Tag: Telespazio
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Telespazio, ASI to Upgrade Historic Fucino Antenna for Lunar and Deep Space Missions
Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency are launching a programme to modernise one of Italy’s most historic space infrastructure assets, aiming to adapt it for future lunar and deep space missions, the company said on Feb. 3. Under the project, known as Response, Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) will upgrade the FOC-1A antenna…
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Spaceflight Industries firms up European satellite alliance and $150M funding round
Workers assemble BlackSky’s Global-1 Earth observation satellite. (BlackSky via YouTube) It’s official: After receiving all government approvals, a French-Italian joint venture has taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries as part of a $150 million funding round. The French and Italian partners in The Space Alliance, Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, have also joined…
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Turkey’s military gets a new eye in the sky with successful Vega launch
The Vega rocket soars into a mostly clear sky above the Guiana Space Center on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A European-built, Turkish-owned spy satellite rocketed into orbit Monday aboard a Vega booster launched from French Guiana, part of a $300 million project to feed improved surveillance imagery…
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Live coverage: Turkish reconnaissance launches on Vega rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket rocket with the Gokturk 1 Earth observation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live webcast begins at 1331 GMT (8:31 a.m. EST). Please ensure your browser is updated with the…
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Launch timeline for Vega’s liftoff with Gokturk 1
Turkey’s most advanced Earth observation satellite will ride a four-stage Vega rocket into polar orbit nearly 435 miles (700 kilometers) above Earth to begin collecting high-resolution images for Turkish military and security authorities. The ascent will take nearly an hour following launch from French Guiana at 1351:44 GMT (8:51:44 a.m. EST) Monday. Credit: Arianespace T+00:00:00…
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Turkish military satellite joined with Vega launcher
Ground crew members lower the Gokturk 1 satellite inside its payload fairing on top of the Vega rocket’s fourth stage. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste A European-built reconnaissance satellite for the Turkish armed forces has been fastened to the top of its Vega launcher for liftoff from French Guiana…