First Two O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched today – with photos

Heralds an era of high-performance connectivity with SES delivering dedicated, carrier-grade solutions from space to customers whenever and wherever desired SES announced today that the first two O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 5:48 pm local Read More

ENAIRE is recognised by the Envera Foundation for its sustainability

• The award acknowledges ENAIRE's job placement programme for people with disabilities • The Envera project, in which ENAIRE is a partner, has managed to employ 247 people with mental, physical and/or sensory disabilities in Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, 119 of them in the aviation sector ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation service provider, Read More

ENAIRE improves operations at the Reus Airport with new satellite-based navigation instrument approach procedures

• This further enhances the safety and consistency of operations, as well as the continuity of the airport's air navigation services • The new procedures rely on the European EGNOS system for runway 07 ENAIRE, the national air navigation service provider, has improved operations at the Reus Airport with new satellite-based navigation instrument approach procedures. Read More

EPSI and ESA to hold a webinar to promote the funding call for “Inclusive and Accessible Sport”

The European Platform for Sports Innovation (EPSI), in close collaboration with The European Space Agency (ESA), is organising a webinar for the promotion of ESA’s call “Inclusive and Accessible sport”. The online event will be hosted on the 15th of December from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm CET. Participants are welcome to register using the Read More

The first private Japanese mission by ispace to softly land on the moon launched by SpaceX

... at 2:38 AM ET December 11th 2022 from Cape Canaveral Florida SLC-40.Hakuto-R M1 is a technology demonstration mission one and has survived the rigors of launch plus separation from the 2nd stage including deployment by SpaceX and is in communication with ispace headquarters in Japan for completion of two out of the 10 major Read More

OneWeb 40 internet satellites launched into orbit by a SpaceX reflown rocket

.... in a combined spirit of cooperation 12-8-22 Liftoff 5:27 PM ET for OneWeb 15 their first trip with SpaceX and a Falcon 9 reflight booster carrying 40 internet satellites on a polar trajectory from LC-39A Cape Kennedy Florida at sunset. First stage booster B-1069-4 made its fourth trip to space and re-landed at Cape Read More

US Patent and Trademark Office grants OQ Technology two further patents for the world’s first 5G IoT satellite constellation in low Earth orbit

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted OQ Technology, the pioneer of 5G IoT satellite services, patents for its “frequency synchronisation” and “timing synchronisation” technology. The two synchronisation technologies are already used for communicating with the satellites in the company’s growing 5G IoT (Internet of Things) constellation connecting IoT devices globally.Following the patent grant Read More

ESA – Launches secured for five Sentinel satellites

A contract signed today between ESA and Arianespace has ensured rides into orbit for five Copernicus Sentinels: Sentinel-1D, Sentinel-2C, Sentinel-3C, and the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide-A and -B satellites. All the satellites will be launched on Vega-C rockets from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and are scheduled to take place between 2024 and 2026. The Read More