European Space Agency

Orange and Nordnet Collaborate to Provide Superfast Satellite Internet in France

(IN BRIEF) Orange, a leading telecommunications company in France, has launched the "Orange Satellite with Nordnet" offering to provide superfast…

6 months ago

NASA-Backed Starlab Project Takes Shape with Voyager-Airbus Agreement

(IN BRIEF) Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have jointly announced a transatlantic agreement to develop and operate Starlab,…

9 months ago

Inmarsat-led consortium works on the development of UK sovereign capability in resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) for the aviation and maritime sectors

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 8-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced…

2 years ago

UK start-up Smart Green Shipping developed a wind-assist power solution based on America’s Cup wing sails to reduce CO2 emissions in the shipping industry

(PRESS RELEASE) SWINDON, 10-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — UK Research and Innovation, non-departmental public body of the Government of UK that…

3 years ago

Rosalind Franklin will be the name of UK built ExoMars rover

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 7-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — UK Science Minister Chris Skidmore and British European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Tim Peake…

5 years ago

European Space Agency to host second edition of ‘Space for Inspiration’ from 29–31 October, Bilbao, Spain

PARIS, 16-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Media are invited to the second edition of ‘Space for Inspiration’, an international conference organised by the…

6 years ago

Thales Alenia Space won contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the Phase A study of LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)

Thales Alenia Space wins ESA study contract for LISA mission to investigate the history of Universe CANNES, 06-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/…

6 years ago

Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus Neo product line enters qualification phases and manufacturing process

Critical design review successfully achieved CANNES, 18-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space announces that a major milestone for Spacebus…

6 years ago

Airbus one of four suppliers for European Space Agency’s DIAS, the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service

Airbus has been awarded a four year contract BRUSSELS, 18-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus has been selected by the European…

6 years ago

European Space Agency: Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite delivered its first images of air pollution

PARIS, 22-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Launched into orbit on 13 October, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has delivered its first images of…

6 years ago

Start-up incubated at the ESA BIC Harwell set to overhaul breast screening in the UK

SWINDON, 04-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — From space cots to bed bugs, to bicycle bell satnavs and sustainable farm food - whatever…

7 years ago

First results from the Gaia satellite revealed

SWINDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The first results from the Gaia satellite, which is completing an unprecedented census of more than…

8 years ago

Airbus Defence and Space, European Space Agency partner to ensure the safe and precise landing of the Russian Luna-Resource lunar lander

ESA awards new contract to continue developing PILOT lunar landing system BERLIN, 06-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space, the…

8 years ago

SENER participates in European Space Agency’s ExoMars program

MADRID, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The SENER engineering and technology group is participating in ExoMars, a European Space Agency (ESA) program that…

8 years ago

First relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway EDRS-A successfully launched into geostationary orbit

BLAGNAC, 04-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — EDRS-A, the first relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit on 30 January…

8 years ago

Innobyte developed new European Space Software Repository for the European Space Agency

Innobyte supported the European Space Agency for the development of the European Space Software Repository (ESSR), an ESA information web…

9 years ago

Inmarsat: SwiftBroadband Safety will play integral part in the future European air traffic management (ATM) infrastructure

LONDON, 28-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, has today announced that SwiftBroadband Safety will play an integral part in the future…

9 years ago

Trinity College Dublin geologists found strong evidence that one of the largest preserved impact structures on Earth was caused by a comet and not a meteorite

DUBLIN, 18-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Collaborative research led by geologists at Trinity College Dublin has found strong evidence that one…

9 years ago

BAE Systems reveals powerful ‘smartphone’ like system to help Rosetta in its historic attempt to deploy a lander on comet ‘67P’

As the Rosetta space probe prepares for its historic attempt to deploy a lander on comet ‘67P’, BAE Systems reveals…

10 years ago

Airbus Defence and Space awarded the phase B contract for initial design work on European Space Agency (ESA) next-generation satellite platforms

The European Space Agency has awarded the phase B contract for Neosat to Airbus Defence and Space and TAS Operational…

10 years ago

European Space Agency’s Rosetta to land on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko later this year

Cannes, France, 23-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosetta, the European Space Agency probe that was launched towards the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on March 2,…

10 years ago

Four PPS®1350-G plasma thrusters from Snecma on the Alphasat satellite now in operation

Courcouronnes, 21-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Snecma (Safran) annonce la mise en service de ses quatre propulseurs plasmiques PPS®1350-G sur le satellite lancé par…

11 years ago

Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat confirmed successful launch of the largest satellite Alphasat on Ariane 5 ECA launcher

30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has confirmed the successful launch of…

11 years ago

EIB financed €225m out of the total €598m cost for construction and in-orbit validation of Alphasat, the world’s largest and most sophisticated commercial satellite

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s largest and most sophisticated commercial satellite was launched successfully from the European Space port in…

11 years ago

Europe’s largest spaceship Albert Einstein reached the International Space Station on 15 June

17-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…

11 years ago

ESA’s heaviest cargo ship Albert Einstein launched into orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in…

11 years ago

The European Space Agency (ESA) to present at the 50th Paris Air & Space Show at Le Bourget

UPDATE 13 JUNE: CALL FOR MEDIA 13-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  ESA will be present at the 50th Paris Air & Space…

11 years ago