Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.
The ongoing investigation into problems with atomic clocks aboard Galileo spacecraft could delay the next launch for the constellation, currently planned for the end of this year.
European Space Agency ground stations will work with NASA’s Deep Space Network to record radio signals transmitted by the Cassini probe across 1.6 billion km from its Saturn orbit.
The French armament procurement agency DGA this week announced it has ordered a fourth system of three General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) UAVs and an accompanying ground segment.
