Space

News, Space 25 March 2021

SKY Perfect JSAT signs contract with Airbus to build Superbird-9 telecommunications satellite

First Airbus satellite for the leading operator SKY Perfect JSAT in JapanSeventh Airbus OneSat fully reconfigurable flexible satellite under contract Tokyo / Toulouse, 25th March…

News, Space 24 March 2021

Is the nearest star cluster to the Sun being destroyed?

If true, this might provide evidence for a suspected population of ‘dark matter sub-halos’. These invisible clouds of particles are thought to be relics from…

News, Space 23 March 2021

OneWeb set for Launch 5 from Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday, 25 March

London, UK, 23 March 2021: OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) global satellite communications company, is preparing for the launch and deployment of 36 satellites at…

News, Space 17 March 2021

Keeping up with Thomas

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will serve as commander of the International Space Station towards the end of his second mission, called Alpha, currently slated to begin…

News, Space 12 March 2021

FRANCE-CHINA SPACE COOPERATION CNES PRESIDENT AND CNSA ADMINISTRATOR MEET

Tuesday 9 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held a videoconference meeting with Zhang Kejian, Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), for a…

News, Space 8 March 2021

Women making the Webb Space Telescope a reality

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021, and as excitement builds for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) in October, ESA is highlighting…

It also optimizes the performance of future high-data-rate links for science and Earth-observation missions

News, Space 5 March 2021

CNES AND ONERA LONGSTANDING PARTNERS AND WORLD LEADERS IN RADIOFREQUENCY PROPAGATION RESEARCH

When sizing space telecommunications systems, the ability to counter adverse atmospheric effects on ground to-satellite communication links is a key competitive advantage. It also optimizes…

News, Space 4 March 2021

New microcomb could help discover exoplanets and detect diseases

Tiny photonic devices could be used to find new exoplanets, monitor our health, and make the internet more energy efficient. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden,…

Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus

News, Satellites, Space 4 March 2021

Airbus wins its first Syracuse IV ground segment programme contract

Within the Syracuse IV programme, Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground…

News, Space 23 February 2021

How to use space to conserve history

Space can help to identify historic landscapes and conserve cultural buildings. Find out how by joining a free ESA digital workshop introduced by UNESCO’s chief…

News, Space 17 February 2021

Airbus space technology reaches Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover relies on Airbus built weather station and communications antenna Madrid, 16 February 2021 – When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on the surface…

News, Space 16 February 2021

France-United States space cooperation discussions between CNES and NASA

Thursday 11 February, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held a videoconference meeting with Steve Jurczyk, recently appointed Acting Administrator of NASA after the investiture of…

News, Space 11 February 2021

First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite is born

Both main satellite modules successfully mated Eurostar Neo: increased payload capacity and more efficient power and thermal control systems for video connectivity Toulouse, 12 February…