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AerospaceGalileo Programme: ESA selected Turin for Precise Time Facility
Turin, Italy - It will be supplied by a consortium made up of public bodies, Alenia Spazio, Sepa, Sia and Altec
Turin Time Consortium, made up of Finpiemonte, Province, City and CCIAA of Turin, Istituto Galileo Ferraris, Politecnico di Torino, Torino Wireless Fundation, Alenia Spazio, Sepa, Sia and Altec SpA, awarded... more
AerospaceDiscovery: second space walk for two crew members
Washington, USA - Meanwhile NASA recognized its mistakes to have underestimated damages occurred at blast-off
Two Discovery astronauts, the Japanese Soichi Noguchi and US Steve Robinson, began today the second space walk: they are expected to replace a failed gyroscope needed to maintain the International Space... more
AerospaceVittori received by the speaker of Italian Chamber of Deputies
Rome, Italy - Which role Italy is expected to play in the space sector?
The speaker of Italian Chamber of Deputies, Pier Ferdinando Casini, received last Friday at Montecitorio the Italian spaceman Colonel Roberto Vittori after the Eneide mission aboard the International Space... more
AerospaceMysterious object wanders the solar system
Washington, USA - It could be a planet composed by rock and ice
Astronomers of the Institute of Astrophysics in Andalusia (Spain) would have found a great object in the solar system which should not be larger than 1500 kilometers across. It would be composed by ice... more
AerospaceDiscovery docked at the ISS
Washington, USA - To fear for the integrity of the shuttle
Discovery docked at the International Space Station (ISS) and today its crew started to unload the 15 tons of supplies. During the spacewalk, Shuttle’s astronauts planned to control close up the damages c... more
AerospaceDiscovery (3): the Shuttle "drew" a trail in the sky carrying Raffaello
Rome, Italy - The module produced by Alcatel Alenia Space is being deployed for the transport of food and devices towards the ISS
The launch of the Discovery Space Shuttle also encourages progress for Italian space industry. The Raffaello module produced by the new Alcatel Alenia Space joint-venture (consisting of Italian holding... more
AerospaceDiscovery (2): crew is trying to found possible damages
Washington, USA - They used a mechanic arm equipped with a camera
Discovery’s astronauts are at the work into the space for the first time and have had, already after 12 hours from the lift-off, starting a scrupulous inspection of the US space shuttle in order to verify t... more
AerospaceCan Discovery suffer from debris falling off?
Washington, USA - NASA's technicians are concerned about it as relive with the nightmare of Columbia
Some debris of Discovery’ thermic covering detached from the Shuttle during take-off would have hit the fuselage, but NASA is not currently able to say if it caused damages (see for details AVIONEWS). W... more
AerospaceDiscovery (3): the launch was successful, shuttle blasted off
Washington, USa - The event marks the US return into the space after more than two years
The latest, unfortunate space mission of a NASA shuttle occurred in 2003 when the Columbia broke up returning from the earth’s atmosphere killing seven cosmonauts. After more than two years and after s... more
AerospaceDiscovery to orbit if weather bulletin enables it
Washington, USA - There is the 40% chance to put off the launch
Florida Cape Canaveral NASA Centre is ready for Discovery’s shot. But new problems related to weather conditions could still bar the shuttle from departing in two weeks (see for details AVIONEWS). The c... more
AerospaceDiscovery (2): Cape Canaveral's weather conditions improved
Washington, USA - The first lady Laura Bush will attend the launch event
It began to get light and sky is clear and blue in the United States, so shuttle’s departure for the 114th mission is taken for granted now. Meteorologist increased the percentage of success up to 80%. T... more
AerospaceDiscovery's launch: trying again on next Tuesday
Washington, USA - Problems which prevented the launch from being performed on last July 13 appear solved
NASA, after solving the problem affecting the sensor indicating the external tank hydrogen level (see for details AVIONEWS 1 and 2), will try again on next Tuesday July 26 at 10:39 am local time (04:39... more
