Tag: Space

ESA accelerates 5G digital transformation (ESA)

ESA is working with Eureka, an international organisation for research and development funding and coordination, and its Celtic-Next cluster, which is developing next-generation communications...

Using space to foster development assistance for disaster resilience (ESA)

ESA’s Global Development Assistance Programme, brought to life by ESA Member States at Space19+, has officially kicked off its first action focused on agile...

Russian ASAT Test Highlights (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Russia has joined the anti-satellite test frenzy, conducting a successful test on November 15. The United States Space Command issued a statement confirming that...

Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission (ESA)

Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space...

Planetary defenders: after NASA’s DART comes ESA’s Hera (ESA)

The world will be watching the milestone launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on Wednesday, 24 November, intended to alter one small part...

RadCube reaches out (ESA)

ESA’s latest CubeSat – RadCube, for surveying space weather in low-Earth orbit – has completed its rigorous commissioning phase, culminating in the extension of...

Tuning in to Earth’s climate (ESA)

Satellites observe the Earth using a range of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Different wavelengths allow us to probe different aspects of Earth’s land,...

US company Viasat to acquire Britain’s Inmarsat in $7.3 billion deal (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

U.S. communications firm Viasat is set to acquire British satellite comms company Inmarsat for $7.3 billion, the American business announced Nov. 8. “This is a...

Western countries reluctant to support Moscow’s initiatives on space – Russian diplomat (TASS)

Western countries are unwilling to support Russia's initiatives on space on the United Nations' platform for political reasons, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the...

How to Help Mars Robots With Their Missions (John Breeden II, Nextgov)

This weekend I spent quite a bit of time helping Mars rovers learn how to avoid various mission-killing traps like the large rock fields...

Space for a Green Future (ESA)

The climate crisis is the most urgent challenge faced by humankind – affecting every region, continent, and ocean on Earth. Space has an untapped...

IAI announces new small GEO satellite bus (Jeff Foust, Defense News)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a small geostationary orbit communications satellite bus intended to provide a low-cost spacecraft with an advanced payload to...

Airbus Ventures invests in Tokyo-based ispace (Debra Werner, Space News)

Airbus Ventures announced an investment Oct. 25 in ispace, the Toyko-based company preparing to send its first lander to the moon next year. Airbus Ventures...

Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts (Jeff Foust, Space News)

The head of Roscosmos says he is now satisfied that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is safe enough to carry Russian cosmonauts, clearing a major obstacle...

Hedron, formerly Analytical Space, raises $17.8 million (Debra Werner, Space News)

Hedron, the company formerly called Analytical Space, raised $17.8 million in a Series A funding round. With the infusion of cash, Hedron intends to...

SES-17 takes flight with eyes on soaring commercial aviation market (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Arianespace has successfully launched the heaviest satellite SES has ever ordered, marking a cornerstone for a multi-orbit network that is seeing surging demand from...