SATELLITE NEWS

Airbus expands its SpaceDataHighway with second satellite

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jul 16^th 2020 |

The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway constellation, completed its commissioning tests on 15th July 2020 and is now ready to start op...

Modi declares India 'space superpower' as satellite downed by missile

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 27^th 2019 |

India said Wednesday it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space powers.In a rare address...

Boeing HorizonX Ventures Invests in BridgeSat to Advance Satellite Communications

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Sept 13^th 2018 |

Investment supports faster, more reliable space-based optical connectivityBoeing [NYSE: BA] today announced its inves...

ESA's Aeolus wind sensing satellite successfully launched from Kourou

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Aug 23^rd 2018 |

Airbus-built Aeolus satellite to map Earth’s wind in real-time Kourou, 22/08/2018 - Aeolus, the European Space Agency’s wind sensing satellite, built by Ai...

Thales Alenia Space and SWRI sign mou to cooperate on stratobus development

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Jul 11^th 2018 |

Cannes, July 9th, 2018 - Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), a major player in the market for satellites, scientific spacec...

Airbus and Planet join forces to bring new geospatial products to market

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Jun 25^th 2018 |

Toulouse, 25 June 2018 – Airbus and Planet have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to each other’s data and the co-development of new geospati...

UK to demand EU repayment in Brexit satellite row

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 24^th 2018 |

Britain ramped up a Brexit space row with the EU on Thursday, saying it will demand repayment if it is excluded from the Galileo satellite navigation project.Newspaper reports suggested London could seek £1 billion (...

From ships to satellites: Scotland aims for the sky

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 23^rd 2018 |

A shipbuilding hub since the days of the British empire, the Scottish city of Glasgow is now reaching for the stars with a growing space satellite industry.Glasgow bu...

SpaceX rocket blasts off water-tracking satellite duo

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 23^rd 2018 |

A SpaceX rocket Tuesday blasted off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Eart...

Angola loses first satellite, plans successor

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Apr 23^rd 2018 |

Angola on Monday confirmed the premature death of its first national telecoms satellite, Angosat-1, which was launched in December and was expected to have a working life of 15 years.The Russian-made Angosat-1 strugg...

Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Dec 27^th 2017 |

Russia has lost contact with Angola's first national telecoms satellite launched from the Baikonur space pad, its maker said Wednesday -- a fresh embarrassment for Moscow's once proud space industry.The incident invo...

Ariane 5 rocket puts European GPS satellites into orbit

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Dec 13^th 2017 |

An Ariane 5 rocket put four GPS satellites into orbit on Tuesday for Europe's Galileo navigation project, Arianespace said.The European space workhorse took off at 18...

Thales Alenia Space wins 2017 better Satellite world awards

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 7^th 2017 |

The MEOLUT Next solution awarded by Space & Satellite Professionals Internationalin the category “Humanitarian”Thales Alenia Space was honored today by win...

Russia loses contact with satellite after launch from new spaceport

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Nov 28^th 2017 |

Russia said it had lost contact Tuesday with a weather satellite just hours after it was launched from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in only the second rocket liftoff fro...

SpaceX launches Korean satellite, sticks rocket landing

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Oct 31^st 2017 |

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday carrying a South Korean communications satellite to boost broadband coverage for southeast Asia and the Middle East, and stuc...