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July 28, 2026
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On Monday, a Swiss Airbus A330-300 flying from Zurich to New York made an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine. The crew had reported smoke in the cockpit. After landing, it was initially…
28-07-2026 Grupo Oesía and Airbus Defence and Space have signed, at the aerospace multinational’s facilities in Getafe, the strategic contract for the design and development…
Grupo Oesía and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a contract for the development and manufacture of a hybrid, electronically steerable SATCOM antenna for the Eurofighter Long…
Arianespace has announced Ariane 6's latest launch mission, launching the MTG-I2 meteorological satellite with the Ariane 62 configuration from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on the 27th of…
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July 27, 2026
Image: These images by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, captured on 26 July, show the area to the west of Bordeaux, France, where wildfires continue to burn countryside, fanned by wind and…
To mark Europe’s newest generation heavy‑lift launcher, La Poste, France’s national postal service, has issued a collector set of eight stamps featuring Ariane 6, paying tribute to Europe’s…
To mark the launch of the new generation of European heavy launchers, La Poste, the French postal service, has issued a series of eight collectible stamps depicting Ariane 6…
July 23, 2026
LA PLATA, Maryland — The German government, whose skepticism about Europe’s Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity project… The post French-German ministers’ meeting lauds Iris2 as ‘Europe’s digital…
As the solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 approaches in France and Spain, video creator Astronophilos hosted the Ciel & Espace editorial team for a web broadcast…
Airbus executives say the turnaround in the company’s space business came just in time to tap growing demand, particularly from Europe, for space capabilities as it pursues a joint venture. The post…
The Spanish Ministry of Defence will be able to access the images of the Earth observation satellites CSO (Optical Space Component) in France until 2033. The government approved this Tuesday..
July 22, 2026
Belgium’s AMOS has been selected by the French aerospace research agency ONERA to build PROVIDENCE, a 2.5-metre ground-based telescope that will provide detailed images of satellites in low Earth…
Airbus has launched a new flight test campaign within its Wing of Tomorrow research program, with the aim of assessing the behavior of larger wings..
July 21, 2026
Image: The FLEX satellite, ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission, has been removed from its container packaging at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be prepared for its upcoming…
July 20, 2026
Airbus Helicopters and The Helicopter Company (THC), a leading commercial helicopter operator in Saudi Arabia and a company participating in the Public Investment Fund (PIF), have announced in the…
Image: The next satellite in the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation satellite system, Sentinel-3C, has been unpacked from its container at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
The Airbus workers' assemblies of the work centres of Getafe, Illescas, Albacete, San Pablo, Tablada and Cadiz on strike have shown their rejection of the proposal made last..
Press Release N° 35–2026 Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the launch of the FLEX and Copernicus…
July 16, 2026
With liftoff scheduled for September, excitement is building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana as two cutting-edge Earth observation satellites, FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C, have arrived to…
Anticipation is building at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana after two cutting-edge Earth observation satellites, FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C, arrived to await…
July 7, 2026
As for his useful life, he is expected to serve for five and a half years. Simonetta Cheli, director of Earth Observation Programs at ESA, has stated that Aeolus-2..