In May 2019, Spanish company PLD Space suffered a catastrophic engine failure, which caused material damage, including the loss of the first flight version of the TEPREL-B liquid rocket engine, developed by PLD Space for MIURA 1 launch vehicle.
Read More »AfricaXP Selects Eutelsat For DTH Satellite Services Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16° East and 7° East.
Read More »AAC Clyde Space Selected To Deliver Batteries For Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Mission
AAC Clyde Space has been selected to supply batteries to the Nova-C lunar lander mission led by the U.S. company Intuitive Machines.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Releases Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued an industrial capacity-building contribution announcement of opportunity (AO) for the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP), as reported by Space Q.
Read More »Russia’s Proton-M Rocket Ready To Deliver Nauka Research Lab To ISS
Russia’s Khrunichev Space Center has built a Proton-M carrier rocket to deliver the Nauka (Science) multi-functional laboratory module to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on 21 February 2020.
Read More »ISRO To Validate Design, Engineering Of Rocket To Carry India’s First Human Space Flight Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out a series of tests to validate the design and engineering of the rocket and orbital module system for India's first planned human space flight mission, named Gaganyaan.
Read More »UAE Space Agency Unites Industry Leaders In GSIA Strategic Workshop
The UAE Space Agency conducted a strategic workshop on the Global Space Industry Accelerator (GSIA) to identify key industry challenges that can be addressed through space, and shed light on the status of intellectual property (IP) in the sector.
Read More »Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes Historic First Docking of MEV-1 With Intelsat 901 Satellite
Northrop Grumman Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Space Logistics LLC, have successfully completed the first docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) to the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) spacecraft in order to provide life-extension services.
Read More »Air New Zealand Joins NASA Climate Science Mission
Air New Zealand is set to be the first passenger airline to join a NASA earth science mission, with one of its Q300 aircraft to be fitted with next-generation satellite receivers later this year.
Read More »SES And Gilat Telecom Restore Internet Connectivity In DRC
High-performance internet connectivity was restored in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) within just four days after the West Africa Cable System (WACS) undersea cable cut, thanks to the combined efforts of Gilat Telecom and SES, the companies announced on 10 February 2020.
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