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L-band radar observation system for Europe’s ROSE-L. (Photo by Kongsberg) Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has been boosted by a new contract win that will see the company deliver technology to the new Radar Observation System for Europe (ROSE) satellite as part of the Copernicus Program – the European Union’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security program. Thales Alenia Space, prime contractor for the ROSE program, awarded the deal to Kongsberg, which announced the agreement on Thu...

Close X A video showing how the Earth has changed in the last 37 years using the new Timelapse feature in Google Earth. For over 15 years, Google’s 3D virtual globe, Google Earth, has been showing incredible images of various places on the planet at just a click. Now, with its new Timelapse feature, people can see how the Earth has changed in the last 37 years. Timelapse in Google Earth includes 24 million satellite photos capturing nearly four decades of planetary change. According to Google...

Europe should focus on commercializing space, says ESA chief The European Space Agency values carrier rocket partnership with Russia and will continue using Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft in the coming years, according to the director general Director General of the European Space Agency Josef Aschbacher© EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN PARIS, April 7. /TASS/. Josef Aschbacher, new director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), intends to achieve greater economic output from space activities and...