Thales Alenia Space to partner with OHB system to build Copernicus CO2M satellites
The project is in response to ESA and European Union's high-priority requirements to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by human activity.
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The project is in response to ESA and European Union's high-priority requirements to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by human activity.
Copernicus is the core satellite Earth Observation programme of the European Commission and ESA.
Designing specifically for smallsats signifies a new paradigm in satellite development.
The system relies on space-enabled features including satellite communications, Earth observation data and geo-positioning data delivered via satellite to analyse samples.
The engineering teams from Airbus, the European Space Agency (ESA), Lockheed Martin and NASA were involved in the testing.
The mission will study the Sun to improve our understanding of how it creates the heliosphere, the vast bubble surrounding the solar system.
The Solar Orbiter mission, which is led by the ESA, will join NASAs Parker Solar Probe in studying the Sun at proximity.
While half of the investment is reserved for ArianeGroup to fund the development of the Ariane 6 launcher, the other half will go into space-related venture capital funds.
After the in-orbit commissioning, the satellite will start its operational lifetime of at least three-and-half years and operate in a Sun-synchronous Earth orbit at an altitude of 700 km.
Thales Alenia Space will offer vital modules for transportation to support Europes decision to participate in the Mars Sample Return mission and Moon exploration missions.
QuadSAT will establish that its UAS testing capabilities can deliver SOMAP type-approvals for the satcoms industry.
The reliability of mobile satellite broadband connectivity will be improved significantly using a Factorized Power Architecture from Vicor to deliver extremely high current at low voltage, ensuring robust mobile communications.
The recent maneouvre by a European Earth-observation satellite to avoid colliding with one of SpaceX's internet craft raised concerns about the future with more satellite launches in the offing.
The aim of Iris is to deploy digital controller-pilot communications to modernise air traffic management across Europe's congested airspace and to relieve existing congested radio frequencies.
The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) spacecraft will investigate the potential for Jupiters icy moons Europa, Callisto and Ganymede to harbour habitable environments such as subsurface oceans.
This commission is tasked with analysing the reasons for the failure and identifying the measures needed to resume Vega flights while fulfilling all safety and security conditions.
Under the supervision of researchers and trainers from ESA, the two astronauts were trained on the scientific experiments they will be working on during their time onboard.
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