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ESA Council adopted a resolution on European launch services and on the continuity of European access to space, that sets the way for the ESA-developed Vega launcher to be commercialised by its prime contractor, Avio. The Vega launchers joined the...
ESA’s latest CubeSat – RadCube, for surveying space weather in low-Earth orbit – has completed its rigorous commissioning phase, culminating in the extension of a magnetometer boom longer than the miniature satellite itself. The surface of Earth is a rare...
The new facility is placed inside the Training Polygon of Salto di Quirra, west Sardinia, providing a huge benefits for Sardinian aerospace sector. Avio is still investing in Space Excellence with this new center to be strategic for the...
Europe’s Vega has delivered Pléiades Neo-4 and four auxiliary payloads, SunStorm, RadCube and LEDSAT developed through ESA, and BRO-4, to their planned orbits. Pléiades Neo-4, the primary payload with a launch mass of 922 kg, was the first to be...
Vega operates from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to launch light satellites to one or multiple orbits in a single launch. This contract takes Vega a step further and marks the start of a new phase in preparation of...
After a few postponements, the European VEGA carrier, manufactured in Italy for the VV16 mission, was properly launched at 3:51 AM, Italian time. VEGA, which was designed and manufactured by the AVIO company in Colleferro, province of Rome, released into...