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European Space Agency Combines Cloud Infrastructure with Red Hat Linux; Gianni Anguilletti Comments

The European Space Agency has incorporated Red Hat“™s Linux platform into the agency“™s private cloud infrastructure that is intended to provide information technology services to multiple users. The ESA cloud infrastructure is developed based on VCE systems and a blade x86 architecture, Red Hat said Tuesday. Gianni Anguilletti, Red Hat“™s country manager in Italy, said […] More

by Jay Clemens January 21, 2015, 10:22 am
in C4ISR News, News

Airbus to Build Ocean Topography Measurement Satellite for ESA; Francois Auque Comments

Airbus‘ defense and space business unit has been selected to develop a satellite system for ocean surface topography measurements under a contract with the European Space Agency. The Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 satellite will work to measure the distance between the ocean surface and the satellite, and map the global ocean topography every 10 days, Airbus said Friday. The satellite will orbit […] More

by Jay Clemens December 9, 2014, 3:08 am
in Industry News, News

Inmarsat to Update Europe’s ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments

Inmarsat has been awarded a $19 million contract from the European Space Agency to build a satellite data link for the continent’s air traffic control infrastructure. ESA’s Iris Precursor project seeks to improve controller-pilot communications and help industry cut airborne delays by using Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service, Inmarsat said Wednesday. “Our aim, and the purpose of […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 2, 2014, 7:31 am
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Airbus to Build Orion Spacecraft’s Service Module; Francois Auque Comments

Airbus‘ defense and space business has won a $485.7 million contract with the European Space Agency to develop and build the service module for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft. Airbus will design the module to be based on the automated transfer vehicle the company built for ESA as a supply craft for the International Space Station, Airbus said Monday. The definition phase began […] More

by Jay Clemens November 17, 2014, 12:37 pm
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European Space Agency Taps QinetiQ Baffle for Euclid Telescope; Malika De Ridder Comments

QinetiQ has received a $2.9 million contract to build a baffle for the European Space Agency‘s Airbus-built Euclid space telescope. The baffle is a black cylindrical structure and is built to prevent stray light from entering into the telescope’s optics, QinetiQ said Sept. 30. ESA led the development of the Euclid mission with Thales Alenia Space Turin in an effort to probe the “dark energy“ that some […] More

by Jay Clemens October 8, 2014, 8:20 am
in Industry News, News

Airbus Group, Safran Form Space Launcher JV; Tom Enders Comments

Airbus Group and Safran have inked a memorandum of understanding to develop new space launchers for commercial and government customers through a 50-50 joint venture. Safran will combine its propulsion technologies with Airbus’ launcher systems under the joint venture, Airbus said Monday. The agreement builds on an industrial initiative led by the European Space Agency […] More

by Jay Clemens June 17, 2014, 7:49 am
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QinetiQ to Build Docking System for Europe’s Space Agency; Erik Masure Comments

QinetiQ“™s space division has won a contract from the European Space Agency to develop a soft berthing system for spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station. The company will design and build a model for the International Berthing Docking Mechanism through 2015 before ground testing of the work begins, QinetiQ said Tuesday. Erik Masure, […] More

by Jay Clemens June 4, 2014, 12:16 pm
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Jeff Vanden Beukel: Lockheed-Univ. of Arizona Team to Test Webb Telescope Imaging Tech

Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona have handed over to NASA an imaging instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of a deep space research in 2018. The near infrared camera technology has been integrated into the telescope“™s integrated science instrument module to function as the primary imaging component, Lockheed said Wednesday. Marcia Rieke, […] More

by Jay Clemens April 10, 2014, 8:44 am
in Industry News, News

Airbus Builds Mars Rover Simulation Facility in the U.K.

Airbus Group‘s defense and space business has opened a new facility that will test Europe’s ExoMars rover in a simulated Martian environment. The Mars Yard is located at the Airbus division’s headquarters in Stevenage, England and will also be used to further develop the autonomous space vehicle’s navigation technology, Airbus said Thursday. Alvaro Gimenez, a […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 28, 2014, 7:54 am
in Industry News, News

QinetiQ to Build Space Water Treatment Prototype; Sanjay Razdan Comments

QinetiQ“™s space division has won a $1.5 million contract from the European Space Agency to develop a prototype unit for space water treatment. The prototype will be built to pioneer a system for recycling urine and waste water for future space missions, QinetiQ said March 10. Sanjay Razdan, managing director of new technologies at QinetiQ […] More

by Jay Clemens March 20, 2014, 12:47 pm
in Industry News, News

Oracle to Manage Italian Org’s Space Mission Data; Roberto Morbidelli, Xavier Verhaeghe Comment

Oracle has been selected to manage scientific data for Italian National Institute of Astrophysics“™ space mission with the goal of developing a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way galaxy. INAF will use the Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Manager to store and process information collected by the Gaia satellite, which the European Space Agency launched into […] More

by Jay Clemens January 23, 2014, 9:59 am
in Industry News, News

Mark Sirangelo: Sierra Nevada Finds Intl Partners for Commercial Space Plane Development

Sierra Nevada will collaborate with international space organizations to further develop the company’s Dream Chaser space taxi under a NASA commercial program, the Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that Sierra Nevada, the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center have forged an alliance to explore potential technologies for the spaceship. Mark Sirangelo, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 10, 2014, 9:37 am

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