Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications’ Eutelsat 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey.

QinetiQ’s space business (formerly Verhaert Space) has confirmed it has secured a major new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to extend Europe’s capabilities in operational Earth Observation. The new EUR75 million contract will see the company develop and assemble the ALTIUS satellite at its new cleanroom facilities in Kruibeke, Belgium.

The two-year test campaign for the propulsion system of the European Service Module has ended with a test of the auxiliary engines.

Europe’s Galileo satellite constellation will reply to messages received by the satellites’ COSPAS-SARSAT payloads, assuring people in danger that help is on the way.

The second satellite in the European Data Relay System has reached its intended orbit at 31.2 degrees East and completed its in-orbit tests.

Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced it has been awarded a grant of up to US$4.5 million from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Innovation Tokyo Project” to build a roadmap for commercialising active debris removal (ADR) services.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has agreed to collaborate with Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on data utilisation of Earth observation satellites.

GHGSat announced a new service for visualising greenhouse gas emissions. The interactive, online resource will be freely available and will be formally launched during COP26 in November 2020.