AerospaceASI: the Italian national space plan 2006-2008 to be released in September
Rome, Italy - The European Vega rocket carrier and the Cosmo Sky-Med satellite system are among the most important programmes
ASI (Italian Space Agency) will show Italian Government its national space plan for the 2006-2008 period by next September. It deals with important industrial and research efforts as Italy will play a... more
AerospaceIran about to put its first communications satellite into orbit
Teheran, Iran - It will include Italian technology as well but Iranian space research will go on with collaboration with Russia, Thailand and China
Iran is going to put its first communications satellite into orbita by the end of this year. It deals with the Mesbah, a national product also produced with Italian technology and it will launched to the... more
AerospaceRussia: new space programme has started
Moscow, Russia - Satellite systems and a new spacecraft by 2015
The Russian space programme 2006-2015 is finally ready. Some USD 11bn will be invested by the next ten years and destined to several projects both for satellite purposes and for the development of a new... more
AerospaceBlack smoke-signal for Shuttle's launch (2): it has recurred the same failure found in April
Washington, USA - The problem disappeared in the following tests
Nasa has until July 31 to launch Shuttle: after that the mission will have to delay until September 9, when the International Space Station again comes into the right position for connecting Discovery. A... more
AerospaceBlack smoke-signal for Shuttle's launch
Washington, USA - It shuold wait at least other two days before turning into the space
NASA announced that it needs at least 48 hours for finding solution to the problem occurred at sensor indicating the level of liquid hydrogen fuel in the external fuel tank which forced to stop Discovery’s l... more
AerospaceShuttle is ready: it is about to be launched at 03:51pm
Washington, USA - Weather is the only unknown element
NASA’s engineers have repaired Discovery’s fuselage damaged last night when a window’s cover, which weighs shortly less than 1 kg, has broken off falling 18 metre on the shuttle situated on the launch pad.... more
AerospaceCountdown for Discovery 's launch
Washington, USA - Spending the last two days before leaving, testing landing manoeuvres for return to Earth
It will take off on Wednesday July 13 at the 3:51 local time from the platform 39-B at the "Kennedy" Space Centre of Cape Canaveral (Florida). The mission STS-114 is composed by seven astronauts lead by... more
AerospaceParabolic flight's experiment aboard the A-300
Bordeaux, France - It will test behaviour of some cells in weightless conditions
A parabolic flight test will be performed by an Airbus 300 at the European Space Agency’s research centre situated in the Bordeaux Merignac Airport from July 19 to 30. Test aims to prove some particular h... more
AerospaceDeep Impact was very successful
Washington, USA - The space probe departed almost six months ago from Cape Canaveral
NASA’s Deep Impact projectile struck the comet Tempel 1, at a speed of 37,000 Kph, as scheduled this morning. The smash has created a flash observed by telescopes in orbit and on the Earth after sparking a... more
AerospaceShuttle to return into the space next July 13
Washington, USA - The first mission after Columbia's tragedy
After 2 years and half, Shuttle Discovery is now about to return into the space, NASA will launch it next July 13. Michael Griffin, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,... more
AerospaceGalileo: industrial integration way of thinking proved winning
Brussels, Belgium - EU welcomed the proposal for an Eurely-iNavSat consortium for the future management of the global positioning satellite system
The European Galileo global positioning satellite system will be managed by a new consortium, founded by the union between Eurely (Finmeccanica and Alcatel) and iNavSat (Eads and Thales). The proposal... more
AerospaceWaiting for the green light to Shuttle Discovery's launch
Washington, USA - It could turn into the space between July 13 and 31
There are few hours to the decision of NASA about Shuttle Discovery: a two-days meeting in progress at the Flight Readness Review will establish if the Shuttle is ready to its first flight since the accident... more
AerospaceAre the USA about to abandon the International Space Station?
