Space

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida.  A Boeing-built rocket core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System was unloaded from a barge today at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center and moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The 212-foot...

  Friedrichshafen. 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...

  Toulouse. 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 product line features major innovations...

  Munich. Airbus and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) have launched a programme to develop a laser communication terminal demonstrator for aircraft, known as UltraAir. The project, which is co-financed by Airbus, TNO...

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. To obtain real-time awareness of the more than 300,000 objects orbiting the earth, the German Space Agency at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Center) has selected...

  New Delhi: Two years after it successfully shot down a satellite in space, India has been working to increase its military capabilities in Space as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed...

  HOUSTON. On March 25, Space Center Houston recognized Boeing for its commitment and generous support empowering the next generation of explorers with authentic science learning experiences. Since 1992, Boeing has invested more than $2...

  Tokyo/ Toulouse. SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, the main satellite operator in Japan and the world leading Fixed Satellite Service provider, has selected Airbus to build Superbird-9, a fully digital in-orbit reconfigurable telecommunications satellite. The satellite...

  LITTLETON, Colo. and TYSONS, Va. Omnispace, LLC and Lockheed Martin have entered into a strategic interest agreement to explore jointly developing 5G capability from space. The proposed global 5G standards-based non-terrestrial network (NTN) would offer...

  Toulouse. The first two Airbus-built Pléiades Neo imaging satellites have arrived at Cayenne airport, French Guiana and are now en route to the European Space Centre in Kourou. Scheduled to launch in April 2021 on...

  New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on March 22 it has successfully demonstrated free-space Quantum Communication over a distance of 300 metres, for the first time in the country. A number of key...

  Paris. Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to build EUTELSAT 36D, a new generation multi-mission geostationary telecommunications satellite. The EUTELSAT 36D spacecraft will replace and enhance capacity at...

  STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi. The cryogenic core stage built by Boeing for NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed hot fire testing on March 18 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center as part of...