SPACENEWS

…at 5:00 PM EDT or 21:00 UTC from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida. The first stage booster being re-flown is B-1058.2 (2nd flight) which successfully flew astronauts Col. Bob Behnken and Col. Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on May 30th 2020. ANASIS II was built by Airbus Defense & Space as Read More

SES uses reliable content from trusted organisations such as UNICEF and AFP to bring critical, informative COVID-19 messages to rural communities Happy boy drawing at home. Social distancing. Quarantine .Covid-19 crisis. Millions of households across Africa, Europe, and Asia-Pacific will be able to access a free-to-air TV channel via SES satellites dedicated to delivering reliable, Read More

This illustration shows the moment after liftoff of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft begins the first part of its journey to Mars atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle. More information about the mission is at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/. Team with NASA to send off the Perseverance rover to Read More

1.7 million pounds of thrust from nine brand new SpaceX Merlin engines worked perfectly on this Falcon 9 booster B-1061.1 as it begins to break the bonds of gravity and lift this United States Space Force DOD GPSIII-SV03 satellite into outer space at 4:10 PM EDT June 30th 2020. GPS is something we all use Read More

Mary W. Jackson never accepted the status quo. This week we announced our headquarters building in Washington will be named after Jackson, who overcame barriers to become our first Black female engineer. Jackson started her career in 1951 at what is now our Langley Research Center in Virginia as a human computer – a mathematician Read More

Free-to-Air educational TV channel becomes a critical resource for senior high school students across West African sub-region Female student in a University campus room learning, preparing for test Joy Learning, the free-to-air (FTA) not-for-profit TV channel dedicated solely to Ghanaian educational content, has proven to be a critical source of learning for senior high school Read More

• Study shows Satellite TV reception increases by 23% in Nigeria and 19% in Ghana in 2019 since the last study, conducted two years ago • SES currently reaches 35 million TV households across the African Continent Family watching television on sofa SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has unveiled the results of Read More

Ethiopia’s first dedicated TV platform adds nine educational channels to enable continued learning amid COVID-19 school disruption Cropped shot of an affectionate young single father helping his son with his homework at home The Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE) and Regional Education Bureaus (REBs) with the support of UNICEF, Save the Children, and a leader Read More

SES S.A. announced today the successful launch and pricing of a bond offering in which it has agreed to sell senior unsecured fixed rate notes due in 2028 for a total amount of EUR 400 million. The notes will bear a Coupon of 2.00% per annum and were priced at 99.445% of their nominal value. Read More

Today, the European Commission and Japan are signing an agreement on civil aviation safety, which will further boost the EU's already strong cooperation with Japan and reinforce the competitiveness of the EU's aviation industry. This bilateral civil aviation safety agreement (BASA) will support EU manufacturers of aeronautical products to increase their trade and market share Read More