by Matt Wilson | Jul 7, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Finance, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Space politics
On 3 July 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA), on-behalf of the European Commission (representing the EU), issued development contracts for six missions that will compliment and enhance their Copernicus Earth observation programme. These initial contracts are valued... 
by David Todd | Apr 6, 2020 | ESA, exploration, Satellites, Science
On 24 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) put its long range space missions: the Cluster quartet, ExoMars TGO, Mars Express and Solar Orbiter, into Safe Mode “Hibernation” on 24 March to limit the number of personnel it would need at its operations centre. This was... 
by Matt Wilson | Apr 2, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
It has been reported that one of the first missions for the yet-to-launch Ariane 6 has been given to the rocket it is intending to replace. This mission concerns the first two Batch 3 satellites for the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). These... 
by David Todd | Feb 10, 2020 | ESA, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) mission has been sent on its way by an Atlas V 411 rocket launch. The launch took place at 0403 GMT from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Centaur stage of the United Launch Alliance rocket put the SolO spacecraft into a... by David Todd | Feb 5, 2020 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
During January, Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the signature of a launch services contract for the Euclid satellite. The Euclid mission will utilize either a Soyuz or an Ariane 62 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s... 
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2019 | ESA, Seradata News
The meeting of ministers that occurs ever three years to decide the European Space Agency’s (ESA) budget has awarded it €12.45 billion. The Seville “Space 19+” meeting agreed the sum for three years with an additional circa €2 billion to cover programmes lasting five...
