Having completed their intensive checks in space, two more of Europe’s Galileo satellites are now fully operational. Adam and Anastasia, the Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) Satellites 3 and 4 assembled by OHB System AG (a subsidiary of OHB SE, ISIN DE0005936124) are broadcasting navigation signals and, since the December 1, have been relaying search … Dowiedz się więcej
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are pleased to announce the successful launch of Telesat’s broadcast and telecommunication satellite, Telstar 12 VANTAGE, by H-IIA Launch vehicle No. 29 (H-IIA F29) at 3:50:00 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2015 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle … Dowiedz się więcej
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), was awarded a contract by NASA to restart production of the RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world and designed for the Journey to Mars. „SLS is America’s next generation heavy lift system,” said Julie Van Kleeck, … Dowiedz się więcej
The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month. Carrying a suite of state-of-the-art instruments, Sentinel-3A is set to provide an unprecedented step forward in the Copernicus marine, land, atmosphere and climate change services. The satellite began its … Dowiedz się więcej
ESA plans to track the health of the world’s vegetation by detecting and measuring the faint glow that plants give off as they convert sunlight and the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide into energy. Yielding information about the health and stress of the planet’s vegetation is important as the growing global population places increasing demands on the … Dowiedz się więcej
Sentinel-3A’s preparation is finished and the satellite will soon be shipped to the Russian Cosmodrome of Plesetsk, in Northern Russia for its launch on top of a Rockot planned end of this year. Carrying a suite of state-of-the-art instruments, Sentinel-3 is set to play a key role in Copernicus, the world’s largest environmental monitoring programme … Dowiedz się więcej