The launch of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) mission PRISMA (Hyperspectral Precursor and Application Mission) has been postponed a few days due to further verifications. The new date for the launch of the PRISMA satellite from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana is now targeted to the night…...
Nano-sat EAGLET 1 successfully launched
The EAGLET 1 satellite, the first nano-sat prototype for Earth Observation and maritime surveillance from OHB Italia was successfully launched yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US, on-board a Falcon 9 launcher in SSO-A mission from SpaceX. EAGLET 1 is a 3U+CubeSat satellite which will be placed in…...
SERENA successfully launched on-board Bepi-Colombo mission
On last October, 20th, the Bepi-Colombo mission was successfully launched from the French Guyana with the Ariane 5 vehicle. Bepi-Colombo is the first European mission to Mercury, which will provide, starting from 2025 – date of arrival at Mercury – measurements to allow unprecedented studies of composition, origin and dynamics…...
CGS signed the conversion contract for the realization of the MWI instrument for the European MetOp-SG weather satellites
CGS SpA Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH have signed the contract for the realization of the MicroWave Imager (MWI) instrument for the MetOp Second Generation (SG) weather satellites. The contract follows a successful preliminary design activity, the selection of all subcontractors and the price…...
LISA Pathfinder – Delivered the inertial sensors
On last November 3rd, 2014, CGS SpA Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio celebrated the delivery to the European Space Agency (ESA) of the inertial sensors of the LISA Pathfinder mission. LISA Pathfinder is a decisive step towards the realization of the first space observatory for gravitational waves which will reshape…...
