Space

  London. Rolls-Royce has signed an innovative contract with the UK Space Agency for a study into future nuclear power options for space exploration. This first contract between both organisations represents an exciting opportunity to...

  Stevenage. Airbus has successfully completed the first key phase of the Skynet 6A project with the achievement of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The project now has permission to move into the next phase...

  HOUSTON. Boeing will support the International Space Station’s (ISS) growing research capabilities and commercial opportunities with new solar arrays to increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply. The modification to Boeing’s ISS sustainment contract with...

  New Delhi: Solid rocket propulsion stage demonstrator ‘Kalam-5,’ which is going to be used in India’s first-ever privately designed and developed rocket ‘Vikram-1’, has been successfully test-fired by Solar Group’s Economic Explosives Limited (EEL)...

  Toulouse/ McLean, Va. Airbus has signed a contract with Intelsat to build two OneSat satellites operating in multiple frequency bands for Intelsat’s next-generation software-defined network. The contract was signed on December 31. The satellites will...

  New Delhi. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in collaboration with private sector will boost “Atmanirbhar Bharat.” In a...

  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Airbus continues to expand its portfolio of products supporting the future of space exploration with the delivery of two new H135 helicopters to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from...

  New Delhi: A US-based China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) report has claimed that China attacked Indian satellite communications in 2017 among other counter-space activities. The 142-page report says that between 2012 and 2018, China...

Madrid. Last night, the Spanish satellite SEOSAT-Ingenio, built by Airbus, was loaded at the Torrejón de Ardóz air base, near Madrid, on board an Antonov 124 cargo plane to fly to the Kourou launch...

  Friedrichshafen.  The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus polar ice and snow topography mission (CRISTAL). With two satellites the CRISTAL mission will ensure the long-term continuation of...

  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a US$15 million HCare Infinite full-availability support solution with Airbus Helicopters, Inc. The comprehensive contract, initially covering two years with the option...

Adelaide. Leonardo commits to the South Australian space ecosystem establishing a foothold for its space service business - through its subsidiary e-GEOS - in partnership with SmartSat CRC. e-GEOS is a joint venture between...

  Friedrichshafen, Germany. Airbus space engineers are preparing the European ocean satellite "Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" for its journey to the Vandenberg launch site in California. Next week, the satellite will be loaded into a...