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Space News June 30, 2020

Solar Orbiter commissioned in orbit despite Covid-19

Airbus teams working from home successfully complete In-Orbit Commissioning Airbus has successfully completed the In-Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter…

Space News June 9, 2020

Solar Orbiter is ready for its close-up with the Sun

Currently traveling at some 105 million kilometres from Earth, the Airbus-built Solar Orbiter (SolO) is en route for an encounter to uncover the secrets of…

General Aviation News February 18, 2020

Ground-breaking solar powered unmanned aircraft makes first flight

Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35®) has the potential to stay airborne for a year. PHASA-35, a 35m wingspan solar-electric aircraft, has successfully completed its…

Space News February 10, 2020

Solar Orbiter reaches for our star

The Airbus built Sun explorer spacecraft Solar Orbiter was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 23.03 local time. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission…

Space News February 4, 2020

Solar Orbiter ready for its close-up with the Sun

Airbus-built Solar Orbiter has been fitted inside the protective fairing, mounted on top of the launcher and is now ready to fly from Cape Canaveral…

Space News October 18, 2019

Airbus built Solar Orbiter heads for the Sun in Florida

Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape…

General Aviation News March 10, 2015

Solar plane lands in India to complete first sea leg

Solar Impulse 2 landed in India late on Tuesday, completing the first major sea leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered…

Space News April 17, 2014

Lockheed Martin Solar Ultraviolet Imager Installed on GOES-R Weather Satellite

New Sensor Will Analyze and Predict Severe Space Weather PALO ALTO, Calif., April 17, 2014 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has delivered a new solar analysis…

General Aviation News April 9, 2014

Solar Impulse 2: the round-the-world aircraft is completed

Today, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg launched Solar Impulse 2, their new single-seater solar aircraft designed to take up the challenge of the first round-the-world…

Space News December 17, 2013

Lockheed Martin Team Completes First Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) For GOES-R Satellite Series

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 17, 2013 – A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial…

EXTRA NEWS, General Aviation News November 18, 2013

Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Sets New Solar Cell Efficiency World Record

Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab recently set a new world record by producing a solar cell that converted 38.8 percent of solar energy into electricity, more than…

Space News October 17, 2013

Thales Alenia Space wins contract from Italian Space Agency to build Metis instrument for Solar Orbiter

Thales Alenia Space Italy has been awarded a contract by the Italian Space Agency to build the Metis (Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy)…

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