Contract amendment signed for development and qualification of the IRIS radar altimeter CANNES, France, June 27, 2022 (Thales Alenia Space PR) — Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today signed an amendment to the CRISTAL contract with Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor for the satellite. The amendment provides […]

– The Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has successfully placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit: MEASAT-3d for the Malaysian operator MEASAT, and GSAT-24 built by the Indian Space Agency ISRO on behalf of NSIL.– Carrying out its first mission of the year, and the 113th overall, Ariane 5 once again demonstrates its exceptional reliability.– Mission […]

Airbus’s payload hosting platform to demonstrate Mynaric’s laser communication product on the International Space Station  HOUSTON, May 12, 2022 – Mynaric (NASDAQ: MYNA)(FRA: M0Y) and Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. have signed a contract to host Mynaric’s CONDOR Mk2 terminal for space-based laser communication on the International Space Station’s (ISS) functional testbed, Bartolomeo. Mynaric plans to operate its industrialized optical communications […]

Airbus Press Release 611 commercial aircraft delivered in 2021 Financials reflect strong operational performance group-wide Revenues € 52.1 billion; EBIT Adjusted € 4.9 billion; EBIT (reported) € 5.3 billion Free cash flow before M&A and customer financing € 3.5 billion; Net cash € 7.6 billion Record net income of € 4.2 billion; EPS (reported) € […]

First Arianespace’s mission of 2022 and OneWeb’s thirteenth launch, Soyuz Flight VS27 successfully put 34 additional constellation satellites into a near-polar orbit. In the course of 2022, Arianespace will continue to deploy OneWeb’s satellite network, which now comprises 428 satellites in low Earth orbit. Arianespace Press Release KOUROU, French Guiana — Today’s launch, Flight VS27, […]

After the successful launch of NASA’s Webb Space Telescope on December 25 with Ariane 5, Arianespace is back to the Guiana Space Center (CSG) with Soyuz for a February 10 lift-off. The first Arianespace mission of the year will orbit 34 additional OneWeb satellites. With this mission, Arianespace will exceed 100 satellites launched on Soyuz […]

SpeechKings College London1 February 2022 It’s a huge pleasure to be here today on the next step in our execution of the Integrated Review, the Defence Command Paper and Defence and Security Industrial Strategy. A lot has happened in Defence in the last year. From assisting in homeland resilience in issues as varied at vaccine […]

Arianespace Press Release Microcarb is a science satellite that will trace CO2 sinks and sources on a global scale. The requested performance for this launch planned in 2023 is 190kg on a sun-synchronous orbit at 650km. EVRY-COURCOURONNES, France, January 18, 2022 — Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by ESA, on behalf of the […]