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Andrew Parsonson@andrewparsonson.bsky.social |
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I'm on a mission to promote European spaceflight. Contributor to SpaceNews and Payload. For queries, email andrewp@europeanspaceflight.com
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Andrew Parsonson
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Despite an anomaly that occurred during the inaugural Ariane 6, Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel has said that the company is “perfectly on track now to make the second launch this year.”
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The inaugural Ariane 6 mission was launched successfully, with all but two payloads having been deployed. The final payload separation event will occur after the rocket’s deorbit burn has been completed.
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The European Space Agency has adopted a resolution that outlines a specific definition of what constitutes a “European launch service.”
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Paris-based orbital defence company Dark has completed the first hot fire test campaign of its Sheitan rocket engine.
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An agreement on how to manage Vega C flights after Avio splits from Arianespace may offer competitors an opportunity to poach customers.
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Three Rafale combat aircraft from the French Air Force have arrived in Kourou to secure the skies for the inaugural flight of Ariane 6.
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The Łukasiewicz Institute of Aviation ILR-33 Amber 2K rocket has made history, becoming Poland's first rocket to reach space.
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The launch window for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight has been announced. The launch will occur on 9 July between 15:00 and 19:00 local time (19:00 to 23:00 BST and 20:00 to 00:00 CEST). Image credit: CNES/ESA/Arianespace-ArianeGroup/Optique Vidéo CSG/E Prigent
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Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a €2.1 billion contract to develop the German military next-gen communications system.
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The 1.1-tonne Sentinel 2C satellite has begun its journey to French Guiana for its launch aboard the final Vega rocket flight.
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UNOOSA has partnered with Exolaunch to offer free launch services for two cubesats as part of the Access to Space for All initiative.
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CNES has issued a call for the development of a small capsule capable of collecting data during a satellite’s reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
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Italian rocket builder Sidereus Space Dynamics has completed an integrated hot fire test of its single-stage-to-orbit EOS rocket.
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Poland’s Łukasiewicz Institute of Aviation will launch a key test flight of its ILR-33 Amber 2K rocket from Norway this month.
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The French government has awarded an Infinite Orbits-led consortium a pair of contracts for satellite inspection and life extension missions.
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CNES chairman and CEO Philippe Baptiste has responded to Eumetsat's decision to ditch Ariane 6 in favour of Falcon 9, saying, “How far will we, Europeans, go in our naivety.”
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Firefly Aerospace has signed an agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch its Alpha rocket from Esrange in Sweden.
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PLD Space has launched a new programme that will offer free launch services aboard the first two Miura 5 missions.
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Arianespace has advocated for legislation that would require European missions to be launched aboard European rockets.
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The Swedish Space Corporation has been tapped by ispace-U.S. to provide ground services for its upcoming Missions 3 flight.
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Latitude has been awarded €15 million in new France 2030 to continue the development of its two-stage Zephyr rocket.
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ESA has signed off on a hot-fire test campaign of the ArianeGroup-developed SPE-T engine, which could power the Argonaut lunar lander.
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Spanish rocket builder PLD Space is likely to be the first to launch from a commercial launch facility being developed on the grounds of the Guiana Space Centre.
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Italy has introduced a new law focused on space and the space economy, aiming to provide a framework for private sector access to space.
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The European Space Agency has been asked to step in and mediate negotiations to finalize Avio’s split from Arianespace.
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With its Series C extension secured, German launch provider Isar Aerospace has now raised over €400 in funding to develop its two-stage Spectrum rocket.
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Avio has shipped the first P160C booster to French Guiana ahead of its static fire test. The booster will be used aboard the Vega E and ArianeGroup Ariane 6 Block 2 rockets.
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Slovenia has signed an agreement that, once ratified, will officially make the country the 23rd ESA member state.
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The DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology has released an open-source reusable launch vehicle model.
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ESA has announced that it has successfully completed Critical Design Reviews for its 12 Galileo Second Generation satellites.
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HyImpulse has signed an agreement with Southern Launch to explore the possibility of launching SL1 missions from Australia.
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DLR has formed a new team focused on delivering Phases D and E of its VS-50 "very heavy lift" sounding rocket project.
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Orbex has received €3 million in funding from Innovation Fund Denmark to Establish a "Green Propulsion Excellence Centre”
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French space tug startup OsmosX has secured more than €2 million in new funding to finance the development of an initial demonstration mission.
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Vast has contracted The Exploration Company for a cargo mission to its future Haven space station.
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Norway has shifted the responsibility to grant rocket launch licenses from the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries to the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
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ESA has signed an agreement with Vast to explore the possibility of crewed flights to the company’s planned space stations.
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Germany’s Isar Aerospace has secured $20 million in growth debt as it prepares for the inaugural flight of its two-stage Spectrum rocket.
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The European Space Agency has announced that the maiden flight of its Ariane 6 rocket will take place on 9 July.
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ESA has published a call to gauge the interest of launch providers to take part in its European Launcher Challenge.
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The Exploration Company has completed a hot fire test campaign of a prototype rocket engine that will power its Nyx Moon spacecraft.
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ESA has awarded Open Cosmos a €60 million contract to build a seven-satellite Earth observation constellation for Greece.
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The Exploration Company has been contracted to conduct three cargo transportation missions to the planned Starlab space station.
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As part of the country’s HUNOR initiative, 32-year-old Tibor Kapu has been selected to be the second Hungarian to fly into space.
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ESA has awarded contracts to Elecnor Deimos and Open Cosmos to begin the development of Span’s contribution to the Atlantic Constellation.
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The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space UK to build its Vigil space weather satellite.
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With the release of its most recent Ariane 6 joint update report, the European Space Agency has outlined the clearest picture yet of its final push towards the rocket's maiden flight.
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Spain has published a €70 million call aimed at promoting the development and maturation of disruption space technology.
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ION-X has signed CNES as its first customer as it works toward a late 2024 demonstration of its novel satellite propulsion technology.
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ESA has signed an agreement with NASA to formalize aspects of its Mars rover mission, which the US agency will assist.
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