18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
...to use technologies that have already been tried and tested in space, and driving several aspects of the satellite design. “Both....” Cheops shared the ride into space with the Italian space agency ASI’s Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation satellite, which...
14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... the Vega-C is a flight proven launcher and one which is perfectly adapted to future European needs.” The Italian Space Agency’s LARES-2 (Laser Relativity Satellite 2) is a 36.4 cm diameter passive sphere with laser mirrors for the study of Earth...
