European Space Agency

A new tool to test Einstein´s theory of relativity Braunschweig, Germany, 17-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany). All around the … Read the full press release →

Kourou, French Guiana, 12-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Arianespace successfully launched two satellites this evening: Arabsat-6B (BADR-7) for the operator Arabsat, and GSAT-15 for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The company’s tenth launch of the year from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), and sixth … Read the full press release →

BERLIN, 12-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The refugee/migrant crisis, improving the reporting of science stories and the future of journalism in a post-Snowden world are all on the agenda at the 10th News Assembly in Berlin on 26 – 27 October. … Read the full press release →

Innobyte supported the European Space Agency for the development of the European Space Software Repository (ESSR), an ESA information web portal that promotes reuse of Software including Open Source Software, and provides all parties involved in European Space software development … Read the full press release →

PARIS, 20-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Media representatives are invited to a presentation of potential applications using the early images from the second satellite in orbit for the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme. The event, jointly organised by ESA and the … Read the full press release →

First fully reconfigurable payload with total coverage, bandwidth, power and frequency flexibility marks milestone in satellite business PPP contract with Eutelsat and European Space Agency Blagnac, 13-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space has signed the first contract for the … Read the full press release →

LONDON, 27-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) today announced the successful transition of key voice and broadband data services for the EMEA region from Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) to Alphasat, Europe’s largest and most sophisticated telecommunications satellite. The services transitioned … Read the full press release →

LEEDS, 16-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. The finding follows a new study, which is published today (15 … Read the full press release →

New Company With Initial Workforce of 450 Will be Named Airbus Safran Launchers Transaction Reaffirms Companies’ Determination to Boost Competitiveness and Ensure Profitability of European Space Launcher Business ESA Approval of Industrial Ariane 6 Proposal Confirms the Relevance of the … Read the full press release →

LONDON, 28-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, has today announced that SwiftBroadband Safety will play an integral part in the future European air traffic management (ATM) infrastructure. The announcement follows the signing of a contract between Inmarsat and the European Space Agency … Read the full press release →

On 24 November, Dr Gerhard Schwehm will be talking about the mission’s latest developments and about his life’s work Enschede, Netherlands, 21-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Gerhard Schwehm, initiator and until recently the Rosetta Mission manager, will be giving a lecture … Read the full press release →

DUBLIN, 18-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Collaborative research led by geologists at Trinity College Dublin has found strong evidence that one of the largest preserved impact structures on Earth was caused by a comet colliding with our planet over 1.8 billion … Read the full press release →

The contract is related to the supply of an optical instrument for the European space programme MetOp -SG Finmeccanica – Selex ES will make an innovative high performance optical instrument The MetOp – SG programme will allow more accurate meteorological … Read the full press release →

As the Rosetta space probe prepares for its historic attempt to deploy a lander on comet ‘67P’, BAE Systems reveals the cutting edge technology it pioneered which makes the €1.3 billion programme possible. LONDON, 3-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At its … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 13-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Space Agency’s IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) atmospheric reentry demonstrator, developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, has kicked off its launch campaign at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The launch is … Read the full press release →

Vernon, Canada, 9-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The fifth development model (M5) of the Vinci® rocket engine designed by Snecma (Safran), has successfully completed its ground firing tests. Vinci® is a new-generation cryogenic rocket engine – fueled by liquid hydrogen and oxygen – … Read the full press release →

60th consecutive successful Ariane 5 launch. 5th ATV another record payload for Ariane. ATV technology to be used in new space projects. Paris, France, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The 60th consecutive successful launch of the European launcher Ariane 5 sees European space … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The third of nine Cygnus resupply vehicles for the International Space Station has been successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, by Orbital’s Antares rocket. It carried a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) … Read the full press release →

Geospatial World magazine awards Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and Airbus Defence and Space for satellite imagery distribution web portal. Paris, France, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space along with the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) was awarded the Geospatial World Innovation … Read the full press release →

LEEDS, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Three years of observations show that the Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year – twice as much as when it was last surveyed. A team of scientists from the … Read the full press release →