European Space Agency

D-Orbit UK is to lead development of a spacecraft “deorbit kit” for the European Space Agency.

Swedish-British small satellite manufacturer AAC Clyde Space this month entered a conditional agreement to buy privately owned Omnisys Instruments, a Swedish developer and manufacturer of sensors for space projects, in a deal worth about $8.7 million.

ESA has made progress with an ExoMars 2020 parachute problem and hopes the probe will be ready for launch this summer.