Tokyo, Japan – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released data from the lunar explorer “KAGUYA” (SELENE) (L2 products) during the nominal operation phase (from December 21, 2007 to October 31, 2008) to the public through the Internet.

Paris, France – ESA’s Education Office has awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd of the UK to manage the development and testing of the first European student mission to the Moon. Launch is expected in 2013-2014.
 

 
Paris, France – Eutelsat Communications saw an increase in revenues at 253 million euros, up from 226.7 million euros compared to the same period last year in its 2009 third quarter financial results.

The second satellite in ESA’s Earth Explorer series – the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission – and the second demonstration satellite under ESA’s Project for Onboard Autonomy (Proba-2) were launched into orbit last night from northern Russia.

At the conference on ‘The Ambitions of Europe in Space’, which was held on october  in Brussels, the GMES initiative was presented as a programme of fundamental importance for Europe’s future.