Le 10/11/2020 22:31 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

The first iodine satellite of the world

A cubesat equipped with an innovative electric thruster, developed by Paris Region startup ThrustMe, is paving the way for economical and sustainable constellations.

Le 10/11/2020 21:10 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Entering the scene for Chinese smallsat launcher Ceres

China is adding a new competitor in the commercial market for small satellite launches.

Le 09/11/2020 20:55 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

First Indian launch of the year

Every weekend, a picture that made the news or caught our attention. On November 7, India placed ten satellites into low orbit using its small PSLV launcher operated from the Sriharikota base.

Le 04/11/2020 18:48 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Space in the Presidential race

In the inglorious campaign that has just ended on the other side of the Atlantic, the two candidates for the presidential election did not distinguish themselves much in terms of their ambitions in terms of space.

Le 04/11/2020 16:41 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Ariane 6's first flight postponed by a year

The future European heavy launcher will not take off before the second quarter of 2022. The delay is blamed on the health crisis, which is expected to cost member states an additional 230 million euros.

Le 30/10/2020 20:46 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Electron becomes the second most used American launcher in 2020

The American-New Zealand operator Rocket Lab deployed ten new small Earth imaging satellites last night, making it one of the most active American operators of the year.

Le 28/10/2020 15:04 | Par la redaction

Moon: Airbus turns dust into oxygen

Space Europe was thought to be obsessed with Mars and timid about the conquest of the Moon. Each week that passes brings its share of technological innovations for lunar exploration. Fortunately, from elsewhere.

Le 28/10/2020 13:13 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

First flight over Venus by the BepiColombo probe

Every weekend, we publish an image that made the news or caught our attention. On October 15, the Euro-Japanese probe on its way to Mercury performed a gravitational assistance manoeuvre in the vicinity of Venus.

Le 26/10/2020 11:47 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Kissing an asteroid

Nasa's Osiris-Rex spaceprobe, launched four years ago, visibly succeeded in the night of October 20-21 in collecting the first American sample on an asteroid.

Le 19/10/2020 15:56 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

China approaches its record number of orbital launches

With a thirtieth launch attempt this year, China is since yesterday in the first place of the world space leaders.

Le 08/10/2020 15:15 | Par TAS PR

Thales Alenia Space’s site in Toulouse generates green energy

Thales Alenia Space chose EDF Group subsidiary EDF ENR to install its French-made solar carports at the Toulouse site.

Le 01/10/2020 14:00 | Par Arianespace PR

Earth-imaging and scientific payloads arrive for Arianespace’s Vega mission in November

Spain’s SEOSAT-Ingenio (at left) is readied for the startup of its checkout process in the Spaceport’s S5 payload preparation facility, which will begin after the external wrapping is removed. In parallel, the French Taranis scientific satellite (at right) undergoes an initial inspection in another of the S5 clean room areas.

Le 24/09/2020 16:29 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

The European Space Agency embarks on a planetary defence mission

Europe is preparing alongside the Americans to protect themselves from near-Earth asteroids that would threaten the Earth.

Le 21/09/2020 13:45 | Par Airbus PR

Airbus selected for ESA’s new polar ice and snow topography mission

CRISTAL will measure sea ice thickness and ice sheet elevations. Airbus in Germany will lead the industrial consortium. Contract is worth € 300 million.

Le 16/09/2020 10:46 | Par Pierre-François Mouriaux

Braking action for the Japanese H3 launcher

The Japanese Space Agency in turn announces delays in the development of its future heavy launcher.

Le 15/09/2020 18:00 | Par TAS PR

THALES ALENIA SPACE TO PROVIDE KEY TECHNOLOGY TO HERA, ESA’S PLANETARY DEFENCE MISSION

HERA aims to find out if we are capable of deflecting an asteroid and prevent it from hitting Earth.

Le 10/09/2020 09:00 | Par ArianeGroup PR

ENGIE and ArianeGroup team up to develop renewable liquid hydrogen

ENGIE and ArianeGroup have just announced the signing of a cooperation agreement in the field of renewable liquid hydrogen to speed up the decarbonisation of heavy-duty and longdistance transportation.

Le 09/03/2020 18:00 | Par Airbus

Successful launch for Airbus’ Bartolomeo

Bartolomeo is now on its journey to the International Space Station (ISS)

Le 02/03/2020 11:48 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

First commercial life-extension service in orbit

On February 25, Northrop Grumman's MEV-1 tug achieved a historic milestone, docking the old Intelsat 901 satellite beyond the geostationary orbit.

Le 14/02/2020 14:41 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Space defense: France joins Combined Space Operations

France decides to join the Allied Combined Space Operations initiative. The objective of this initiative is to coordinate the efforts of the seven participating nations in the area of ​​space defense.

Le 13/02/2020 08:54 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

The White House further bolsters space activities

The Trump administration’s new budget proposal, presented nine months before the next U.S. presidential election, further bolsters — both civilian and military — space activities.

Le 07/02/2020 11:32 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

OneWeb: Second batch of satellites in orbit

The deployment of the British megaconstellation, whose mission is to provide global Internet, will accelerate after this first grouped launch of 34 satellites.

