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, issued development contracts for six missions that will compliment and enhance the Copernicus Earth observation programme. These initial contracts, valued at EUR€2.55 billion... 
by Matt Wilson | Jan 29, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Following an announcement on 27 January 2019, QinetiQ is to build the ALTIUS (Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere) satellite for ESA. This project was initiated by the Royal Belgian Institute of Space Aeronomy, and accordingly most... 
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... 
by David Todd | May 14, 2019 | ESA, Satellites
The European Space Agency’s Aeolus – Earth Explorer Atmospheric Dynamics Mission – for wind profile monitoring is in trouble as the spacecraft’s main wind measurement instrument, using Lidar, has a faulty laser. The laser is now degrading at a rate of 1... 
by Matt Wilson | May 9, 2019 | commercial launch services, Finance, Seradata News
Having finally received the fixed number of “institutional launches” that the company needed, Arianespace have officially placed an order for the first 14 series-production units of their next-generation launcher, Ariane 6, on 6 May. This follows an ESA...
