SPACENEWS

22 June 2021 After months of constructive negotiations, ESA and EU signed today a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) in a ceremony to celebrate the launch of the new EU space programme.    This will mark a fresh start for space activities in Europe and represents an important step forward in the relationship between Read More

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) in the Large Space Simulator at ESTEC just before the chamber is closed for a thermal-vacuum test dry run. Once in the Jovian system Juice will make detailed observations of Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of remote sensing, Read More

Watch the virtual event that will mark the launch of the new EU Space programme, celebrating a key milestone: the signature of the new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement, defining the roles and responsibilities of all partners, the European Commission, ESA and the new EU space programme agency, EUSPA. This will mark a fresh start for Read More

Applications ESA Following liftoff last November and more than six months spent carefully calibrating the most advanced mission dedicated to measuring sea-level rise, Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is now operational – meaning that its data are available to climate researchers, ocean-weather forecasts and other data users. Sentinel-6 is one of the European Union’s family of Read More

No pathfinder here only the real deal ULA first stage booster core and 2nd stage dual engine Centaur core has now been off loaded from Rocketship for the future first crewed NASA Boeing Starliner mission from LC-41 later in the 2021 year after a successful OFT-2 mission in July. Two of three astronauts made an Read More

Liftoff at 12:09 PM EDT or 16:09 UTC for the 122nd SpaceX Falcon 9 the 63rd flight proven booster 67th reflight of a Falcon 9 and the 88th booster landing. The Lockheed Martin United States Space Force GPSIIISV05 satellite was successfully deployed in orbit and first stage booster B-1062.2 its 2nd flight successfully landed on Read More

he U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on June 9 in preparation for its upcoming launch scheduled for June 17, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The 15-minute launch window opens Read More

ESA A new study using satellite evidence confirms that a rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster in India earlier this year. The resulting mud and debris flood led to massive destruction downstream. On 7 February 2021, the Chamoli district in the Uttarakhand region of India experienced a humanitarian tragedy when a large mass Read More

ESA As part of ESA’s commitment to develop and build satellite missions that push the boundaries of satellite technology and Earth science, four new mission ideas – Cairt, Nitrosat, Seastar and Wivern – have been selected to enter pre-feasibility study and compete to be the eleventh Earth Explorer mission. This important milestone follows a Call Read More

ESA The world’s first wooden satellite is on the way, in the shape of the Finnish WISA Woodsat. ESA materials experts are contributing a suite of experimental sensors to the mission as well as helping with pre-flight testing. WISA Woodsat is a 10x10x10 cm ‘CubeSat’ – a type of nanosatellite built up from standardised boxes Read More