European Space Agency (ESA)

Europe Space 

Thales Alenia Space, ESA Sign Contract for Operational Phase of Galileo Mission Segment and Security Facility

December 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments European GNSS Agency (GSA), European Space Agency (ESA), European Union (EU), Galileo GNSS, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Leonardo, Thales, Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a new tranche of the framework contract originally signed on October 18

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Europe Space 

High Capacity Laser Communication System to be Installed on International Space Station

March 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), International Space Station (ISS), Laser Communications System, NASA

The first high capacity space-to-ground laser communication system is to be installed on the Bartolomeo platform of the International Space

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Europe Space 

Airbus Delivers New Life Support System for International Space Station

March 20, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus DS Space Systems, European Space Agency (ESA), H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), International Space Station (ISS), Japan, Space station, Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC)

Airbus has delivered the ACLS (Advanced Closed Loop System), an advanced life support system to purify air and produce oxygen

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Europe Space 

Airbus Developing CIMON Astronaut Assistance System for DLR Space Administration

February 27, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus DS Space Systems, DLR Space Administration, European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany, Human spaceflight, International Space Station (ISS), Space station

Airbus, in cooperation with IBM, is developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an AI-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR

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Europe Space 

MDA to provide Optical Data Relay Payload Design for Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway Satellite

February 16, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Earth observation satellite, EDRS - SpaceDataHighway, European Space Agency (ESA), Maxar Technologies (MDA), MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates)

MDA, a division of Maxar Technologies, announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$4 million with Airbus

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Europe Space 

ESA’s Aeolus Wind Sensing Satellite Completes Extensive Tests

February 12, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments ADM-Aeolus, Airbus, Arianespace, Arianespace Vega, Belgium, Earth observation satellite, European Space Agency (ESA), France, French Guiana, Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Satellite

Aeolus, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) wind sensing satellite, has left Liège in Belgium having successfully completed an extensive thermal

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Europe Space 

ESA, Airbus Sign Partnership Agreement for new ISS commercial payload platform Bartolomeo

February 8, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, European Space Agency (ESA), International Space Station (ISS), Partnership agreement, Space station

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have signed a commercial partnership (PPP) agreement for construction, launch and operations of

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Americas Space 

Combined Optics, Science Instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Arrive in California

February 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, European Space Agency (ESA), James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), Northrop Grumman, Space telescope, USA

The optical telescope and integrated science instrument module (OTIS) of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

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Europe Space 

Chinese Long March 2D Rocket Launches GomSpace’s GOMX-4 satellites

February 4, 2018February 20, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments China, Communications satellite, Denmark, European Space Agency (ESA), GomSpace, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Long March-2D (CZ-2D)

Chinese Long March 2D (LM-2D) rocket successfully launched GomSpace’s GOMX-4 satellites at 07:51 UTC on Friday from the 94 Launch Platform at

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Europe Space 

Airbus Selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 Programme

January 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), European GNSS Agency (GSA), European Space Agency (ESA), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS)

Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next

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