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India Modi lays foundation stone for Airbus-Tata joint venture to make C-295 military cargo planes

By N. C. Bipindra Vadodara (Gujarat): India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility — the country’s first military production effort in the private sector — in Vadodara, Gujarat today. The facility will manufacture C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through collaboration between Tata Advanced Systems Limited and…

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Proba-3's laser-precise positioning by European Space Agency Via Flickr: An infrared view of a laser-based test campaign – taking place at Redwire Space in Kruibeke, Belgium – which represents crucial preparation for ESA’s precision formation flying mission, Proba-3. Later this year, two satellites will be launched together into orbit to maintain formation relative to each other down to a few millimetres, creating an artificial solar eclipse in space. Proba-3’s ‘Occulter’ spacecraft will cast a shadow onto the other ‘Coronagraph’ spacecraft to block out the fiery face of the Sun and make the ghostly solar corona available for sustained observation for up to six hours per 19.5 hour orbit. However to maintain the position of a shadow just a few centimetres across on the Coronagraph satellite from the Occulter satellite around 150 m away, the two satellites rely on a suite of sensors, including intersatellite radio links, GNSS, visual imaging and – for the most precise positioning at closest range – a laser metrology (or ‘measurement of measurement’) system. This system will shoot a laser from the Occulter spacecraft toward a corner cube retroreflector placed on the face of the Coronagraph spacecraft for tracking of relative position and attitude (pointing direction), achieving millimetre precision. “To calibrate Proba-3’s laser metrology system, its performance was tested within the 60-m long Redwire cleanroom,” explains Damien Galano, Proba-3’s mission manager. “The Coronagraph’s laser was reflected off a retroreflector and the resulting positioning measurements checked against absolute ‘ground truth’ using a separate laser tracking system.” This mission is being put together for ESA by a consortium led by Spain’s Sener, with participation by more than 29 companies from 14 countries. The Proba-3 platforms have been designed by Airbus Defence and Space in Spain and satellite integration by Redwire in Belgium. GMV in Spain is responsible for Proba-3’s formation flying subsystem while its main coronagraph instrument comes from Belgium’s Centre Spatial de Liège, CSL. Proba-3 is due to be launched by PSLV-XL launcher from India in September. Credits: ESA - M. Pédoussaut

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Lockheed next to another billionaire contract for the F-35

Diego Alves By Diego Alves 07/26/2022 - 10:00 AM in Military

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s next megacontract for the production of several hundred F-35 jets will be worth about $30 billion, according to a defense officer involved in the negotiations. However, the total number of fighter jets purchased was affected by inflation and delays related to Covid.

The exact number of next generation poachers included in the agreement will be provided as soon as the contract is definitively granted - which may occur this summer or early autumn - although there is still a lot of work to reach this point, said the officer, who asked not to be identified while waiting for the completion of the hiring process.

The Pentagon announced last week that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Lockheed Martin on what are now 375 aircraft planned for the 15th to 17th production contracts. This is a reduction of a potential 485 listed in February 2019, before the start of negotiations, and 404 in April 2019, according to a memorandum of decision by interim acquisition head Stacy Cummings.

More than 760 F-35 fighters have been delivered. The world fleet has already accumulated more than 480,000 flight hours, 1,560 pilots and 11,680 maintainers. Illustrative image.

Lockheed Martin spokeswoman Laura Siebert said in an email that "the quantities of each contract are determined by our customers to meet their mission planning needs and budget requirements".

The then manager of the F-35 government program, Lieutenant General Eric Fick, told reporters in March that the cost per jet of the next batch would increase.

"I think it's likely that we will see costs rise, tail-by-tail," he said. "There are some very strong headwinds that we are working to combat," such as Covid-related production cost increases, supply chain interruptions and inflation, he added. "We just don't have that much money."

The 5th generation fighter has been consolidating itself as a standard fighter in the West. Illustrative image.

Since Fick's comments, the F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin "has made significant progress in the negotiations," Pentagon spokesman Russell Goemaere said in a statement.

The program office "considered the actual production costs during the Covid-19 pandemic and updated the information regarding inflation, which resulted in smaller quantities," he said. The Pentagon is also putting “more priority on investments in support to improve the readiness of the F-35,” he said.

The Government Accountability Office earlier this year said that F-35 readiness rates for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have improved since 2019, but are still below the program's goals. The aircraft could fly and carry out all its assigned missions 39% of the time in 2020 before falling to 38% in fiscal year 2021. This falls far short of the goals of 72% for the Air Force and 75% for the Navy and Marines.

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Is this basically what it looks like when an engine goes shopping? Or is it a more involved process?