Moscow, Russia - Due to the need to rationalize investments for the future space explorations, they could leave the station to Russia and EU
The United States would be less and less interested in ensuring their own contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), according to Russian press. The reason should be traced in the need to rationalize... more
AerospaceItalian Government took pleasure in Galileo Joint Undertaking
Rome, Italy - "It is an important success both for Italian technology and innovation"
Italian Government showed its pleasure after Galileo Joint Undertaking decided yesterday to meet the joint offer by two groups iNavSat and Eurely for the final negotiation related to concession of Galileo... more
AerospaceRussia and China: a common effort against the military use of space
Moscow, Russia - The two countries intend to show a ruling project within the UN to prevent the location of weapon systems in the outer space
Russia and China strengthened their collaboration in the space field both in a strictly industrial and research plan, and with reference to aspects related to security. Moscow proves well aware about the... more
AerospaceRussian-American solar-powered spacecraft project failed
Moscow, Russia - The first space navigation test by solar thrust
The first space mission for a solar energy-powered spacecraft failed after the launch from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea yesterday. The Cosmos-1 would not have succeeded in reaching the scheduled... more
AerospaceHelios II and COSMO-Skymed "speaking to one another" thanks to four European countries' contribution
Paris, France - Agreements for information exchange between the two satellite systems and the related access have been signed by the interested states
Interoperability between the Helios II and the COSMO-Skymed satellite systems as another major leap forward to determine industrial and operational synergies at a European level. France, Italy, Spain and... more
AerospaceForeign Committee gave the okay for exploring extra-atmospheric space
Rome, Italy - Italy will able to join the Convention of New York signed in 1975
The III Committee for Foreign Affairs of Italian Senate has given yesterday the green light to the bill for joining the Convention on registration of the objects launched into the extra-atmospheric space,... more
AerospaceRussia's military satellite crashed in Siberia
Moscow, Russia - A rocket's engine failure missed the launch of the Molnia-3K
The Russian Ministry of Defence’s Molnia-M rocket carrying to the orbit military communications satellite Molnia-3K, crashed yesterday in Siberia shortly after take-off occurred in the night at the Plessetsk s... more
AerospaceGalileo: iNavSat and Eurely opted for a common solution
Brussels, Belgium - In order to manage the the European global positioning system together
The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU, that is to say the company which is expected to select the best solution for the management of the Galileo global positioning programme) will reveal the result of the... more
AerospaceMolise Region turns a geospatial centre
Campobasso, Italy - It will develop EU initiatives in this sector
Telespazio has introduced the GEO-DataBase project which provides for installing in Molise Region an excellent national and European centre for spread in the net geospatial products and services. The Centre... more
AerospaceChina's Space Agency to visit Italy
Rome, Italy - CNSA's Chairman will be by Alenia, CIRA and Telespazio
There are a thirty-year collaboration between Italy and China in the aerospace sector: the later act of this friendship has been signed at Beijing last November, when they constituted three groups of work... more
Aerospace"Industrial policy and Italian research on space in the European space policy"
Rome, Italy - It has been discussed today at Italian Chamber of Deputies
The workshop on the "Industrial policy and Italian research on space in the European space policy" has been held today at Montecitorio and has been organized by Committee for evaluation of scientific and... more
AerospaceThe heaviest satellite in the world to be into orbit in July
Bangkok, Thailand - The iPSTAR-1 system to provide internet navigation communication for Asia and Oceania
The heaviest satellite even designed, named iPSTAR-1, will be launched from the Korou Base (French Guiana) on next July 7. The US company Space Systems/Loral which produced it will resort to an Ariane... more
AerospaceGalileo: first two satellites to be in orbit in six months
Brussels, Belgium - They will be used to test the tecnologies adopted and the frequencies by which the global positioning system network will have to run
Just six months last before the launch of the first two satellites of the Galileo global positioning system. As respectively named Gstb-V2A and Gstb-V2B, they will be followed later by other two satellites... more
AerospaceVittori to become the first not-Russian Commander of Soyuz
