
Copernical Team
Monday, 28 July 2025 12:00
MetOp-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 media briefing

Watch the replay of the MetOp-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 pre-launch media briefing. This session provides information about these two missions. Speakers include:
- Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA
- Phil Evans, Director-General at Eumetsat
- Simon Brown, Managing Director for Products and Services at the UK Met Office
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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2
Luxembourg (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
SES and the Luxembourg Government will co-develop and launch GovSat-2, a second military communications satellite under their joint public-private venture, LuxGovSat S.A. This new satellite will build on the capabilities of GovSat-1, expanding secure satellite connectivity services for defense and government customers across Europe and beyond.
GovSat-2, to be manufactured by Thales Alenia

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
Rollable solar array by GalaxySpace redefines satellite compactness and power efficiency
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
GalaxySpace, a commercial space company based in Beijing, has introduced a pioneering rollable solar panel that dramatically reduces satellite bulk while boosting energy efficiency. Presented at a recent conference in Yibin, the new solar wing can be compacted to the size of a water bottle but unfolds in orbit to cover 20 square meters.
Xu Ming, CEO of GalaxySpace, explained that the solar

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Proteins, the molecular machines of life, are constructed from 20 amino acids in seemingly infinite combinations-up to 10^78 possible sequences for a 60-residue protein. Yet only a tiny subset fold into stable, functional shapes. A new study published in Science reveals that the rules guiding these folds may be far more forgiving than previously assumed.
Scientists from the Centre for Geno

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
The MetOp Second Generation-A1 satellite has reached a significant milestone in its journey to orbit, with fuelling operations now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Engineers successfully loaded 790 kg of hydrazine onto the spacecraft, paving the way for the next phase of pre-launch activities.
This satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, is the first in a series of three A-B satellite pair

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
GovSat, the public-private partnership between the Luxembourg Government and SES, has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract to develop a new geostationary defence communications satellite, GovSat-2. The platform will deliver resilient and secure telecom services for national defense and allied missions.
The satellite will operate in X, Ka, and UHF frequency bands, supporting high-assuranc

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
First wildfire images reveal FireSat's unmatched detection capabilities
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Earth Fire Alliance, in partnership with Muon Space and Google Research, has released the first images captured by the FireSat Protoflight satellite. These visuals highlight the satellite's ability to detect wildfires in their earliest stages, including small blazes overlooked by current orbital systems, significantly enhancing response capabilities for fire-prone regions worldwide.
Among

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
China issues new rules to elevate quality control in private space sector
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
China has introduced new regulations to tighten quality oversight of its growing commercial space industry. The directive, issued Monday by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), outlines comprehensive management standards intended to guide projects from initial design through final decommissioning.
The new rules assign explicit responsibilities to various stakeholders and emphasi

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has secured a contract to provide its Gen-3 and Gen-2 satellite-based monitoring services to Latin American defense and intelligence agencies, supporting efforts against transnational organized crime.
The contract delivers immediate On-Demand access to BlackSky's high-frequency, low-latency satellite imagery and analytics, enabling security forces to d

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025 09:46
Russian space chief to meet NASA head for first time in eight years
Moscow (AFP) July 29, 2025
The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos arrived in the United States on Tuesday to meet with his NASA counterpart in the first such meeting in eight years, Roscosmos said.
Space has been one of the few areas of cooperation between Russia and the United States after Moscow's offensive on Ukraine brought relations between the two space pioneer nations to lows not seen since the Cold War.

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