The Supervisory Board of the German space technology company OHB System AG, a subsidiary of OHB SE, has appointed Chiara Pedersoli to the company’s Management Board effective 1 January 2020
Read More »India’s GSAT-30 Successfully Launched For South Asian Connectivity Mission
India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours of 17 January 2020.
Read More »EUTELSAT 5 West B Recovered After October 2019 Malfunction; Commercial Service Starts January 2020
On 24 October 2019 Eutelsat announced an investigation into a malfunction on one of the two solar arrays on its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite.
Read More »UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Appoints Phil Brownnett As New Managing Director
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) announces the appointment of Phil Brownnett as Managing Director, succeeding Sarah Parker who is stepping down from the role to pursue new challenges.
Read More »Eutelsat KONNECT Successfully Launched For African Connectivity Operations
The EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time (10.05 pm CET) on 16 January 2020.
Read More »New Management Takes Over Germany’s PTS GmbH After Restructuring
After a successful restructuring phase the management team of Planetary Transportation Systems (PTS) now takes full responsibility for the company. The PTS executives take over the Berlin New Space company with immediate effect as part of a management buyout from the Zeitfracht Group. Zeitfracht Group saved PTS from bankruptcy in …
Read More »Luxembourg Buys Stake In Orbital Ventures Investment Capital Fund
During a meeting of a parliamentary committee, Étienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy confirmed that the Government of Luxembourg, together with public and private sector partners, have invested a stake in Orbital Ventures, an investment fund focused on early stage companies engaged in space activities.
Read More »Arianespace Kicks Off 2020 With Successful Launch Of India’s GSAT-30 And Eutelsat KONNECT
Arianespace opened its 2020 launch activity with a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana that successfully placed EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit on 16 January 2020.
Read More »Airbus Ventures Invests In Innovative U.S. Launch Startup SpinLaunch
Jonathan Yaney, Founder and CEO of SpinLaunch, Inc., has announced that the company has received an additional investment of U.S.$35 million for continued development of the world's first kinetic launch system, designed to provide the lowest-cost, environmentally responsible orbital launch system to serve the rapidly growing small satellite industry.
Read More »Arianespace To Launch UAE’s Falcon Eye 2 On Soyuz In March 2020
Arianespace has announced that it intends to launch the UAE’s second reconnaissance satellite, Falcon Eye 2, on board a Soyuz satellite launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre in early March 2020.
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