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AerospaceAirbus selected by Eutelsat
To provide two Hotbird telecommunications satellites
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world’s reference satellites operators, to build two HOTBIRD new generation telecommunication satellites that will replace the current spacecraft and e... more
AerospaceSpaceX: authorized to create a network of 7518 satellites in orbit
It will be used to bring internet access all over the Earth
The SpaceX company -founded by Elon Musk- has obtained the permission from the Federal Communications Commission to send 7518 satellites into orbit, which would serve to give birth to the program designed... more
AerospaceWill NASA focus on the SpaceX and Blue Origin launchers?
Problem: the SLS costs a lot and is behind with development
NASA is planning to withdraw plans for the design, development and use of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space shuttle, because the costs are very high, but above all because SpaceX -of Elon... more
AerospaceCygnus headed to International Space Station
The PCM will carry over three kilos of supplies and scientific experiments
The latest Cygnus spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, o... more
AerospaceSpace debris: Italy (and Leonardo) in the front row to map them
Space Alliance will invest in the Canadian idea of putting 40 probes into orbit
To map the location of space debris, the Canadian company NorthStar has planned to create a constellation of 40 satellites to observe the Earth's orbit constantly. An idea that attracted the Space Alliance... more
AerospaceTAS and Telespazio announce an investment in NorthStar Earth and Space
The Canadian information services company will deploy a 40 satellites constellation
The Space Alliance formed by Telespazio (Leonardo 67%,Thales 33%) and Thales Alenia Space-TAS- (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) announced yesterday it has officially taken a stake in NorthStar Earth and Space... more
AerospaceTelespazio celebrates 20 years of activity in Romania
With an event at the Italian embassy in Bucharest
Telespazio celebrated its first 20 years of activity in Romania, at the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. Actually, the industry has been operating in Romania since 1998 through Rartel, a company in which... more
AerospaceTAS and Onera sign cooperation agreement
In the sector of space activities
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), a major player in the satellite, space exploration and orbital infrastructure market, and ONERA (Office National d’Etudes e... more
AerospaceThe M10 methane engine prototype tested
Developed by Avio in partnership with the ESA within the Vega E program
Today in Colleferro Avio successfully tested the prototype of the new M10 liquid oxygen-methane engine, developed by Avio in partnership with the European Space Agency within the Vega E (Vega Evolution)... more
AerospaceKennedy Space Center: there will be a new life for the SLF runway?
The FAA authorizes its use
The closure of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 has questioned the future of the earthly structures of the "John F. Kennedy Space Center" of Cape Canaveral that have supported it since 1974. One of these... more
AerospaceSoyuz: new launch with astronauts on board on December 3
Resolved the technical problems of the carrier rocket
The next 3rd of December Soyuz spacecraft will launch with crew on board, after the technical problems to the carrier rocket have been resolved, following the incident that last October 11 forced the two... more
AerospaceRussia: a future for the RD-180 rocket engines
It could be used for a new Russian super-heavy launcher
The Russian RD-180 engine that is used on the Atlas V rockets at least until 2020, having been excluded from US sanctions on Russia due to the impossibility of developing an engine with similar capacity... more
AerospaceRussia: a reusable carrier rocket under study
S7 Space will use the Soyuz-5 as a base
Also in Russia the S7 Space agency would be working to develop and produce a vector rocket that can be reused, on the false line of what is also done in the United States. The aim would be to make space... more
AerospaceItalian ASI. Roberto Battiston. The era of the physics professor ends
By the will of the Italian Lega
For a while AVIONEWS had reported findings on the legitimacy of the reassignment of Roberto Battiston as President of ASI (Italian Space Agency). The nomination for the second term fell in fact to political e... more
AerospaceNasa: the Lucy mission will begin in 2021
Objective: understand how the planets and life on Earth were formed
The Lucy mission of NASA should start in October of 2021, which will allow the study of the Trojan asteroids in the orbit of Jupiter for about 12 years. In total "Lucy" will pass close to 7 different celestial... more
AerospaceGovSat and Telespazio France to provide capabilities for the French MoD
To create a complete catologue of satellite telecommunications services
With the aim of meeting the needs of the French government, GovSat and Telespazio France pooled their skills, infrastructures and solutions to create a complete catalog of satellite telecommunications... more
AerospaceSpaceX: are there staff problems for Elon Musk?
