Airbus completes the integration of Cheops satellite
ESA’s new exoplanet hunting satellite is on track for launch by the end of the year Madrid, 03/07/2018 – Airbus has completed the integration of…
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Arianespace to miss 2018 satellite launch target
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Arianespace expects its satellite launches in 2018 to fall short of a record target, hobbled partly by a data glitch that sent…
Airbus to provide an end-to-end Geo-Information System to Thailand
Earth observation satellites, capacity building, integrated geo-information platform to support the Kingdom of Thailand’s key development priorities Paris, 25/06/2018 – The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology…
Clearing out space junk, one step at a time
An experimental satellite from Airbus’ SSTL subsidiary will test methods of removing orbital debris Since the start of the space age, mankind has left its…
Airbus-built Aeolus wind sensor satellite ready for shipment
First ever satellite able to perform global wind component profile observation ESA’s Aeolus will provide measurements on a daily basis in near real-time to improve…
Airbus-built SES-12 dual-mission satellite successfully launched
Biggest ever all-electric satellite now in space Multi-mission flexible satellite, SES-12 is the third Airbus all-electric satellite in orbit Toulouse, 04/06/2018 – SES-12, the 13th…
Airbus-built GRACE-FO satellites successfully launched from California
Maps of Earth’s gravitational field will indicate movement of liquid water, ice and land masses Vandenberg/California, 23/05/2018 – Yesterday evening (21:47 CEST), the twin GRACE-FO…
US Air Force opens space training to allies, accelerates Space Acquisition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) — Citing the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced that beginning in 2019 the Air Force is opening…
Virgin Galactic conducts first rocket-powered test with VSS
Space tourism firm Virgin Galactic conducted a series of glide tests but had not fired up the spaceship’s rocket-powered motor. The spaceship, dubbed VSS Unity…
China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth
BEIJING (Reuters) – It is unlikely that any large parts of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab will reach the ground when it falls to Earth, and…
Airbus delivers new life support system for the ISS
Airbus has delivered the ACLS (Advanced Closed Loop System), an advanced life support system to purify air and produce oxygen for the International Space Station…
SpaceDataHighway starts full Copernicus service
The Airbus-operated SpaceDataHighway has begun regularly relaying data from the Sentinel-2A satellite, after the successful end of the commissioning period. This marks the start of…