The P120C rocket motor that will be involved with both the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets has been static fire tested for the first time at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The firing occurred early on Monday morning on the BEAP test bench for solid rocket motors, operated by the French space agency CNES.
The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) spacecraft has completed integration work at Airbus’ Madrid-Barajas site and is…
After years of development, build, and testing, BepiColombo is arriving at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou,…
In what was likely to be its last commercial launch, Russia’s Rokot rocket gave the…
Following a launch pause of over two months, Ariane 5 returned to action on Thursday…
The Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket launched the next set of four O3b communication satellites into…
For the first time since 2002, it was feared Arianespace may have lost an Ariane…
An Ariane 5 ES rocket has lofted another four Galileo satellites from the European Spaceport in…
Europe’s Vega rocket has conducted its eleventh launch Tuesday, deploying Morocco’s Mohammed VI – A…
The European Space Agency’s Sentinel 5 Precursor satellite launched Friday aboard what could be the…
Arianespace conducted the fifth Ariane 5 launch of the year with the lofting of the…
Goodbye, Cassini. And thank you. After a 20-year mission, 13 in orbit of Saturn, Cassini…
Two spacecraft have completed their journeys to their Kourou launch site ahead of launching together…
Arianespace’s small launcher, the Vega rocket, successfully conducted the launch of the VENµS and OPTSAT…
Set for launch next year, the BepiColombo spacecraft is coming to the end of its…
Arianespace has conducted the fourth Ariane 5 launch of the year with the lofting of…
Following the interruption of a “social movement” that effectively shut down the Arianespace base of…
Arianespace returned to action on Thursday with the long-awaited launch of its Ariane 5 rocket…
Arianespace’s small launcher, the Vega rocket, has lofted the Sentinel-2B Earth observation satellite on Monday…
Arianespace conducted its first Ariane 5 launch of the year on Tuesday. The workhorse lofted…