by Matt Wilson | Aug 1, 2019 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
On 23 July 2019, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) ordered the 2,300 kg ITAL-GOVSATCOM satellite from Thales Alenia Space as part of a national contribution to the wider European GovSatCom project. Thales Alenia will be acting as the lead company in a “temporary...
by Matt Wilson | May 6, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
The award of a dual satellite contract from the Spanish government satellite operator, Hisdesat, was announced at the SATELLITE 2019 show in Washington D.C. on 6 May. The contract is for follow-on units to the Spainsat and Xtar-Eur satellites called Spainsat NG 1/2,...
by David Todd | May 3, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
LeoStella, the satellite manufacturer which is jointly owned by Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries, has been selected to built ten data storage satellites for the Cloud Constellation company as part of its SpaceBelt constellation. The construction contract...
by David Todd | Jan 14, 2019 | ESA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The construction of the FLEX – the Fluorescence Explorer spacecraft which is to study “vegetation fluorescence” to determine global photosynthetic activity – has been officially ordered. Having been originally selected in Novemer 2015 as the...
by David Todd | Nov 21, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
An Arianespace-operated Vega launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana at 0142 GMT on 21 November 2018. Aboard was the 1,108kg MOHAMMED VI – B satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for the Kingdom of Morocco by...
