A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty.

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Antennas are among the most complex systems aboard a satellite – making them demanding to produce and often unpredictable to test. Tiny variables in their building, mounting or operation may […]

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Airbus Defence and Space UK will build the European Space Agency’s Biomass forest-carbon-monitoring satellite under a contract valued at 229 million euros ($260 million), the two parties announced May 3.

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A NASA satellite launched in January to measure global soil-moisture levels will do so without its primary radar, which failed in July and cannot be salvaged, the agency acknowledged in a Sept. 2 statement.

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