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ESA selects Airbus Defence and Space for two new Sentinel-2 satellites

January 26th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised
26 January 2016 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second-largest space company, has signed a contract, worth around €285m with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver two further optical satellites for the European Copernicus program...
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MPs debate space policy in House of Commons

January 16th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised
15 January 2016 – MPs yesterday took part in a debate about space policy in the House of Commons Chamber. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following a bid from Dr Philippa Whitford and Patrick Grady.
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Launch of the first satellite in the“SpaceDataHighway” programme

January 15th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised
15 January 2016 – EDRS-A, the first relay satellite in the SpaceDataHighway programme (also called EDRS), will be launched to geostationary orbit on 28 January 2016. The SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communications in space o...