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Airbus Defence and Space now ready to start testing on CHEOPS, the first European exoplanet tracker

October 13th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

13 October 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has finished building the structural model for ESA’s CHEOPS (CHaracterisingExOPlanet Satellite), Europe’s first mission to search for exoplanetary transits by performing ultra-high precision photomet...

Get students excited about the UK space industry and apply for the Astro Support Team in I’m an Astronaut, Get me out of here!

October 13th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

13 October 2015 – As part of Tim Peake's Principia mission, the UK Space Agency is funding I'm an Astronaut, Get me out of here, an online activity where school students from all over the UK get to talk to the Astro Support Team: the people b...

Airbus Defence and Space ships LISA Pathfinder to launch site

October 12th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

12 October 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, has left Stevenage ready for launch. It was shipped from the UK to Kourou in French Guiana on board an Antonov aircraft and a...

Horizon 2020 update – draft work programmes for 2016-17 published

October 9th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

9 October 2015 – Draft versions of the Horizon 2020 work programmes for 2016-17 have now been published by the European Commission. These documents are ‘pre-publication’ versions and will provide potential participants with the currently expe...

Earth-i announces appointment of leading industry figure Dr Peter Hausknecht as its Chief Scientist

October 6th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

6 October 2015 – Earth-i, the master distributor of imaging and data services from the DMC3/TripleSat constellation with a unique combination of very high spatial and temporal resolution, has announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Hausknecht ...

New survey highlights sky-high demand for in-flight broadband

October 1st, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

1 October 2015 – A new survey of more than 6,000 airline passengers reveals the very strong demand for in-flight broadband services that exists among Europe’s aviation passengers. This demand is seen across all age groups and those travellin...

Airbus Safran Launchers: 68th consecutive successful launch for Ariane 5

September 30th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

30 September 2015 – The 226th launch of the Ariane rocket, successfully placing two satellites in their geostationary transfer orbits, took place today from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Airbus Defence and Space builds first hardware for Orion space vehicle’s service module

September 22nd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

22 September 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor for NASA’s Orion space vehicle’s European Service Module (ESM), has completed four large titanium tanks for the module that will be delivered for initial testing.

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