Paris Space Week

The tradeshow with business meetings, conferences and Innovation challenges dedicated to the Space Industry

◼︎ Business meetings
Meet the European Key players of space industry & services

◼︎ Exhibitions

ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial

The European Space Agency will ask its 22 member states to fund an additional two to eight Prometheus reusable engines so that the agency can further its development.

Facebook, Hughes start Colombian Wi-Fi service • Ariane 6 supplier GKN Aerospace cutting 1,000 jobs 

Facebook has partnered with Hughes Network Systems to launch a satellite-enabled Wi-Fi hotspot service in Colombia.

Prototype Ariane 6 carbon-composite upper stage gets ESA funding

The European Space Agency gave contracts to ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace on May 14 to develop a prototype upper stage that could lead to an advanced carbon-composite upgrade for the Ariane 6 rocket.

Avio gets ESA assurance for transition missions from Vega to Vega C

Giulio Ranzo, CEO of Avio, the Colleferro, Italy, company that builds the Vega and future Vega C rocket, said the ESA council session included missions for both Avio-built rockets during the transition years to Vega C.

ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

To make Europe’s next-generation rocket more competitive, ArianeGroup aims to build the Ariane 6 at least 40 percent cheaper than the Ariane 5. ArianeGroup is applying the same cost targets to reflector antennas that go on geostationary satellites.

ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement

The European Space Agency’s 22 member states agreed April 17 to a workaround to get Ariane 6 production in full swing despite a dearth of public sector launch contracts.

ThinKom, Phasor, C-Com hit antenna milestones • Hughes, Inmarsat gain India IFC approvals

Antenna builder ThinKom and fleet operator Inmarsat recently announced the completion of a series of tests using ThinKom antennas and Inmarsat’s high-throughput Global Xpress satellites.

ArianeGroup and PTScientists to study lunar lander mission for ESA

ESA has awarded a contract to a group that includes Europe’s largest launch services provider and a former Google Lunar X Prize competitor to study a concept for a mission to mine lunar regolith.

Arianespace says full Ariane 6 production held up by missing government contracts

With the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 now 18 months away (in July 2020), Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël said the company had anticipated signing a manufacturing contract with ArianeGroup in the second part of last year to begin production beyond the first rocket.

ArianeGroup names new CEO

European rocket builder ArianeGroup has named Airbus Defence and Space head of operations André-Hubert Roussel to replace Alain Charmeau as CEO starting Jan. 1.

ArianeGroup to shed 2,300 employees as Ariane 6 nears completion

"The end of the development of Ariane 6 and the need to increase competitiveness in the European rocket launch business compel ArianeGroup to reduce its capacity by the equivalent of 2,300 full-time jobs by 2022," the company said in a statement.

ArianeGroup supplier GKN to 3D print turbines for reusable Prometheus engines

European rocket builder ArianeGroup, the company leading development and production of the Ariane 5 and upcoming Ariane 6 rockets, on Sept. 4 awarded a contract to a Swedish supplier for a reusable engine program.

Ariane 5 down to two dozen launches before Ariane 6 takes over

European launch provider Arianespace expects to conduct just 23 more Ariane 5 launches before the next-generation Ariane 6 becomes its primary rocket.

ArianeGroup stands up GEOTracker service to watch geostationary arc

An internal research and development program using widely available telescopes has evolved into a space situational awareness business for ArianeGroup.