Press+ - The Tech Sense [Beta] http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:14:49 +0100 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb (The Tech Sense) Launch of the first satellite in the “SpaceDataHighway” programme http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/312-launch-of-the-first-satellite-in-the-spacedatahighway-programme/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/312-launch-of-the-first-satellite-in-the-spacedatahighway-programme/

EDRS-A satellite

SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communication in space of extremely high volumes of data transfer. IMG: Airbus DS


EDRS-A, the first relay satellite in the SpaceDataHighway programme (also called EDRS), will be launched to geostationary orbit on 28 January 2016 (Baikonour time).

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:29:46 +0100 New Sentinel instruments ensure services for Copernicus beyond 2029 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/304-new-sentinel-instruments-ensure-services-for-copernicus-beyond-2029/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/304-new-sentinel-instruments-ensure-services-for-copernicus-beyond-2029/

Sentinel-1

Airbus Defence and Space signs €143M contract with Thales Alenia Space. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com


Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second-largest space company, has signed a contract worth €143 million with Thales Alenia Space to build two further space radar instruments for the Copernicus programme.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:50:33 +0100 LISA Pathfinder ready for launch from Kourou http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/300-lisa-pathfinder-ready-for-launch-from-kourou/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/300-lisa-pathfinder-ready-for-launch-from-kourou/

LISA Pathfinder 800px

Last step on Earth before setting out on a 8-week journey to the first Sun-Earth Lagrange Point. Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com


LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, is being readied by engineers from Airbus Defence and Space, the world´s second largest space company, for a 2 December 2015 lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:29:23 +0100 Airbus Defence and Space delivers first ACES Ground Terminal http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/286-airbus-defence-and-space-delivers-first-aces-ground-terminal/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/286-airbus-defence-and-space-delivers-first-aces-ground-terminal/

ACES Ground Terminal

Ground terminal for ACES. Author: Airbus DS GmbH / Alfred Ruttloff


Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:40:04 +0100 Airbus Defence and Space ships LISA Pathfinder to launch site http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/266-airbus-defence-and-space-ships-lisa-pathfinder-to-launch-site/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/266-airbus-defence-and-space-ships-lisa-pathfinder-to-launch-site/

LISA Pathfinder, ESA

LISA Pathfinder has left Stevenage (UK) and arrived in Kourou ahead of launch in early December. Photo: airbusdefenceandspace.com


LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, has left Stevenage ready for launch.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:08:01 +0200 Airbus Defence and Space prepares the future of Earth observation from space http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/232-airbus-ds-prepares-the-future-of-earth-observation-from-space/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/232-airbus-ds-prepares-the-future-of-earth-observation-from-space/

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Airbus Defence and Space logo


Airbus Defence and Space has just signed a feasibility study contract with CNES, the French space agency, for future French space-based civil and military Earth observation systems.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:41:25 +0200 Boeing-built Satellite Will Create First Global High-Speed Broadband Network http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/206-boeing-built-satellite-will-create-first-global-high-speed-broadband-network/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/206-boeing-built-satellite-will-create-first-global-high-speed-broadband-network/

Inmarsat 5 launch

The Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite launched Friday aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo: ILS


EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2015 – When the third Boeing-built [NYSE: BA] Inmarsat-5 satellite, which is now in orbit, becomes fully operational later this year it will provide the technology and coverage necessary for worldwide high-speed broadband access.

]]> ddvdsvdv@vvxbx.csc (Boeing) Space Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:22:24 +0200 Airbus Defence and Space salutes 67th successful Ariane 5 launch http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/178-airbus-ds-salutes-67th-successful-ariane-5-launch/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/178-airbus-ds-salutes-67th-successful-ariane-5-launch/ Airbus Defence and Space salutes the 67th straight successful launch of the workhorse Ariane 5 satellite launch vehicle from the Kourou, French Guiana, launch pad on August 20th.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:29:05 +0200 Airbus Defence and Space designs payload platform for US space company NanoRacks http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/171-airbus-ds-designs-payload-platform-for-us-space-company-nanoracks/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/171-airbus-ds-designs-payload-platform-for-us-space-company-nanoracks/

NREP payload platform

First commercial NREP payload platform to fly to the International Space Station. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com


Airbus Defence and Space has designed and built a payload platform for the International Space Station (ISS) for NanoRacks LLC, a privately-owned US space company.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:06:08 +0200 SPOT 6/7 Complete Coverage Over South Africa in Just 3 Months http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/170-spot-6-7-complete-coverage-over-south-africa-in-just-3-months/ http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/170-spot-6-7-complete-coverage-over-south-africa-in-just-3-months/ The SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 Direct Receiving Station (DRS) installed at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) premises by Airbus Defence and Space has allowed to cover the entire country (1 221 000 km²) at 1.5m resolution in just 3 months.

]]> asdfgh@sdfghjk.co (Airbus Defence and Space) Space Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:49:43 +0200