German Aerospace Center (DLR-Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V)
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its extensive research and development work…
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Airbus Defence and Space
Airbus SE, formerly Airbus Group SE founded December 1970, is a company based in the Netherlands that is active in the aerospace and defense industry….
New satellite launch extends Galileo’s global reach
Four more Galileo satellites were launched today by an Ariane 5. Their arrival in orbit brings the Galileo constellation to 26 satellites, extending the global…
Preparing to fly the wind mission
The launch of Aeolus — ESA’s mission to map Earth’s wind in real-time — is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on…
Largest ever solid rocket engine ready for first hot firing
This week, the largest solid rocket motor ever built in one piece will be test fired at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana for the first…
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…
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…