Satellite News

Foreign particles inside a pump or violations of assembly procedures may have been to blame for the loss of the Progress MS-04 cargo space vehicle last December, Russian space corporation Roskosmos said.

China has received images from a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites launched in late December last year. According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the satellites have reached their operational orbit after a partial launch failure.

Airbus Defence and Space has entered into an agreement to sell its 49% share in Atlas Elektronik Group to thyssenkrupp AG based in Essen, Germany.