That depends - for smaller machines this is basically accurate. The concept of a "drive thru store" was a very beneficial invention, and can be applied to vehicles ranging from automobiles all the way up to trains and small aircraft. Drive thru stores like this still usually employ attendants, but some movement has been made to automate the process in some countries - Japan being the most successful, with Lawson's markets unveiling a combination of automatic vending machines and programmable conveyor belts that dispense product without human interaction, an innovation that was later rolled out by their competitors. (Unsurprisingly, this has also proven to be a popular feature with Japan's human citizens as well.)

(This North American store caters mostly to humans, however it is also capable of serving small to mid-sized vehicles. Large ground vehicles such as over the road trucks and busses can be served in the parking lot by attendants.)

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All that being said, serving individuals on a scale larger than that of railway locomotives is an incredible pain, and is done rarely outside of certain organizations and population groups:

Commercial airliners often joke that they still live in the 1960's, as the vast majority of their commerce takes place through mail-order catalogs, as few stores are capable of supporting them. Those stores that do support them are few and far between, usually operated by local airport authorities. Outside of those operations, family stores, usually set up during the early days of transcontinental flight or leftovers from World War Two, operate from a single location, with their clientele flying to them. Among the more notable stores includes Berlin's last remaining Intershop, which was built by the East German government along the Berlin Wall as a way to showcase their increased "machine rights" record, and survives today as the shop of choice for almost every Airbus ever made; Australia's Coober Pedy International Market, which features hangar lodging inside a disused opal mine (Which is more than capable of giving an A380 a claustrophobia-induced panic attack); and South Dakota's Wall Drug, which features a 19,000 foot dirt runway for airborne customers, a railroad spur and drive through operations for ground based craft, and a permanent 35% discount for any ship who manages to get to the store under their own power.

Commercial shipping works mostly off of mail-order catalogs as well as "mobile stores", where smaller ships or even helicopters make pre-arranged deliveries as well as offering goods for sale to anyone who can flag them down. While most of these operations are reputable, price gouging is known to occur, especially in less-reputable parts of the world. Some attempts have been made to create drive thru or otherwise land-based stores, but due to the nomadic nature of ships as well as their immense size, the concept has not caught on outside of captive ecosystems like the Suez and Panama Canals, Lake Baikal, and the Great Lakes.

That last point, however, does ignore one noted exception to the rule: the patient, diligent, and totally ignored staff of the United States Department of Defense's combined retail sales organizations.

The DoD's retail arms, which include: The Defence Commissary Agency, the Army & Air Force Exchange Agencies, and the Navy Exchange, do more work in the support for machine accessibility than the next ten organizations combined. They do it not because they want to, nor because they care - they do it because they have to.

The madate of these agencies is simple: serve the retail needs of the men and women of the United States military.

What is less simple is the fact that the "men and women" of the US Military are not just humans, but also Tanks, Humvees, Transport Aircraft, Jeeps, Trains, Hovercraft, Helicopters, Airships, Zeppelins, Trucks, Armored Personnel Carriers, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet, any retired vehicles who may have served the US Military in the past, and several hundred active duty warships ranging in size from 30-foot tugboats and Civil War era Ironclad ships all the way to Nimitz-Class aircraft carriers.

The logistical challenges these organizations face on an annual basis is so substantial that it often seen as hyperbole during annual budget appropriation hearings.

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Arianespace - Ariane 5 ECA launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites

ARIANESPACE - Ariane 5 Flight VA250 Mission poster. Nov. 26, 2019

Ariane 5 ECA launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites

An Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle (Ariane Flight VA250) launched TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) at Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on 26 November 2019 at 21:23 UTC (18:23 local time). TIBA-1 is a civil and government telecommunication satellite for Egypt, owned and operated by the government of Egypt. Inmarsat GX5 is a mobile communications satellite, Inmarsat’s fifth Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) satellite and the most advanced in the GX fleet.

Ariane 5 ECA launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites

Payloads: TIBA-1

TIBA-1 is a civil and government telecommunication satellite for Egypt. It was developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space as co-prime contractors, with Thales Alenia Space acting as the consortium’s lead partner. TIBA-1 will be owned and operated by the government of Egypt. Airbus Defence and Space supplied the platform and also assembled and tested the spacecraft. Thales Alenia Space, as lead partner, designed and built the communications payload, which will provide broadband communications in ka band. TIBA-1 will be the fourth satellite launched by Arianespace for Egypt. It will be deployed by Arianespace into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), subsequently transitioning to its operational orbital slot position at 35.5° East. Airbus Defence and Space is Arianespace’s direct customer for this mission, continuing a fruitful cooperation between the two companies that extends back to Arianespace’s creation in 1980. TIBA-1 will be the 127th Airbus satellite launched by Arianespace, as well as the 113th main passenger on a launcher from the Arianespace family. There currently is a total of 22 Airbus satellites in Arianespace’s order book. TIBA-1 is the 160th satellite launch by Arianespace for Thales Alenia Space, the co-prime and lead partner of this program.

TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites separation

Inmarsat GX5

GX5 is a mobile communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space for Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications. Inmarsat’s fifth Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) satellite, GX5 will be the most advanced in the GX fleet, which in less than four years has become the gold standard for seamless, globally available, mobile broadband services. Located in a geostationary orbit at 11° East, GX5 will deliver greater capacity than the entire existing GX fleet (GX1-GX4) combined and will support the rapid growth in customer demand for GX services in Europe and the Middle East, particularly for aviation passenger Wi-Fi and commercial maritime services. It is equipped with 72 Ka-band fixed spot beams and 4 steerable beams to direct additional capacity where it is needed. GX5 heralds the start of an unprecedented enhancement in the overall capacity and capabilities of the GX network with a further 7 advanced payloads scheduled to launch over the next four years. This is the 10th time that Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace’s launch services, demonstrating a well-established trust – with the two companies’ relationship dating back to 1981. The mission with Inmarsat GX5 comes two years after Arianespace successfully launched the “condosat” Hellas Sat 3/Inmarsat S-EAN with an Ariane 5. The Inmarsat GX5 satellite will be the 161st satellite manufactured by Thales Alenia Space to be launched by Arianespace. Six additional Thales Alenia Space satellites are included in Arianespace’s order book. Inmarsat: https://www.inmarsat.com/ For more information about Arianespace, visit: http://www.arianespace.com/ Images, Videos, Text, Credits: Arianespace/Airbus Defence and Space/SciNews/Inmarsat/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Satellite Payloads Market Key Opportunity, Analysis, Growth, Trends 2022

The report published by Persistence Market Research projects that by the end of 2022, the global market for satellite payloads will have registered modest CAGR and procured a little over US$ 14.8 Bn revenues. Various factors influencing the dynamics of global satellite payload market have been compiled in the report, wherein rising investments in space exploration sector is observed as key driver for the market’s growth.

Optimal selection of satellite payloads has a governing influence on maximizing the utility of the satellite. However, manufacturers continue to struggle in development of satellite payloads under power supply constraints associated with satellite buses. In spite of attaining surplus investments, companies operating in the global satellite payload market continue to rely on experimental solutions for eliminating such shortcomings. According to Persistence Market Research, the global market for satellite payloads is expected to witness a moderate growth in the next five years.

Segmental Analysis of Global Satellite Payload Market

The report has segmented the global market for satellite payloads on the basis of orbit-type, payload-type, applications and frequency bands.

In 2017, the global market for satellite payloads witnessed higher demand for hosted payloads designed for low earth orbit (LEO) deployment. While satellite payloads developed for LEO deployment will witness highest revenue share, global revenues contributed by this segment will incur sluggish growth throughout the forecast period.

Through 2022, navigation payloads will attain the largest revenue share, followed by imaging satellite payloads and communication payloads. Deployment of a majority of commercial satellites is expected to be directed towards boosting the strength of global navigation network.

Concurrently, navigation is expected to remain the largest application for satellite payloads. By the end of 2022, navigation application of satellite payloads is anticipated to procure around US$ 7 Bn in global revenues. Towards the end of forecast period, scientific research applications of satellite payloads are also expected to gain traction.

The report further projects that sales of C K/KU/KA band payloads will dominate the market, recording nearly one-fourth share on global market throughout the forecast period.

Satellite Payloads Market: Regional Overview

The Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region is exhibiting growing interests in space technology and utilization, which has contributed to the surging demand for satellite payloads. The report projects that throughout the forecast period, the APEJ region will dominate the global market for satellite payloads. The APEJ satellite payload market is anticipated to create an incremental opportunity of US$ 780 Mn by 2022.

North America’s satellite payloads market, on the other hand, is pegged to reflect a moderate CAGR through 2022, wherein a few US-based space technology companies are expected to deliver astronomical ROIs. Emerging space administration sector in Europe is also expected to factor in global expansion of satellite payload market.

