Ahead of its inaugural rocket launch, UK-based orbital launch services company, Orbex, has dramatically boosted production for its carbon-fibre Payload Avionic Module, using MSP PerfectPart to overcome challenges with part distortion and cut part setup time from 5 hours to...
The Airbus-built Sentinel-6B satellite has successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is the second of two identical satellites built to continue collecting essential sea-surface height data until at least 2030. The first satellite, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich,...
Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR), Leonardo (Borsa Italiana: LDO) and Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) aimed at combining their respective space activities into a new company. By joining forces, Airbus, Leonardo and Thales aim...
Boeing has secured a $2.8 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, a key component of the nation’s nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) architecture. Why this matters: The ESS program is designed...
The first of Europe’s next-generation meteorological satellites, MetOp-SG A1, has launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 6 rocket. The Airbus-built satellite, developed under the lead of the European Space Agency for EUMETSAT, the European...
The European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners have confirmed the successful launch of the Airbus-built Sentinel-4, a cutting-edge air quality monitoring instrument hosted on the third generation Meteosat (MTG-S1) weather satellite. The launch proceeded as planned and marks a...
Space Forge successfully launches ForgeStar ®-1 – the UK’s first in-space manufacturing satellite Space Forge has confirmed the successful launch and in-orbit communication with ForgeStar®-1, the UK’s first in-space manufacturing satellite, developed entirely in Wales. The launch marks a major...
Wolverhampton researchers secure funding for pioneering satellite-based solution to tackle UK water leakage crisis Researchers at the University of Wolverhampton, alongside South Staffordshire Water, are leading a ground-breaking project, called ‘Space Eye’, that could transform how water leakage is detected...
Boeing and partner HRL Laboratories have built and validated a space-grade subassembly for the Q4S satellite mission, scheduled for launch next year. Why it matters: The Q4S mission aims to demonstrate four-photon quantum entanglement swapping in space. This capability is essential...
Filtronic, a leader in high-performance mmWave technologies, will play an important role in the European Space Agency (ESA) and Viasat’s Direct-to-Device (D2D) initiative, contributing cutting-edge feeder link technology to enable seamless connectivity between Earth and the low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation....
