
A team of teams like never before: rehearsing a unique launch at ESA mission control
On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou: FLEX, ESA’s photosynthesis…
Constellations, Earth observation, orbital debris, spectrum fights, and the business of operating hardware above the atmosphere.

On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou: FLEX, ESA’s photosynthesis…

Australian Earth observation satellite company LatConnect 60 (LC60) has strengthened its position in India with two strategic agreements announced…

Aerospacelab and Thales Alenia Space have secured IRIS2 contracts expected to total more than €5.4 billion, covering satellite platforms and…


Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and…

The European Space Agency’s FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite are scheduled to launch together aboard a Vega-C rocket on 15…

Europe’s Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2) satellite has reached its designated orbit at 36 000 km from Earth and is ready to begin its…

Algorithm NASA first applied to satellite imagery is now used to peer into antiquity

Isar Aerospace's second flight was a major improvement, becoming the first successful satellite launch from continental Europe.

With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.

Copernicus Sentinel-3 is one of the most diverse missions for measuring and monitoring Earth’s climate systems. It captures a breadth of data about…

Leuven, Belgium & Halifax, Canada – 3 September 2026 – European optical payload provider Simera Sense today announced that Canadian space technology…

This sprawling cosmic vista and subject of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month comes from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC is the…

Here’s the August 2026 puzzler. Quick, where is this? And what makes this place interesting or unique?

August 31, 2026— Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Outlier and Rendezvous Robotics as its newest…

With thousands of emergency responders conducting search-and-rescue operations following the catastrophic flash flood that struck northern Nepal on…

European satellite operator SES has awarded OHB a contract worth almost €1 billion to develop and build satellite platforms for the medium Earth…

The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, has been launched on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.…
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