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Armáda získá přístup k exkluzivnímu systému taktické satelitní komunikace. Smlouvu se podařilo uzavřít v rekordním čase

Armáda  |  29.04.2022 21:30:19 Airbus Defence and Space na volná pásma frekvencí UHF. Tu obdržela Česká republika jako jedna z mála zemí na světě. „Nabídka je platná do konce dubna 2022, poté je pravděpodobné, že v horizontu následujících pěti až sedmi let žádné dostupné pásmo UHF nebude k dispozici. Proto jsme museli jednat rychle,“ upozornil náměstek Lubor Koudelka s tím, že Ministerstvo…

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Synthetic Aperture Radar Market Size and Analysis, Trends, Recent Developments, and Forecast Till 2030

The Trends Market Research latest research, titled Global Synthetic Aperture Radar Market from 2021 to 2027, gives market size, market features, and market growth of the Synthetic Aperture Radar Market industry are detailed in this research, which is broken down by Synthetic Aperture Radar Market type, application, and consumption area. The study also discusses the main businesses and introduces participants in the industry from the standpoint of the industry chain and marketing chain.

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Modi's big defence push: India nod for $2.5-billion Airbus cargo planes, to be made locally

Modi’s big defence push: India nod for $2.5-billion Airbus cargo planes, to be made locally

Photo: Airbus C-295 transport aircraft to be made in India. By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In what could be a game-changer decision for India’s defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the purchase of a possible $2.5 billion-worth 56 Airbus C-295MW aircraft with troops and military equipment carrying capability to replace an aging fleet of HS748 Avro planes for the air…

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Airbus Zephyr S drone sets endurance record

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On August 8, Airbus Defence and Space announced the successful landing of its first production aircraft of the Zephyr drone program, the new Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite). After taking off on 11th July in Arizona, USA, Zephyr S logged a maiden flight of over 25 days, the longest duration flight ever.

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An application has been made to establish this as a new world record. This maiden flight of the solar powered Zephyr S proves the system capabilities and achieved all the flight’s engineering objectives.

The previous longest flight duration record was also logged by a Zephyr prototype aircraft a few years ago, achieving then more than 14 days continuous flight, which already was ten times longer than any other aircraft in the world.

This new record flight was supported by the UK government and reflects the UK Ministry of Defence’s position as the first customer for this innovative and potentially game changing capability.

Zephyr is the world’s leading, solar–electric, stratospheric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It harnesses the sun’s rays, running exclusively on solar power, above the weather and conventional air traffic; filling a capability gap complimentary to satellites, UAVs and manned aircraft to provide persistent local satellite-like services.

“This very successful maiden flight represents a new significant milestone in the Zephyr programme, adding a new stratospheric flight endurance record which we hope will be formalised very shortly. We will in the coming days check all engineering data and outputs and start the preparation of additional flights planned for the second half of this year from our new  operating site at the Wyndham airfield in Western Australia” said Jana Rosenmann, Head of Unmanned Aerial Systems at Airbus.

Zephyr will bring new see, sense and connect capabilities to both commercial and military customers. Zephyr will provide the potential to revolutionise disaster management, including monitoring the spread of wildfires or oil spills. It provides persistent surveillance, tracing the world’s changing environmental landscape and will be able to provide communications to the most unconnected parts of the world.

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France installs MHT/MLP missile on Eurodrone as the program passes baseline review

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 10/07/2022 - 14:00in Military, UAV - UAV

France will integrate the MHT/MLP air-to-air missile into the system of long-term and medium altitude remote piloted aircraft Eurodrone (MALE RPAS), announced the country's weapons agency DGA.

The announcement of the General Directorate of Armaments of France (DGA) closely followed a statement from OCCAR, which said that the Eurodrone program had successfully passed the integrated baseline review (IBR). The milestone puts the international program on the right track to complete the critical review of the project in 2024, OCCAR said.

Although Eurodrone is the result of cooperation between Germany, France, Italy and Spain, it will present an open architecture design to allow the growth and redefinition of system capabilities, as necessary for the future needs of the customers' armed forces.

This open architecture will allow France, and also other countries, to integrate desired weapons and payloads into the RPAS.

The DGA said that, in addition to the GBU-49 Paveway laser and GPS guided bombs, the Eurodrone would take the Trame / Longue Portée Missile Haut Missile (MHT/MLP) missile that is already being developed by MBDA for the French Army Tiger attack helicopters.

The MHT/MLP has a range of more than 8 km, with a multi-effect ward that can handle a variety of targets, from modern battle tanks to reinforced combat infrastructure. The missile has capacity beyond the line of sight (BLOS), with a two-way data link that sends images of the visible and high-resolution infrared optic search engine from the missile back to the operator. This allows you to choose the point of impact of the missile or even select a new target in flight.

The official work of Eurodrone began in February this year, with the signing of a contract between Airbus and OCCAR.

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH is the main contractor and will work with Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U in Spain, Dassault Aviation in France and Leonardo S.p.A. in Italy to develop the drone for the four launch nations.

According to the available information, the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) will have a wingspan of 30 meters and a length of 16.4 meters. It will have a maximum takeoff weight of about eleven tons and will fly at altitudes of about 13,500 meters. In addition to intelligence, surveillance and recognition, the drone will also be equipped with signal intelligence systems.