The risk for the company is to delay the first launch of Starlink satellites
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SpaceX Elon Musk is trying to respect the timing for the satellite launch, that he set when the company was founded, and to do so he decided to replace a part of the... more
AerospaceSoyuz accident: Roscosmos publishes video of the failed launch
In the meantime it announces a new crewed launch in December -VIDEO
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has posted on the page "Facebook" the video regarding the launch of the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket on 11 October, which due to a technical problem in the decoupling of the... more
AerospaceChina-France: the first cooperative satellite launched
Important breakthrough in relations between space agencies -VIDEO
Yesterday morning the first satellite for the study of the oceans was developed in space, developed in cooperation with the Chinese and French space agencies. The CFOSat was transported in orbit by the... more
AerospaceSpaceopal launches its PPP service NAVCAST
With the aim to actively support and to accelerate the most widespread adoption of Galileo
With the aim to actively support and to accelerate the most widespread adoption of Galileo, Spaceopal announces the launch of NAVCAST, its GNSS Precise Point Positioning (PPP) service featuring high accuracy... more
AerospaceTelespazio selected to supply satellite telecommunications services to the French MoD
Together with OBS, Orange Business Services
The French Joint Directorate for Infrastructure Networks and Information Systems (DIRISI) selected Orange Business Services and Telespazio France to provide several satellite communication capabilities... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: the final report on the Soyuz accident will be given next October 30
It will be important to understand the origin of the problem
The final report should be published on October 30, which will analyze the causes that led to the accident of the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket that carried the crew of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft, along with... more
AerospaceBepiColombo (2). Telespazio embarks on mission to Mercury
Carried out jointly between the ESA and JAXA
The BepiColombo spacecraft, the Europe's first mission to Mercury, was successfully launched on October 19 from the Guiana Space Center. The launch took place at 10.45 pm (local time) with an Ariane 5... more
AerospaceBepiColombo spacecraft into orbit
Ariane 5 launched first European mission to Mercury -VIDEO
Ariane 5 has successfully completed its seventh mission of 2018, positioning the BepiColombo spacecraft into orbit for its direct flight to Mercury, the smallest and least explored planet in our solar... more
AerospaceESA selects TAS for operational phase of Galileo GMS and GSF mission
Value of the contract of around € 324 million
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today the signature of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission... more
AerospaceBlue Origin: Jeff Bezos announces more investments
The aerospace company alone will receive over 1 billion in 2019
During the "Wired25" conference held in San Francisco from October 12th to 16th, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that from next year he will invest more than a billion dollars in his Blue Origin aerospace... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: a manned mission with the Soyuz for the end of November
The program should resume earlier than expected
The Roscosmos' director of manned spaceflight program Segey Krikalev has talked about the incident that occurred during the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS),... more
AerospaceTaranto-Grottaglie Airport: agreement signed for sub-orbital flights
Virgin's first airplane should take off in the near future
Taranto-Grottaglie Airport should soon become the first European spaceport to allow the take-off and landing of commercial aircraft in sub-orbital flights in the future, which can be used both for the... more
AerospaceUS to acquire Thales ground segment technology
To respond to distress signals
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in United States, has chosen Thales to develop and build an operational ground station in the south-west part of the country, at Holloman Air... more
AerospaceSoyuz: Roscosmos try to shorten the time for a new manned mission
Theoretically, however, the ISS could work even without astronauts
After yesterday's accident at Soyuz during the launch towards the International Space Station (ISS), caused by a problem in the phase of disengaging the first stage of the launch vehicle which hit the... more
AerospaceSoyuz (2): all launches were suspended until the end of the investigation
The astronauts did not need medical care
The conditions of the two astronauts who remained involved in the Soyuz carrier rocket accident today are "good", so much so that their transportation to the hospital was not needed and would already be... more
AerospaceALA announces jv with Israeli group
And it opens a new branch in Tel Aviv
ALA (Advanced Logistics for Aerospace) announces a joint-venture agreement with the Israeli Group Yail Noa and the opening of a new branch –ALA Israel trading as ALA Yail Aerotech Israel, located in T... more
AerospaceSpace. NASA: expenses for new launch vehicle almost doubled
Boeing will end the funds allocated in advance of three years
The aerospace company Boeing is developing and building the biggest Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) in the history of NASA, but due to the difficulties encountered in the course of design and production... more
