the solar arrays...