According to OCCAR, it is the first MALE designed from the beginning to meet the requirements of integration into civil airspace, helping to improve efficiencies such as the use of direct flight routes, without the need for pre-planned emergency landing sites, which saves time, fuel and, as a result, CO2 emissions.

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Ariane 6 on the way to flight

ESA - European Space Agency patch (old). 6 December 2018 This has been an intense year for Ariane 6 development, with progress boosted across Europe: plants are manufacturing new parts using novel methods, all engines have been tested, and the construction of launch facilities is well underway.

Artist's view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters (A64)

ESA has worked with an industrial network led by prime contractor ArianeGroup, of more than 600 companies in 13 European countries, including 350 small- and medium-sized enterprises, to fine-tune the design and start production. Meanwhile, France’s CNES space agency has been preparing its launch facilities at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Details on all these activities were recently shared at the 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany – along with two papers submitted to the congress: launch system and launcher system, here are the highlights: https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/STS/Ariane6_Presentation2018.pdf https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/STS/IAC-18,D2,1,1,x48586.pdf https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/STS/IAC-18,D2,1,2,x42969.pdf Europe's launcher for a new decade

Ariane 6 possible missions and configurations

Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher covers a broad range of commercial and institutional applications while dramatically decreasing the cost of launches compared to Ariane 5. Enabled by ESA’s Light satellite Low-cost Launch opportunity Initiative, a multiple launch service for small satellites starting mid-2021 will offer cost-effective launch opportunities for satellites of under 400 kg, via a rideshare approach on launchers such as Ariane 6, and its smaller cousin Vega-C. The Ariane 6’s core stage is powered by Vulcain 2.1, an upgraded engine derived from Ariane 5’s Vulcain 2; its upper stage is powered by the reignitable Vinci engine. Two or four P120C solid-fuel boosters for Ariane 6, common with Vega-C, will be strapped on to provide thrust at liftoff. The P120C and Vulcain 2.1 development models have started their ground testing, the Vinci is now qualified. This leads to the next significant milestone: the delivery of the Ariane 6 qualification model, to start combined tests in French Guiana at the end of 2019. The second P120C model will be tested in French Guiana early next year, to verify its design and performance. The Ariane 6 upper stage will be tested at the DLR German Aerospace Center newly developed P5.2 test facility in Lampoldshausen at the end of 2019. Specialist factories have started production Casings for the P120C boosters are formed from specially developed carbon composite fibre, which is wound at Avio’s Colleferro factory in Italy. The nozzles for the boosters will be produced at a rate of 35 per year from a highly automated facility opened in July in Le-Haillan, France.

Tour Avio's Colleferro factory

This April, MT-Aerospace – one of the main industrial partners of ArianeGroup on the Ariane 6 project – integrated the first hydrogen tanks of Ariane 6’s upper stage liquid propulsion module at their Bremen, Germany, facility. Airbus Defence and Space opened a facility this month in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands, to develop, build, test and qualify the engine frames for the Vulcain and Vinci engines. The Vinci frame will be transported to Bremen. The Vulcain frame will be sent to Les Mureaux, France, for final assembly with the Ariane 6 core stage.

Hydrogen tank for Ariane 6 upper stage

By the end of this year the ArianeGroup facility in Les Mureaux – hosting the largest friction stir welding machines in Europe – will be poised to begin producing the Ariane 6 cryogenic tanks at a rate of seven to eight stages at a time for Ariane 6’s lower liquid propulsion module. Testing the limits of Ariane 6 propulsion Testing is about stretching the limits of performance to gain a detailed understanding of how components work, not just under normal operating conditions but also at higher temperatures, pressures, and with different fuel mixtures. The P120C booster underwent hot firing at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana in July 2018. In 135 seconds it burned 142 tonnes of propellant.

First hot firing of P120C motor for Vega-C and Ariane 6

The Vulcain 2.1 engine will help to propel Ariane 6 in the first 10 minutes of flight, up to an altitude of 200 km, delivering 135 tonnes of thrust in vacuum. It has a simplified and more robust nozzle, a 3D-printed gas generator, and a heater for oxygen tank pressurisation.

Vulcain 2.1 engine first hot firing

The test campaign started in January with the first test firing at the DLR German Aerospace Center test facilities in Lampoldshausen. A total of 11 successful subsequent tests of the engine brought its total accumulated burn time to over 105 minutes. The second test campaign began in October. Vinci is the re-ignitable engine of the upper stage that increases the operational flexibility of Ariane 6 and ensures that the engine safely deorbits at the end of the mission.

