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Professor Sir Martin Sweeting awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society

December 10th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

10 December 2015 – Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey, has been admitted to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society...

Airbus Defence and Space signs €350m contract to develop and build JUICE spacecraft, ESA’s next life-tracker inside the Solar System

December 9th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

9 December 2015 – ESA and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a €350m contract to develop and build ESA’s JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) spacecraft.

UK Space Agency launches £300k business incubator call for space start-ups

December 3rd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

3 December 2015 – The UK Space Agency has launched a £300k call aimed at business incubation centres who wish to support start-up companies across the breadth of the space sector.

LISA Pathfinder blazes a trail en route to L1

December 3rd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

3 December 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, a European Space Agency (ESA) science spacecraft, designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, has been successfully placed into orbit from the Kourou European spaceport in French Guiana.

LISA Pathfinder ready for launch from Kourou

November 30th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

30 November 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, is being readied by engineers from Airbus Defence and Space for a 2 December 2015 lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana.

Airbus Defence and Space provides radio network for cycling warm-up event in Rio

November 25th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

25 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has successfully supplied the radio networks for audio communications for the official cycling test event prior to next year’s eagerly awaited sports event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Telstar 12 VANTAGE satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space set for launch 24 November

November 23rd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

23 November 2015 – Telstar 12 VANTAGE, built by Airbus Defence and Space for Telesat, is scheduled for launch on 24 November on an H-IIA launch vehicle from Japan.

Senior Management Team proposed at ESA

November 21st, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

21 November 2015 – At an extraordinary meeting of the ESA Council held in Paris in restricted session on 21 November 2015, Council approved the Director General’s proposal for the future senior management team of ESA, which will take up duty ...

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