The Chinese launcher family, the first of which entered service in April 1970, has performed its 300th mission, following the successful launch of a new geostationary telecommunications satellite.
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Safran Reosc has signed a contract with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to design and produce the M5 mirror for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
The two companies aim to improve aviation efficiency using the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) service.
French space agency CNES has signed an agreement with India's ISRO to establish a maritime surveillance centre in India.
The European Space Agency has given the green light for a mission to explore the Sun-Earth connection in collaboration with China.
Thales Alenia Space reports that the platform and payload of Eutelsat’s all-electric Konnect communications satellite have been successfully mated.
In Arianespace’s second launch of the year, a Soyuz launcher carried six OneWeb satellites into a circular low Earth orbit at 1,000km.
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) has inaugurated the P5.2 test stand at its Lampoldshausen site that will be used to test the cryogenic upper stage of Ariane 6 under sea-level conditions.
Airbus has opened what it claims is Europe’s most advanced satellite integration and space technology centre at its Friedrichshafen site.
French space agency CNES is teaming with ArianeGroup to create an acceleration platform dedicated to laying the groundwork for future launchers.
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met with officials from the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to discuss ongoing and future space cooperation projects.
The Prometheus demonstrator of a future low-cost engine for European launchers has successfully passed its definition review.
IndiGo will build a new maintenance facility at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, scheduled to entered service in 2020.
A new variant of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched two satellites on 24th January.
The all-new P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C was successfully tested for the second time on 28th January.
Airbus Defence and Space reports that it has successfully completed the Telesat LEO Constellation System Requirements Review.
OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, has delivered the first satellites for the OneWeb mega-constellation.
The European Space Agency has awarded ArianeGroup a contract to prepare for a mission to the Moon with the aim of mining regolith.
Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack programme.
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) mission, scheduled for launch in 2023.
Arianespace is gearing up for the challenges of 2019, including the transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6, due to make its first flight in 2020.
Thales Alenia Space and the European Space Agency have signed a new tranche of the contract for the operational phase of the Galileo ground mission segment and security facility.
Airbus has delivered the 400th A320 Family aircraft from its Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in Tianjin.
For its 11th and final launch of the year, Arianespace sent the French CSO-1 Earth observation satellite into Sun-synchronous orbit on 19th December.
ArianeGroup has been awarded the contract to supply a chemical propulsion system for Germany’s Heinrich Hertz experimental telecommunications satellite (H2Sat).
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall has set out a series of goals for future joint space programmes between France and China.
Arianespace successfully launched India’s GSAT-11 and Korea's GEO-KOMPSAT-2A on 4th December.
The company has signed two contracts with South Korean companies relating to the development of high-agility, high-resolution military observation satellites.
Ariane 5 is scheduled to launch two satellites, India's GSAT-11 and Korea's GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, on 4th December in its sixth mission of 2018.
The key instrument that will be used to measure Mars tectonic activity is supplied by a European team headed by France's CNES space agency.
Arianespace successfully launched Morocco's Mohammed VI-B satellite on 20th November in the 13th consecutive success for the Vega light launcher.
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat to build two new-generation Hotbird telecommunication satellites. Eutelsat becomes the launch customer for the Eurostar Neo.
India has successfully carried out the second developmental flight of its upgraded Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV MkIII, in the country's fifth launch of the year.
Airbus has delivered the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its site in Bremen, Germany.
Japan's H-2A launcher has successfully orbited the GOSAT-2 greenhouse gas observing satellite, along with the United Arab Emirates KhalifaSat satellite.
Airbus Defence and Space will continue to provide access to its radar satellite data to Ursa Space Systems (Ursa) under a new four-year agreement.
The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was successfully placed into orbit by a Chinese Long March 2C launched from the Jiuquan base in Inner Mongolia on 29th October.
The Thales/Leonardo joint venture has been awarded a €324m contract for the development and deployment of the next version of the ground-based Galileo Mission Segment (GMS) and the Galileo Security Facility (GSF).
The CFOSat satellite to study surface waves and winds is the first joint Franco-Chinese project in space.
ArianeGroup has completed qualification testing of the re-ignitable Vinci engine that will power the upper stage of Ariane 6.
In its fifth mission of the year, Ariane 5 successfully launched BepiColombo on its way toward the solar system’s smallest and least-explored terrestrial planet on 19th October.
Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 launch, on 19th October, will send the BepiColombo spacecraft on its way to the solar system’s smallest and least-explored terrestrial planet: Mercury.
The French space agency, CNES, has opened a new office at the French Embassy in Abu Dhabi, a further step in the strategic partnership with the UAE Space Agency.
The construction of ESA's Plato mission to find and study planets beyond our Solar System will be led by Germany’s OHB System AG.
Thales Alenia Space in the UK has delivered flight-approved Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) to Airbus Defence and Space for the ExoMars 2020 mission, due to launch in July 2020.
Arianespace successfully launched two communications satellites on 25th September in its sixth mission of the year and the 100th launch of Ariane 5.
The satellite will be launched using a Vega C launch vehicle no sooner than December 2021.
Airbus Helicopters has secured an additional order of four H225M multirole utility helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to provide operations, maintenance and upgrade services for the Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) supporting the Sentinel 2A and 2B Earth observation satellites.
Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission is being used to monitor damage and flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
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