Vinci engine qualified in tests

This engine was successfully tested more than 140 times and reignited multiple times in succession in near vacuum to complete its qualification. Final testing in October brought a total of more than 14 hours of operation. Launch facilities taking shape at Europe's Spaceport  

Timelapse chantier Ariane 6

About 600 people are currently employed in the construction of the Ariane 6 launch pad, which is 28.5 metres deep and 200 metres wide, formed with enough concrete to fill 67 Olympic sized swimming pools – approximately 167,500 cubic m. In September, the 700 tonne launch table that will support Ariane 6 at launch was positioned on the launch pad. The 8200 tonne mobile gantry that will store and protect Ariane 6 until it is retracted five hours before each launch, is currently being erected. The steel deflectors that will funnel the fiery plumes of Ariane 6 into the exhaust tunnels at liftoff will soon be installed at the base of the launch pad. Related articles & link: Ariane 6 launch-pad: http://blogs.esa.int/ariane6/2018/06/01/deflecting-the-fiery-plumes-of-ariane-6/ ESA’s Light satellite Low-cost Launch opportunity Initiative: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation/Shared_launch_opportunities_for_light_satellites 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany: http://www.iafastro.org/ Related links: Airbus Defence and Space: http://www.airbus.com/space.html ArianeGroup: https://www.ariane.group/en/ Avio: http://www.avio.com/en/ CNES: https://cnes.fr/en MT Aerospace: http://www.mt-aerospace.de/ Space Transportation: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation Images, Videos, Text, Credits: ESA/D. Ducros/ArianeGroup/Holding-Hill Media/Euronews. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Europe making progress on sovereign LEO constellation as OneWeb and Starlink race ahead

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Europe making progress on sovereign LEO constellation as OneWeb and Starlink race ahead

TAMPA, Fla. — The industry consortium devising a satellite network to keep the European Union from falling too far behind the megaconstellation goldrush is weeks away from nailing down key criteria.

The group has already made initial proposals on elements including frequency and orbital characteristics, according to Dominic Hayes, frequency manager for the EU space program at the European Commission’s Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS) department.

“They’re presenting those as firm deliverables in the course of the next few weeks,” Hayes told SATELLITE 2021’s EMEA + Asia Digital Forum May 18.

The European Commission picked a group of European satellite makers, operators, service and launch providers — and a terrestrial telecoms company — in December to study the feasibility of a European-owned space-based communications system.

Europe’s new low Earth orbit (LEO) flagship program aims to provide secure connectivity for citizens, commercial enterprises and public institutions, focusing on covering rural regions and areas without adequate communications services. 

It will look to complement networks that European satellite operators are already providing in geostationary and medium Earth orbits (GEO and MEO).

Consortium members are Airbus, Arianespace, Eutelsat, Hispasat, OHB, Orange, SES, Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space.

The yearlong study contract, worth 7.1 million euros ($8.6 million), was announced about a month after the British government and Indian telecoms company Bharti Global bought LEO broadband venture OneWeb out of bankruptcy. 

Meanwhile, the U.S. Space Force is asking satellite operators for updates on the performance and capabilities of their networks, to help it decide how to go about buying LEO broadband services.

China, which last year added satellite internet to a list of infrastructure it aims to accelerate with government support, is developing plans for two LEO constellations totalling 13,000 spacecraft. It recently created state-owned China Satellite Network Group to coordinate the effort.

Hayes said Europe’s study is closing in on a LEO constellation that will also include MEO and GEO elements.

Marc-Henri Serre, executive vice president of the telecommunications business line at satellite builder Thales Alenia Space, said one option it is considering involves using the company’s LEO filings with the International Telecommunication Union for the project.

In parallel to the industry study, the European Commission is also reviewing potential options for a multi-orbit communications network.

Ensuring broadband can be available everywhere across the EU is a key priority, Hayes said, adding that providing secure connectivity for government services is also increasingly crucial for European digital sovereignty.

“[W]e see that there are constellations out there now being developed, but they’re not European, and that does present potentially a challenge for European member states when we’re thinking about providing secure connectivity to places in Europe, but also outside Europe,” Hayes said.

Once the initial study completes by the end of this year, discussions will begin with member states and European Parliament legislators over the initiative.

Hayes expects other industry players, including those from Europe’s growing newspace startup scene, to join the talks.

“[Newspace] needs to be factored in,” he said.

“We cannot build our constellation based upon thinking that’s been around essentially for 50 years.”

He added: “We’ve seen what’s happening in the U.S. with SpaceX and Starlink but also with Kuiper.”

In addition to technical specifications, the study is also considering various funding models to finance the space-based network.

