by Matt Wilson | Jun 10, 2021 | ESA, exploration, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
ESA decided the winner of its fifth “Medium-class” Cosmic Vision competition on 10 June. Out of the two finalists the Venus-oriented “EnVision” orbiter won out over the gamma-ray burst studying “THESEUS”. The initial call for...
by Matt Wilson | Apr 29, 2021 | commercial launch services, Constellation, ESA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
The first launch that took place on 29 April was conducted by Arianespace. This mission saw a Vega rocket successfully lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 0150 GMT. The targeted orbit for the mission was Sun-synchronous orbit at 628 km (613 km for the rideshare...
by David Todd | Mar 30, 2021 | ESA, Satellites, Science
ESA has selected SSTL to build and operate a 40 kg spacecraft for its HydroGNSS mission under its Scout programme. The €30 million HydroGNSS mission uses GNSS Reflectometry for hydrological measurements. In effect it uses signals from GPS and Galileo, as radar...
by David Todd | Mar 25, 2021 | ESA, Technology
Nascent Scotland-based small launch providers Orbex and Skyrora,have received £8.5 million IN funding under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Boost! initiative to develop their launch technologies and help bring their rockets to operational status. Orbex, an orbital...
by David Todd | Jan 19, 2021 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
For very different reasons, two major space agencies confirmed in January that they were losing their leaders with another declaring that its departing leader was about to leave early. First up was the departure of Jim Bridenstine, current Administrator of NASA....
by David Todd | Dec 23, 2020 | ESA, Seradata News
It has been confirmed that Josef Aschbacher will succeed the sometimes controversial but nevertheless well-regarded Jan Woerner as Director General of the European Space Agency. The ESA Council meeting on 17 December formally appointed Dr Aschbacher for a period of...
