by David Todd | Dec 4, 2020 | ESA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
ESA and Thales Alenia Space signed a €482 million contract to develop the Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band (ROSE-L) environmental monitoring spacecraft – as part of Europe’s Copernicus programme. ROSE-L is planned for launch in 2028. During its planned... 
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2020 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
While it plans to get its own lunar samples via its Artemis human lunar programme, in the meantime NASA has selected four companies to collect some and transfer ownership of these samples to the agency. The companies selected are: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado;... 
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Momentus, a firm building a new concept in inter-orbital transportation, has signed a deal with Canadensys Aerospace Corporation to launch one of its payloads to low lunar orbit (LLO) using the Momentus “Ardoride” space delivery spacecraft. The... 
by Matt Wilson | Dec 3, 2020 | ESA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the first of its “Scout” missions which aim to use small sats to prove scientific concepts for the benefit of its Earth Observation Programme. This mission is known as Earth System Processes Monitored in the... 
by Matt Wilson | Dec 3, 2020 | ESA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
On 26 November a team led by ClearSpace SA has been awarded an satellite development contract, valued at EUR€86m (US$102.4m). This follows winning the competition in December 2019 to prepare the final proposal for a debris removal mission. ESA is sponsoring this... 
by David Todd | Dec 3, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites
At 0114 GMT on 3 December 2020 a Russian Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat launch vehicle was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. The three main payloads were Gonets-M store forward communications satellites. There was one other satellite aboard – a...
