World Environment Day: ESA supports shift to a greener world
Celebrated each year on 5 June, World Environment Day focuses on awareness of environmental challenges and action to protect planet Earth. Take a look at five ESA-supported projects that use satellite data and services to address specific environmental problems. ESA is planning to boost the use of green technologies through its proposed space for a green Read More
Earth from Space: Puglia, Italy with video
Part of Puglia, or Apulia, a region in southern Italy, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Puglia, the heel of the boot-shaped country, has the longest coastline of any Italian mainland region. Covering almost 20 000 sq km, it is Italy’s seventh largest region and its coastline, dotted with some Read More
SpaceX Launches Transporter 5
May 25th 2022 SpaceX Launches Transporter 5 at 2:35 PM EDT or 18:35 UTC Deploying 59 Small Satellites With A RTLS at LZ-1! SpaceX successfully launched Transporter 5 with 59 rideshare small satellites into orbit about one hour after liftoff and safely landed B-1061-8 back at Cape Canaveral LZ-1 with a triumphant double sonic boom Read More
Starliner Updates Starliner Prepares to Close Hatch
The Expedition 67 crew prepares to say goodbye to Starliner and close the hatch. (Credit: Sergey Korsakov) After four days docked at the International Space Station, Starliner’s hatch will soon be closed as it’s prepared to return back to Earth. The Expedition 67 crew has been floating in and out of Starliner all morning, performing Read More
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, lifted off on May 19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date ULA has launched 150 Read More
First Look at Boeing’s Starliner capsule and ULA’s N22 AtlasV!
The 2nd launch attempt for NASA Boeing ULA OFT-2 is scheduled for tomorrow May 19th 2022 at 6:54:47 PM EDT or 22:54:47 UTC for a demonstration uncrewed Starliner capsule with docking at the International Space Station. Auguest 3rd 2021 was the first Boeing OFT-2 attempt which resulted in a nine month delay to fix 13 Read More
Starliner/Atlas Proceeding Toward Launch
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is integrated on top of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Various tests have been completed to ensure all systems between the rocket and spacecraft are communicating and functioning properly before roll to the pad. Teams conducted numerous checks, including a power up of the spacecraft’s Read More
ENAIRE recovered 92.3% of flights in April compared to the record levels of 2019
Domestic traffic is picking up the fastest The control centres in Palma, Seville and the Canary Islands are already surpassing their pre-COVID figuresENAIRE managed nearly 170,000 flights in the fourth month of the yearIf compared to April 2021, the number is 230.3% higherThe recovery of air traffic in Spain exceeds the European average by over Read More
ENAIRE, Spain’s Air Force, the Civil Aviation General Directorate (DGAC) and EUROCONTROL hold the first workshop in
Spain on civil-military coordination in airspace management
Civil and military representatives from EUROCONTROL, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Romania will share their experience on the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) during a two-day work session at the headquarters of the Spanish Air Force in MadridIn Spain, the DGAC, ENAIRE and the Air Force are working toward the flexible use of Read More
IADE TUNISIA 2022 aerospace and defence exhibition
Following the postponement of the IADE TUNISIA 2022 aerospace and defence exhibition at the initiative of the Tunisian Government, we are pleased to formally confirm that the exhibition will be held from 12 to 16 October 2022. The Organising Committee and its partners will therefore take advantage of the six months that separate us from Read More