Technology is all around us and it has an evergrowing presence in our lives. So why limit ourselves? The Tech Sense - About Technology http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/ 2018-11-28T12:14:49+01:00 The Tech Sense Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2016-01-16T12:29:46+01:00 2016-01-16T12:29:46+01:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/312-launch-of-the-first-satellite-in-the-spacedatahighway-programme/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/January-2016/sat-edrs-a-800px.jpg" alt="EDRS-A satellite" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communication in space of extremely high volumes of data transfer. IMG: Airbus DS</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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).</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/January-2016/sat-edrs-a-800px.jpg" alt="EDRS-A satellite" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communication in space of extremely high volumes of data transfer. IMG: Airbus DS</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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).</p> 2015-12-15T15:50:33+01:00 2015-12-15T15:50:33+01:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/304-new-sentinel-instruments-ensure-services-for-copernicus-beyond-2029/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/December-2015/Sentinel-1.jpg" alt="Sentinel-1" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Airbus Defence and Space signs €143M contract with Thales Alenia Space. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/December-2015/Sentinel-1.jpg" alt="Sentinel-1" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Airbus Defence and Space signs €143M contract with Thales Alenia Space. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p> 2015-12-01T11:29:23+01:00 2015-12-01T11:29:23+01:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/300-lisa-pathfinder-ready-for-launch-from-kourou/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/December-2015/LISA-Pathfinder-800px.jpg" alt="LISA Pathfinder 800px" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Last step on Earth before setting out on a 8-week journey to the first Sun-Earth Lagrange Point. Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/December-2015/LISA-Pathfinder-800px.jpg" alt="LISA Pathfinder 800px" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Last step on Earth before setting out on a 8-week journey to the first Sun-Earth Lagrange Point. Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p> 2015-11-13T16:40:04+01:00 2015-11-13T16:40:04+01:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/286-airbus-defence-and-space-delivers-first-aces-ground-terminal/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/November-2015/ACES-Ground-Terminal.jpg" alt="ACES Ground Terminal" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Ground terminal for ACES. Author: Airbus DS GmbH / Alfred Ruttloff</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/November-2015/ACES-Ground-Terminal.jpg" alt="ACES Ground Terminal" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> Ground terminal for ACES. Author: Airbus DS GmbH / Alfred Ruttloff</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).</p> 2015-10-09T17:08:01+02:00 2015-10-09T17:08:01+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/266-airbus-defence-and-space-ships-lisa-pathfinder-to-launch-site/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/October-2015/lisa-pathfinder-esa.jpg" alt="LISA Pathfinder, ESA" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> LISA Pathfinder has left Stevenage (UK) and arrived in Kourou ahead of launch in early December. Photo: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, has left Stevenage ready for launch.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/October-2015/lisa-pathfinder-esa.jpg" alt="LISA Pathfinder, ESA" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> LISA Pathfinder has left Stevenage (UK) and arrived in Kourou ahead of launch in early December. Photo: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, has left Stevenage ready for launch.</p> 2015-09-11T12:41:25+02:00 2015-09-11T12:41:25+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/232-airbus-ds-prepares-the-future-of-earth-observation-from-space/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/September-2015/Airbus-defence-and-space-logo-800px.jpg" alt="Example" /> <p class="img_caption">Airbus Defence and Space logo</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/September-2015/Airbus-defence-and-space-logo-800px.jpg" alt="Example" /> <p class="img_caption">Airbus Defence and Space logo</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p> 2015-08-29T21:22:24+02:00 2015-08-29T21:22:24+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/206-boeing-built-satellite-will-create-first-global-high-speed-broadband-network/ Boeing ddvdsvdv@vvxbx.csc

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/Inmarsat-5-launch.jpg" alt="Inmarsat 5 launch" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> The Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite launched Friday aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo: ILS</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2015</strong> – 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.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/Inmarsat-5-launch.jpg" alt="Inmarsat 5 launch" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> The Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite launched Friday aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo: ILS</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2015</strong> – 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.</p> 2015-08-20T22:29:05+02:00 2015-08-20T22:29:05+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/178-airbus-ds-salutes-67th-successful-ariane-5-launch/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p> 2015-08-19T16:06:08+02:00 2015-08-19T16:06:08+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/171-airbus-ds-designs-payload-platform-for-us-space-company-nanoracks/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="http://thetechsense.com/images/pressrelease/Space/airbus-DS-NREP-payload-platform.jpg" alt="NREP payload platform" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> First commercial NREP payload platform to fly to the International Space Station. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p>

<p><!--img--></p> <div class="img_caption none" style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"><img src="images/pressrelease/Space/airbus-DS-NREP-payload-platform.jpg" alt="NREP payload platform" /> <p class="img_caption"><i class="fa fa-camera"></i> First commercial NREP payload platform to fly to the International Space Station. IMG Source: airbusdefenceandspace.com</p> </div> <p><br /><!--/img--></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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.</p> 2015-08-18T18:49:43+02:00 2015-08-18T18:49:43+02:00 http://thetechsense.com/press-release/37-space/170-spot-6-7-complete-coverage-over-south-africa-in-just-3-months/ Airbus Defence and Space asdfgh@sdfghjk.co

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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 <strong>the entire country</strong> (1 221 000 km²) at 1.5m resolution in just 3 months.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">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 <strong>the entire country</strong> (1 221 000 km²) at 1.5m resolution in just 3 months.</p>