Ruy Pin, chief technology officer at satellite operator SES, said on the panel that it favors a “mostly private model,” and not a government-led scheme seen in Europe’s Galileo and Copernicus space programs.

“Many of the services — government services, broadband, sovereign services — are already provided by some of the largest satellite operators of the world in Europe,” Pin said.

“We have the competencies.” 

Hayes said it is too early to say whether a competitive tender will be run for building and operating the LEO project once the study is over for the implementation phase, or whether there will be a process that involves all the EU space prime contractors in some way.

The Eutelsat question

Not wanting to wait for Europe’s sovereign LEO network, French GEO operator Eutelsat said April 27 it will buy 24% of U.K.-headquartered OneWeb.

OneWeb is already a third of the way through deploying around 650 LEO broadband satellites.

Pinto said that investment makes “the landscape a little bit more complicated,” but pointed to “a ton of money” SES is putting into its MEO constellation O3b mPOWER.

“Let’s not forget that one of the advantages of Europe is we’re in a competitive environment,” he said.

Eutelsat spokesperson Marie-Sophie Ecuer told SpaceNews that it sees no conflict of interest because the “objectives and the maturity of both projects are not the same.”

OneWeb is designed to address businesses and company requirements, as well as the needs of militaries, and will start commercial service in a few months.

“The European project, which is at the very early stages of a feasibility study, aims to address the needs of European institutions and governments,” Ecuer said.

SpaceX’s LEO constellation Starlink is even further ahead than OneWeb in terms of launches, with more than 1,600 satellites estimated to be in orbit at the time of writing.

According to Hayes, in some ways it will be beneficial to miss out on the initial megaconstellation potential coming to the market.

“We won’t have the first-mover advantage, but we will potentially take advantage of some of the economies of scale in the development of receiver technologies,” Hayes said.

“We know that — or we suspect — that Starlink are actually selling their terminals at a loss to gain market access. We wouldn’t see that as being a sustainable model, but ultimately the price will come down on those receivers, and I would like to think that we could take advantage of that mass availability of those types of receivers when we come into the market.”

SpaceX is currently offering Starlink beta testers a terminal that includes an antenna and router for $499.

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX president and chief operating officer, said April 6 she expects terminals coming down to the few-hundred-dollar range “within the next year or two,” and that the cost of the terminal is already less than half the $3,000 that SpaceX was originally paying for the equipment.

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Raketa Vega hlásí další úspěšnou misi za účasti brněnské firmy SAB Aerospace: Satelit Pléiades Neo 3 od firmy Airbus Defence and Space byl dopraven na oběžnou dráhu

Raketa Vega hlásí další úspěšnou misi za účasti brněnské firmy SAB Aerospace: Satelit Pléiades Neo 3 od firmy Airbus Defence and Space byl dopraven na oběžnou dráhu

Dnes v 3:50 SELČ úspěšně odstartovala z kosmodromu v Kourou ve Francouzské Guyaně raketa Vega, která na nosiči, tzv. dispenseru,brněnské firmy SAB Aerospace vynesla na oběžnou dráhu Země celkem 6 satelitů. Ty byly do svých plánovaných poloh rozmístěny za necelou 1 hodinu a 42 minut po startu. Jedná se už o druhý start rakety Vega s brněnskou účastí. (more…)

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Gewachsen unter härtesten Bedingungen

Wenn ein normaler Pkw beschleunigt, wirken etwa 0,3 g Kraft auf den Passagier. Ein Formel 1 Rennfahrer muss in Kurven schon mal 5 g aushalten. Ein Pilot der Airbus Defence & Space kann bei einem Notfallausstieg mit dem Schleudersitz kurzzeitig Kräften von bis zu 12 g und einem plötzlichen Druck- und Temperaturabfall ausgeliefert sein. Seit 2007 dürfen sich die EADS-Testpiloten in Manching zumindest darauf verlassen, dass ihre Fliegeruhr das aushält. Denn seit inzwischen mehr als zehn Jahren ist die DAMASKO DC56 offizielle Dienstuhr der Eurofighter Testpiloten, nachdem sie selbst unter härtesten Flugbedingungen keinerlei Funktionsstörungen zeigte. Die Marke DAMASKO ist auch dank der extremen Belastungstests in Manching nach strengem Nato-Militär-Standard Mil.810 stetig mit ihren Aufgaben gewachsen. Permanente Innovationen wie die Siliziumspirale EPS® sind unter anderem dem harten „Job“ der DC56 in 12.000 Metern Flughöhe geschuldet. Selbst in einem normalen Einsatz ohne Notfall gehören hier Beschleunigungen bis zu 9 g, Temperaturschwankungen zwischen minus 40 und plus 54 °C und schnell wechselnder Kabinendruck zum Arbeitsalltag der leistungsfähigsten Kampfflugpiloten der Welt.