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile the astronaut is making ready for lecturing "Human missions into the space"
The Italian Air Force Colonel, Roberto Vittori, has received by the European Space Agency (ESA), the title of Commander of Russian Soyuz, so becoming the first stranger astronaut taking this role. Meanwhile... more
AerospaceNASA: a new probe to travel towards Mars in 2007
Washington, USA - The Phoenix programme is under development by the Lockheed Martin, universities and Canadian Space Agency's contribution
NASA will launch a new probe destined to study Mars’ ground in August 2007. The programme, named Phoenix, schedules the sending of a static device endowed with a mechanical arm which will be deployed t... more
AerospaceScientists succeeded in freeing Opportunity from sand
Washington, USA - The robot has been blocked in Mars' sand for about one month
Great joy for scientists from the Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory when they understood, after taking delivery of the first Opportunity’s images while leaving fresh traces on Mars’ surface, as they suc... more
AerospaceGalileo: Ukraine as the third non-EU partner for the global positioning system
Kiev, Ukraine - It follows China and Israel but many other states are evaluating the possibility of providing their contribution for its development
Ukraine is officially the third country besides the European Union’s members to participate to the programme for the Galileo global positioning satellite system after China and Israel. The agreement r... more
AerospaceMoon-coming hypothesis: AVIONEWS interviewed Director of ASI "Universe Observation" unit
Rome, Italy - "Italian Space Agency found a convergence of scientific interests with NASA on this mission"
USA and Europe have recently re-launched a systematic exploration of the solar system through scientific missions targeted to know the different planets and carry again the man on the Moon in a decennium,... more
AerospaceBaikonur cosmodrome turns fifty-years old
Baikonur, Kazakistan - Half century of aerospace history
Baikonur, the huge cosmodrome in the unfriendly land of Kazakistan has turned 50-years old. Originally built as military spaceport for intercontinental ballistic missiles testing, it has witnessed almost... more
AerospaceEU and Russia together for the development of a new spacecraft
Moscow, Russia - The major purpose is the one of achieving more autonomy from the United States
Russia and European Union intend to achieve more autonomy in the space exploration field from the United States. So, one of the first important steps forward towards such goal will be the one related to... more
AerospaceEU aiming to establish an European space programme
Brussels, Belgium - It will be necessary to find the operational priorities, funding procedures and single members' interests to be coordinated at an EU level by the end of this year
European Union should approve the European space programme by the end of this year. It deals with a concrete effort to set a clear EU space policy able to assign to EU institutions, single members and... more
AerospaceHearth Satellite Observation to raise up Italian economic situation
Ancona, Italy - EU is going to appropriate more than 4 MLD for satellite research
An important meeting took place several days ago in Ancona, at the University of Marche Region. It dealt with Hearth satellite observations and all staff connected from Satellite Navigation to environmental... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS interviewed Eng. Gennaro Russo from CIRA on the USV programme
Rome, Italy - "An evolutionary approach which aims to detect which technologies will be implemented for the final project rather than starting from this one"
AVIONEWS interviewed Eng. Gennaro Russo from CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre) on the USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle)programme shown during the XIII international conference on spacecraft and on hypersonic... more
AerospaceNew tender for aerospace industry research in Lazio Region
Rome, Italy - As a part of the Aerospace Technological District foundation
New tender aimed to fund industrial research projects as well as training in the aerospace industrial sector in Lazio Region has been exhibited on last May 18, as promoted region authority with Filas’ s... more
AerospaceCIRA : closing of the XIII international conference on spacecraft and on hypersonic technologies
Capua, Italy - It was held this week in the Center headquarter
"The meeting on spacecrafts, which took place at the CIRA (Italian Centre for Aerospace Research) and lasted three days, underlined once more that Italy, through the Unmanned Space Vehicle (Usv) programme,... more
AerospaceGalileo: Israeli Matimop joined the project
Tel Aviv, Israel - Israeli Government entrusted the Israeli Industry Center for R&D with the related cooperation
Israeli Matimop joined the group which attends to the management of the Galileo satellite programme. Also China is participating to such a project related to the new global positioning system, which is... more