Le 29/01/2020 10:36 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Raytheon-UTC merger interests BAE Systems

BAE Systems intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business for $1.9 billion and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275 million, to be sold for antitrust clearances.

Le 23/01/2020 12:08 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Thierry Breton addresses the European space community

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services concluded the 12th Conference on European Space Policy. A much awaited speech.

Le 22/01/2020 10:45 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Europe invests €200 million for Ariane 6 and space SMEs

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group provide €200 million for the Ariane 6 program and SMEs in the space sector.

Le 21/01/2020 17:24 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

The European space gathered in Brussels

The annual conference on European space policy started this morning in the capital of the European Union, at the time of Brexit, a new Commission and the negotiation of the next Community budget.

Le 17/01/2020 14:58 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

The SLS lunar launcher at Stennis test center

A full-scale testing of the first stage of the mega-launcher will be the last big step before the first flight to the moon.

Le 10/01/2020 09:21 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Maxar sells its Canadian subsidiary MDA

On December 30, Maxar announced the sale its Canadian commercial unit MDA to Northern Private Capital, a private investment company based in Toronto.

Le 02/12/2019 11:51 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Space19+ Conference: an unexpected budget

The long-awaited ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency, which took place on November 27 and 28, ended with a historic budget agreement.

Le 28/11/2019 12:37 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Ariane: 250 launches in 40 years

The last Ariane 5 mission of the year took place on November 26. The Ariane program reaches the milestone of 250 attempts to launch in almost 40 years.

Le 11/10/2019 11:55 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

ILS Proton puts two commercial payloads into orbit

On October 10, the valiant Russian launcher signed its 18th success in a row... but only its first commercial mission of the past two years.

Le 07/10/2019 16:39 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Ariane 6 passes new exam

A decisive phase has been achieved by the future European heavy launcher, planned for the second half of 2020: the Critical Design Review.

Le 12/09/2019 09:18 | Par Yannick GENTY-BOUDRY, Moscow

Maks 2019: The future space missions of the Lavochkin Institute

Le 06/09/2019 11:30 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Issue of the Vega VV15 accident investigation report

The inquiry commission mandated after the accident of the light launcher of Arianespace occurred on July 11 presented its conclusions. The flight resumption of Vega is expected for the first quarter of 2020.

Le 04/09/2019 11:04 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Third Iranian space failure of the year

An explosion occurred during the preparation of the orbital launch of the Iranian Space Agency. U.S. satellites sighted a column of smoke.

Le 03/09/2019 16:24 | Par Yannick Genty-Boudry, Moscow

MAKS 2019: commercial imagery service on the Cloud

Terratekh offers a high resolution RGB and infrared commercial imagery service on its Cloud.

Le 02/09/2019 16:25 | Par Yannick Genty-Boudry, Moscow

MAKS 2019: an unprecedented Russian space tug

Arsenal, the military entity of the conglomerate Roscosmos, introduced an unprecedented space tug on its pavilion at the MAKS 2019 Air Show.

Le 30/08/2019 11:05 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Starhopper’s jump reaches 150 m high

The successful test of the demonstrator of SpaceX’s future giant launcher looks like a déjà vu…

Le 27/08/2019 16:03 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Soyuz MS-14 docked safely

After the resettlement of the Soyuz MS-13, the ship occupied by the humanoid robot Fedor could dock at the International Space Station on August 27.

Le 19/08/2019 17:42 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

The German Aerospace Center DLR partners with Drone Rescue Systems to carry out the FALCon project

Drone Rescue Systems joins DLR’s FALCon project team to enable the return of rocket stages after launch.

Le 14/08/2019 12:43 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

A satellite sights Chinese military vehicles

Maxar Technologies collected imagery of the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, thanks to the satellite WorldView-1.

Le 02/08/2019 15:57 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

First rollout of Ariane 6 mobile gantry

The construction site of the future launch pad for the European heavy launch vehicle witnessed a first simulation of a launch operation.

Le 29/07/2019 17:14 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Grid fins on the Chinese rocket Long March 2C

A return control system was set on the first stage of the launcher that allowed a new Chinese military mission, on July 26.

Le 26/07/2019 16:40 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

France fleshes out its military space strategy

The French Minister of the Armies detailed the space defense national strategy and the associated means.

Le 26/07/2019 11:32 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Success for a first orbital launch from a Chinese “private” operator

The micro-launcher Hyperbola 1 of the Chinese startup company i-Space, founded in 2016, performed a successful maiden flight on July 25.

Le 25/07/2019 15:22 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Ending of the qualification tests of Ariane 6’s engine Vulcain 2.1

ArianeGroup’s engine Vulcain 2.1 finished tests run, cumulating almost 4 hours of static firing.

Le 24/07/2019 10:32 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

With space probe Chandrayaan 2, India (too) aims at the Moon

A second Indian Space Agency’s probe was successfully sent to the Moon on July 22. The lander carried by the probe must perform a soft landing and then deploy a little rover.

Le 18/07/2019 17:44 | Par Alexandre Rocchi

Aerospace projects by young people in the Pyrenees’ sky

The 5th consecutive year, Ger’s military camp is hosting this week the young rocket, balloon and cansats manufacturers’ meeting organized by the CNES and the Planète Sciences association.