Für uns bei DAMASKO ist es immer wieder spannend, das eigene Produkt in „freier Wildbahn“ zu erleben. Und ähnlich wie bei der Formel 1 profitiert jeder DAMASKO-Kunde am Ende von den ambitionierten Weiterentwicklungen für den Extremeinsatz wie bei der EADS – nicht nur bei den Fliegeruhrmodellen, sondern generell. Keine Frage, dass im Gegenzug die Dienstuhren erster Generation inzwischen mit unserer patentierten Siliziumspirale und dem DAMASKO Rotor mit Keramikkugellager aufgerüstet wurden. Eine echte Win-Win-Situation also.

Wir freuen uns mit allen Kunden auf eine innovative Zukunft!

DC56 - Developed under the toughest conditions.

When a normal car accelerates there is a force of roughly 0.3 g on the passenger. A Formula 1 racing driver has to withstand 5 g in the bends. An Airbus Defence & Space pilot may be exposed to forces of up to 12 g for a short time in the event of an emergency exit using the ejection seat and a sudden drop in pressure and temperature. The EADS test pilots in Manching have at least been able to rely on their aviator watch coping with this since 2007.

As the DAMASKO DC56 has in the meantime been the official timepiece for the Eurofighter test pilots for more than ten years, having not shown any malfunctions even under the toughest flying conditions. The DAMASKO brand has also constantly developed with its challenges thanks to the extreme endurance tests in Manching in accordance with the strict NATO military standard Mil.810. Continuous innovations such as the EPS® silicon spring among others are up to the DC56’s tough job at 12.000 metres altitude. Accelerations up to 9 g, strong temperature fluctuations from -40° degree to +54° degree and fast changing cabin pressure are normal everyday working conditions for the world’s best fighter jet pilots, without an emergency.

For us at DAMASKO it is always exciting to see our own products “in their natural surrounding”. And similarly to with Formula 1, every DAMASKO customer benefits from the ambitious further developments for extreme use in the end, like with the EADS – not just for aviator watch models but in general. It therefore goes without saying that the first generation of official watches have now been upgraded with our patented silicon spring and the DAMASKO rotor with ceramic bearing in return. So it’s a real win-win situation.

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Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Market Revenue Drivers, Prominent Companies & In-depth Research Report

The global Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Market research report provides complete insights on industry scope, trends, regional estimates, key application, competitive landscape and financial performance of prominent players. It also offers ready data-driven answers to several industry-level questions. This study enables numerous opportunities for the market players to invest in research and development.

Market Overview:

The terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) market global size is predicted to value at USD 6.5 billion by 2025, during the forecast period. The terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) market is anticipated to witness a substantial growth due to the rise in demand for highly secured networking infrastructure and need for public safety.

Key Players:

Thales Group

Hytera Communications Corporation Limited

Airbus Defence and Space Oy

Damm Cellular Systems A/S

BiTEA

Simoco Wireless Solutions

JVCKENWOOD Corporation

Rohill Engineering B.V.

Sepura Plc

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Growth Drivers:

The key factors escalating growth of the terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) market are increasing use of smartphones with user safety option and in-built GPS and navigation applications. Globally, the terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 17.8% in forecast period, providing numerous opportunities for market players to invest in research and development in the terrestrial trunked radio market.

Furthermore, recent technological advancements for secured communication in regards to the safety of privately owned data is provoking number of broadcasters to embed terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) equipment into their devices. Various features such as geographic information system (GIS), fingerprint recognition, multiple calling feature, call recording, alarm clock, and events & schedule priority management systems are offered with the use of TETRA systems. Deployment of such feature in numerous industrial and public safety application is expected to intensify market performance.

Though, higher cost associated with the deployment and repair of communication tools is predicted to hinder market expansion. Also, vast amount of infrastructure needed during deployment of TETRA equipment and high capital investments is obstructing market growth. Complexities associated with hardware integration, incorporation with other devices and difficulties in obtaining TETRA licenses, are some crucial factors limiting growth opportunities for the market.

Modes of Operation Outlook:

Trunked Mode Operation (TMO)

Direct Mode Operation (DMO)

Application Outlook:

Transportation & Logistics

Public Safety & Government

Utilities

Defense

Commercial & Industry

Regional Outlook:

The market is divided into regional market segment such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW. Europe has shown major growth in recent years owing to the growing number of government approved projects to boost implementation of terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) equipment. Asia-Pacific region is predicted to hold major market share in the terrestrial trunked radio market with massive growth in forecast period due to the rising concerns regarding public safety and meeting demands of IT infrastructure.

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