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Military Aviation News, Space News August 9, 2018

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….

Space News July 25, 2018

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…

Space News July 24, 2018

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…

Space News July 10, 2018

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…

Space News July 3, 2018

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…

Space News June 27, 2018

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…

Space News June 25, 2018

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…

Space News June 20, 2018

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…

Space News June 5, 2018

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…

Space News June 5, 2018

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…

Space News May 23, 2018

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…

Military Aviation News, Space News April 18, 2018

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…

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