Optus 11 will deliver a combination of broadcast and broadband VHTS missions in Ku band over Australia and New Zealand, to improve Direct to Home broadcasting over the Australasia region, increase reach in the Antarctic and Pacific zones and support growth into mobile markets, helping eliminate connectivity black spots through the Australian Government’s Mobile Black Spot programme.

Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecomunications satellite from Australia’s second largest telecommunications company and leading satellite operator Optus. The satellite will be based on Airbus’ new standard OneSat product line and is Airbus’ first contract from the Australian operator.

Airbus developed next generation retaskable software defined radio payload, Prometheus 1, will be launched on the Faraday-1 cubesat from New Zealand on 3 July. The Faraday-1 mission is part of In Space Missions Ltd’s in-orbit demonstration programme.

After successfully making its first close pass of the Sun on 15 June at 77 million kilometres, Solar Orbiter’s next major step is a Venus fly by on 27th December this year.

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Great Barrier Reef: The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite image over part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast. Extending more than 2000 km and covering an area of some 350 000 sq km, it is the planet's biggest single structure made by living organisms, called coral polyps. The reef is home to over 1500 tropical fish species, 400 types of coral, more than 200 species of bird, 5000 species of mollusc, 500 species of seaweed and six species of sea turtle. It is also a breeding area for humpback whales.

Copernicus Sentinel-2A image over central-eastern Brazil. It shows a large, flat plateau blanked with fields benefiting from rich soils and an apparent abundance of water, before falling off into a green, hilly valley (left). The straight lines in the image are roads, such as the highway running in a nearly straight line from the centre-top to bottom of the image. A distinctive feature in this image is the circles – mainly at the centre. These shapes were created by a central-pivot irrigation system, where a long water pipe rotates around a well at the centre of each plot. The varying colours show different types of crop, or different stages of growth.

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EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface. In the foreground: The ATLID instrument (ATmospheric LIDa)r detects the vertical profile of aerosols physical parameters. Airbus is prime contractor to ESA.

EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface. In the foreground: The ATLID instrument (ATmospheric LIDa)r detects the vertical profile of aerosols physical parameters. Airbus is prime contractor to ESA.

EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface. In the foreground: The ATLID instrument (ATmospheric LIDa)r detects the vertical profile of aerosols physical parameters. Airbus is prime contractor to ESA.

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Landing in 2028, the rover will then travel an average of 200 metres a day, over a period of six months to find and pick up the samples. It will collect up to 36 tubes, carry them back to the lander and place them in a Mars Ascent Vehicle which will launch them into orbit around Mars.

Unlike the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which has six wheels, the Sample Fetch Rover will only have four wheels. This is in order to save mass and complexity

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We Make it Fly Podcast - Solar Orbiter

We Make It Fly Podcast - Satellite Imagery

Across nearly all major industries, many are looking toward a future of mass adoption of geospatial technologies. But what technical and commercial barriers do we need to break down to truly democratize access to geospatial data and analytics? Globally, institutions and companies have gathered more Earth observation (EO) data than can ever be analyzed using traditional image processing methods. With emerging companies racing to launch their own EO systems, we face an unprecedented increase in capacity and volume of data that inspires us to explore the importance of machine learning and cloud computing infrastructure in generating insights at scale. In this interview, Sean Wiid, Chief Product Officer at UP42, explains the role of platforms like UP42 in enabling the mass adoption of geospatial technologies.

ESM will be responsible for orbital manoeuvring and position control. It also provides the crew with the central elements of life support such as water and oxygen, and regulates thermal control while docked to the crew module.

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El sistema avanzado de circuito cerrado (ACLS)

The Advanced Closed-Loop System (ACLS)

Le système ACLS (Advanced Closed-Loop System for the ISS)

Das ACLS-System (Advanced Closed-Loop System for the ISS)

Orion ESM - Manking on the way to the Moon and beyond

Orion ESM - Voyage autour de la Lune, alimenté par le Module de Service Européen (ESM) d'Airbus

Orion ESM - A journey around the Moon powered by Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM)

Orion ESM - Un viaje alrededor de la Luna, impulsado por el Módulo de Servicio Europeo (ESM) construido por Airbus

Orion ESM - L'humanité s'envole vers la Lune et au-delà

Orion ESM - Eine Reise um den Mond mit dem von Airbus gebauten europäischen Servicemodul (ESM)

Orion ESM - La humanidad, camino a la Luna y más allá

Orion ESM - Die Menschheit auf dem Weg zum Mond und darüber hinaus