Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Leonardo has unveiled the Michelangelo Dome in Rome, a modular and multi-domain defence architecture designed to protect critical infrastructure from evolving air, sea, land and cyber threats. Leonardo has revealed its latest advancement in multi-domain defence capability with the official launch of the Michelangelo Dome. The system was presented by Chief Executive Officer and General […]
LEONARDO UNVEILS “MICHELANGELO – THE SECURITY DOME” IN ROMERead More »
BEIJING – China successfully launched the Gaofen-14 02 Earth observation satellite into its planned orbit on October 26, 2025, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Carried by a Long March-3B rocket, the satellite’s primary mission is to enhance global high-precision 3D mapping for both economic and national defence applications. This launch, the 603rd flight for […]
CHINA LAUNCHES NEW GAOFEN-14 02 SATELLITE FOR GLOBAL MAPPING, SPARKS DUAL-USE CONCERNSRead More »
In a landmark move to strengthen Europe’s presence in the global space arena, Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to merge their space activities, paving the way for a unified and resilient European leader in the sector. Major Italian and international newspapers have reported the announcement of a significant Memorandum […]
AIRBUS, LEONARDO AND THALES JOIN FORCES TO CREATE A EUROPEAN SPACE POWERHOUSERead More »
Florida, USA – 29 September 2025 – BAE Systems today celebrated the successful launch of two advanced spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in support of NASA and NOAA space weather research. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the Space Weather Follow On – L1 (SWFO-L1) mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, bound […]
BAE SYSTEMS’ SPACECRAFT LAUNCH BOOSTS UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE WEATHERRead More »
CANADA / MARS – September 2025 – Three Canadian scientists from the University of Alberta, University of Winnipeg, and Brock University have played a key role in new discoveries arising from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission. The rover’s investigation of rocks in the Bright Angel formation—located in what is believed to be an ancient river […]
CANADIAN SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO PERSEVERANCE MARS ROVER FINDINGSRead More »
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 – Boeing has introduced a new 3D-printed solar array substrate approach that compresses composite build times by up to six months on a typical solar array wing programme. The innovation cuts production cycles by as much as 50%, marking a major efficiency step in spacecraft manufacturing. Flight-representative hardware has […]
BOEING ACCELERATES SATELLITE POWER WITH 3D-PRINTED SOLAR ARRAY SUBSTRATESRead More »
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has launched on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50 p.m. ET on August 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center. Boeing confirmed the vehicle is healthy on orbit and proceeding with standard checkout. Less than six months after its previous […]
First live test in Australia combines multiple antennas to track satellites and boost space domain awareness. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) have marked a major milestone in space surveillance with the first successful demonstration of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) at Site 1 in Western Australia. The recent trial – […]
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AND USSF ACHIEVE BREAKTHROUGH IN DEEP-SPACE RADAR SYSTEM WITH DARC DEMORead More »
AHMEDABAD, GJ, India – 12 August 2025 – The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has awarded the country’s first fully commercial, indigenous Earth-Observation (EO) satellite constellation contract to a consortium led by Bengaluru-based Pixxel, with Dhruva Space, SatSure, and PierSight as strategic partners. The Earth-Observation Public-Private-Partnership (EO-PPP) programme, launched in mid-2024, aims […]
INDIA’S PRIVATE SPACE SECTOR TO BUILD FIRST FULLY INDIGENOUS EO SATELLITE NETWORKRead More »
Kourou, French Guiana – 13 August 2025 – Europe’s meteorological capabilities have taken a major leap forward with the successful launch of the first MetOp-SG A1 satellite, heralding a new era in weather forecasting and climate monitoring. Launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, the Airbus-built satellite is the first in […]
EUROPE LAUNCHES FIRST NEXT-GENERATION WEATHER SATELLITERead More »