AerospaceSpace. Engine failure at the second stage of the Soyuz rocket
No problem for the two astronauts, that returned to Earth -VIDEO
During the launch from the Bayqoñyr Cosmodrome of the Soyuz MS-10 launch vehicle with the new crew of the International Space Station (ISS), an engine failure occurred shortly after take-off, specifically... more
AerospaceBoeing HorizonX Ventures invests in Accion Systems to propel satellite capabilities
The US company completed acquisition of KLX Aerospace Solutions
Boeing announced its investment in Accion Systems, a Boston, Mass.,-based startup pioneering scalable electric propulsion technology to transform satellite capabilities in and beyond Earth's orbit. Accion's... more
AerospaceContribution by TAS to return NASA Martian champions on the Earth
Mission to Mars to be continued; two study contracts signed
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced yesterday that it has signed two study contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) in the frame of a joint... more
AerospaceEC to acquire TAS' technology to respond to distress signals
To develop and build an operational ground station
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33 %), has won a contract from the European Commission (EC) to develop and build an operational ground station on La Reunion... more
AerospaceTAS and OHB for the ESA program Plato
Signed a contract for the detection and observation of exoplanets
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with OHB System for the new ESA program PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and... more
AerospaceSpatial exploration. Russia gets out of the US lunar program
NASA assures that it has never received a criticism about it
At the 69th International Congress of Astronautics in Germany, the Roscosmos Director of International Cooperation Dmitry Loskutov stated that the Deep Space Gateway project is not interested in Russia,... more
AerospaceSpace. Roscosmos looks for collaborations with India and China
Attempt to create a single anti-NASA front?
The president of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin has been engaged in important talks for space cooperation both with China and India in the last two days, since Russia is looking for new partners for satellite... more
AerospaceKey-contribution by TAS to Exomars 2020 mission to ESA
The IMU will enable the Rover’s navigation on Mars
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in the UK achieves the major milestone of delivering its IMU Flight Models to Airbus Defence and Space in UK for integration with the ExoMars Rover. Exomars is a project under... more
AerospaceAvio: 100th launch with Ariane 5
Italian space technology in thirty years of European program collaboration
Mission number 100 of the European launcher Ariane 5 was a success. The launcher exploits the power of the solid propulsion engines and of the Vulcain liquid oxygen turbopump manufactured in Italy by Avio,... more
AerospaceNew international customer for Vega C
The Korean space institute relies on the European launcher
Vega C will orbit the Earth Observation satellite Kompsat-7 of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). The mission will take place from the European space center in Kourou, French Guyana, from December... more
AerospaceESA chooses TAS to support data processing from Sentinel satellites
Another success for the Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide operations, maintenance... more
AerospaceSpaceX: Japanese billionaire the first private to go "on" the Moon
Unknown the cost of the space travel ticket
It was wrapped in mystery the name of the man that had bought -on September 14th- the first ticket to be brought into the lunar orbit aboard the Big Falcon Rocket carrier rocket built by SpaceX, the Elon... more
AerospaceEarth Observation: new business success for e-Geos
The Telespazio-ASI industry expands in the Far East
e-GEOS has extended its presence in the Far East with the awarding of a tender in Indonesia and a contract renewal in Japan. In Indonesia, the industry won an international tender announced by the Ministry... more
AerospaceISS: NASA and Roscosmos work to send mixed crews into space
The never-ending story of relations between the United States and Russia
While in Russia the US astronauts are accused of sabotaging the Soyuz spacecraft (see AVIONEWS), Roscosmos and NASA are discussing to continue to transport the crews together on the International Space... more
AerospaceNASA: the IceSat-2 satellite will be sent to space tomorrow
It will study the average variations of polar ice sheets -VIDEO
Tomorrow from the American Air Force Base in Vandenberg the IceSat-2 satellite will be sent into orbit by the American space agency (NASA), which will have the task of studying the average variation of... more
AerospaceRussian accusations: "US astronauts have sabotaged the Soyuz"
"An absurdity", the response from Washington
After the director of the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) Dmitry Rogozin also declared that the hole on the Soyuz spacecraft anchored to the International Space Station (ISS) could have been done by human... more
AerospaceIridium Next sets standards in constellations
A complete and complex end-to-end telecommunications system
In the frame of the "World Satellite Business Week" in Paris, Jean Loïc Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, (joint-venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%) and Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, have presented... more