The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope has moved closer to launch after prime contractor Thales Alenia Space mated the spacecraft’s service module and payload module. Euclid will aim to study the “dark universe” through visible-light and near-infrared astronomy. The mission had been slated to launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2023, but this is now expected to be delayed due to an enforced change of launch vehicle.
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Soyuz launches Russian intelligence satellite from Plesetsk
by Leo BruceA Soyuz 2.1b rocket has successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying a Lotos electronic…
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Arianespace, ULA, Blue Origin discuss executing ambitious Kuiper constellation missions for Amazon
Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and…
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NASA moon rocket SLS rolls out to “rebuilt” LC-39B ahead of Artemis 1 rehearsal
A moment more than a decade in the making. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket…
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Arianespace has launched its first mission of the year from the Guiana Space Center in…
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Arianespace discusses Ariane 5 fly-out requirements, launcher’s legacy to Ariane 6 and beyond
Arianespace and their European partners are looking toward the final five flights of the veteran…
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Falcon 9 finally launches with Italian CSG-2 Earth observation satellite
The Italian Space Agency’s CSG-2 mission, the second satellite in its COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation,…
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Vega-C stages in launch preparation as Avio, Arianespace progress toward rocket’s debut
Components for the first Vega-C (Vega Consolidation) rocket are entering launch preparations at the Guiana…
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Webb arrives in orbit of L2, teams look ahead to five months of commissioning
The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully inserted itself into its orbit…
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New research from ESA’s CHEOPS observatory reveals rugby ball shape of strange exoplanet
Exoplanets all over the universe come in different sizes, compositions, colors, and temperatures. However, they…
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IXPE X-ray observatory completes commissioning, eyes Cassiopeia A for calibration
The pioneering Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) telescope, the first observatory in space to perform…
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James Webb Space Telescope fully deploys, Northrop Grumman marks sunshield success
At 18:17 UTC on January 8, 2022, the joint NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and…
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James Webb Space Telescope en route to L2; deployment sequence underway
Following a launch on December 25 atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the joint NASA/ESA/CSA…
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Soyuz 2.1b successfully launches 36 OneWeb Satellites
by Joseph NavinStarsem, Arianespace, and Roscosmos have launched a Soyuz 2.1b for OneWeb flight 12. Lift-off from…
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NASA, ESA, CSA successfully launch the historic James Webb Space Telescope
It is a mission more than 25 years in the making. The revolutionary JWST (James…
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Arianespace launches Soyuz ST-B with new batch of Galileo satellites
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has launched another two Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capability) global navigation satellites for Europe.…
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), presently tracking toward a launch no earlier than December…
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At 01:09 UTC, or 4:09 A.M. local time in Moscow, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched…
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Unfolding the universe: the commissioning process of the James Webb Space Telescope
This December, an Ariane 5 rocket will launch from Kourou, French Guiana carrying the most…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched on its third mission of the year with the Capacité de…