Copernical Team
Ariane 5 launches Europe’s tallest communication satellite
The fourth Spacebus Neo satellite to benefit from ESA’s Neosat programme has launched into space on board the second Ariane 5 launch mission of 2022.
First Eurostar Neo satellite ready to ship
The first satellite to be built under ESA’s Eurostar Neo programme stands ready to be shipped to its launch site.
Media invitation: International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris
Press Release N° 46–2022
The International Astronautical Congress 2022 (IAC) will be hosted in Paris, France, from Sunday to Thursday, 18-22 September 2022, at the Paris Convention Centre (1 place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris).
Spaceflight signs with NewSpace India to launch Astrocast IoT satellite into orbit
Spaceflight, the leading global launch services provider, has announced it will launch four Astrocast 3U spacecraft aboard India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission under a commercial arrangement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). This mission, scheduled for October 2022, will launch from Sriharikota, India's Satish Dhawan Space Center, carrying the Astrocast spacecraft as a co-pass
Vestigo Aerospace raises $375K in seed funding to spur deorbit systems
Vestigo Aerospace, a space technology company focused on deorbit systems, has closed a seed funding round with an investment of $375,000 from Manhattan West, a Los Angeles-based strategic investment firm. NASA will provide a 1:1 match of Manhattan West's investment through a Small Business Innovative Research Phase II-Extended (SBIR Phase II-E) contract. The seed funding and the matching N
Ramon and Kythera partner to deliver autonomous communications payload solutions
Ramon.Space, the leader in space-resilient computing infrastructure, and Kythera Space Solutions (Kythera), the leader in dynamic management systems for next-generation payloads and SATCOM networks, have partnered to deliver highly dynamic and flexible communications payload solutions. This partnership leverages Kythera's Operating System to manage and optimize Ramon.Space's advanced Space Compu
Airbus to provide satellite communications for Armed Forces of Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Airbus has signed contracts with the Ministries of Defence of Czech Republic and the Netherlands to provide satellite communications for a 15 year period. The Armed Forces of Czech Republic and the Netherlands will utilise 2 and 3 channels respectively of the Airbus UHF (Ultra High Frequency) military communications hosted payload on-board the EUTELSAT 36D telecommunications satellite scheduled
SciTec awarded US Space Force contract for mission data processing application provider
SciTec, Inc. was awarded a $272M contract by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) for Mission Data Processing Application Provider (MDPAP) to deliver critical applications for the Space Force's missile warning mission as part of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program. The FORGE program supports the continued operations of legacy Space Based Infrared Sys
Western researchers among first to capture James Webb Space Telescope images
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has captured the most detailed and sharpest images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery situated in the constellation Orion 1,350 light-years away from Earth. The new images released today were targeted by an international collaboration, which includes researchers from Western University. "We are blown away by the brea
Sols 3592-3593: Onwards
Curiosity is back on the road! The arm (seen above while conducting science activities on sol 3583) is good to go, so the team planned a full day of activities. Curiosity has been sitting in the same place for a few sols, so the team has been taking advantage of that to get extra observations in this area. One Mastcam observation is an extension of a mosaic ("Parai Pond") that was started