Satellite News

RSC Energia announced a US$1 billion deal to supply engines for Orbital’s Antares rockets.

The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. The pictures show that the probe did not crash land on Mars’ surface, as had been suspected by many.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced fourth quarter and year-end financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended 31 October 2014.

In yesterday’s issue (15 January 2015), the first two articles were mixed up owing to a computer glitch. The corrected version can be found in the archive. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience. — Ed.

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/Thales company), has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the initial stage of phase C/D of the European Ground Systems/Common Core programme (EGS-CC).

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/Thales company), has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the initial stage of phase C/D of the European Ground Systems/Common Core programme (EGS-CC).

On its first launch of the year, Europe’s Vega rocket will loft ESA’s unmanned spaceplane to test reentry technologies for future vehicles.

The service module of China’s unmanned test lunar orbiter entered a 127-minute orbit after three orbital transfers.