Justin Fauntleroy is a government contractor responsible for writing future concepts and doctrine for the U.S.

Europe’s Galileo constellation is already the world’s most accurate satellite navigation system, providing metre-level precision to users worldwide. The general expectation is that satnav is going to keep on getting better, in line with increasing user needs and accuracy requirements. But in fact, traditional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in medium Earth orbit are approaching their limits of technical performance.  

Paris Air Show live: From Earth science to climate action

22 June at 12:00 CEST: Earth's water and carbon cycles from space

At the Paris air show today, ESA Director of Space Transportation Daniel Neuenschwander and CNES's Guiana Space Centre Director Marie-Anne Clair signed a contract, maintaining ESA’s role and focusing on objectives including improving flexibility to handle new payloads, reducing carbon footprint and furthering the digital transformation at Europe’s Spaceport to 2027. Looking on were ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and CNES Deputy Chief Executive Lionel Suchet.

CNES has overall responsibility for maintaining the operational condition of the spaceport and modernizing facilities.

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Watch the replay of the press briefing on space transportation from Paris Air Show 2023. Speakers will share the current status of the Ariane 6 programme, and the next key milestones towards the inaugural flight.

Access all the videos from Paris Air Show 2023.

Scout Space, a startup developing technologies for space situational awareness, announced June 20 it has secured undisclosed funding from the venture capital firm Decisive Point and from government contractor Noblis.

A new startup, Danti, came out of stealth June 21 with a search engine designed for users of geospatial data.

Space Forge will flesh out its U.S. strategy with the help of Andrew Parlock, the U.K.-based startup’s new managing director for U.S.

We are almost halfway through the week of the 54th edition of the Paris Air Show. 

ESA is taking part with an exhibition in the Space Pavilion alongside with CNES, the French National Space Agency. Throughout the week, the pavilion will host presentations, events and temporary exhibitions from both agencies, while several events will be held in the ESA/CNES shared area.    

Click the link here to view the full programme of events being held in the ESA-CNES shared area. 

Here below the photo highlights of Day n.3 from Le Bourget Airport. The event will take place from 19 to 25 June. 

Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2023
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts its trajectory for entering Mercury orbit in 2025. The closest approach took place at 19:34 UTC (21:34 CEST) on 19 June 2023, about 236 km above the planet's surface, on the night side of the p