Airbus Defence and Space is in the home stretch of work to ship the first European Service Module (ESM) to its Florida launch site for integration with the rest of the hardware for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. When fully assembled and tested, Orion will be launched on the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test flight to orbit the Moon and return.
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NASA and the commercial space industry are planning for the eventual replacement of the International…
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EuropeanInternationalJapanSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX has launched the EarthCARE climate research satellite for ESA and JAXA
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket launched on its penultimate flight Sunday, carrying the THEOS-2 Earth-observation satellite…
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Artemis
Lockheed Martin, NASA lining up next Orion spacecraft for Artemis III and IV
by Philip SlossOrion prime contractor Lockheed Martin has the spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis III and IV lunar…
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EuropeanInternationalScience
ESA’s Aeolus assisted reentry is ‘pushing the limits’ of space tech and safety
The only satellite to measure the globe’s wind profile from space, Aeolus, has concluded its…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Goodbye to the Ariane 5, the ‘Swiss Knife’ of Europe’s launch industry
The Ariane 5 flew for the very last time on Wednesday, July 5, sending government…
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EuropeanInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup – Arianespace launches Ariane 5 final flight; SpaceX flies one of last Starlink v1.5 flights
Four launches were successfully conducted for the week of July 2 through July 9. The…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScience
SpaceX launches ESA’s Euclid Telescope to explore the dark universe
SpaceX launched its 45th mission of the year, carrying the Euclid telescope from the European…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalOtherRussian
Launch Roundup: Virgin Galactic performs crewed suborbital mission; SpaceX launches Euclid
Four launches are planned for the week of June 24 to July 1. The Russians…
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Europe has just completed the first successful hot-fire test of its reusable Prometheus engine integrated…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceUncrewed
As JUICE struggles with antenna deployment, program manager highlights status of the mission
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest interplanetary mission that is set to explore Jupiter and…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceUncrewed
As launch approaches, JUICE project manager discusses trajectories and science
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft recently arrived in French…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceUncrewed
JUICE arrives in French Guiana for launch, project manager outlines next steps
Set for launch from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, on April…
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SpaceX launched 40 high-speed internet communication satellites to a polar low Earth orbit on the…
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Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Arianespace suffers failure on first operational Vega-C mission
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has suffered a failure during Vega-Consolidation’s (Vega-C) first operational launch, which was set to…
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OneWeb has resumed deployment of its satellite constellation with the launch of 36 satellites aboard…
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The Eutelsat Hotbird-13F geostationary communications satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 out of Cape…
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Germany’s SARah-1 military radar Earth observation satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from…