UK Rocket Builder Orbex Secures An Additional £16.7M in Funding (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
CNES Qualifies Speedy New Ariane 6 Booster Transport Vehicle (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Australian Minister Questions Involvement in ESA Astronaut Training (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Lunar I-Hab Gateway Module Mockup Acceptance Review Completed (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Chief Tempers Expectations for Maiden Ariane 6 Flight (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
HyImpulse Updates SL1 Design with Performance Boost (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
German launch startup HyImpulse has released an updated design of its SL1 rocket, which features a 20% performance boost over its previous iteration....
ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
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ESA Publishes Call for the Development of In-Space Assembly Capabilities (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
In a 26 March update, ESA announced that after the very first two mirrors were warmed by just 34 degrees, Euclid’s sight was restored, with the telescope’s optics achieving a 15% gain in sensitivity. The process only took a few minutes, with the mirror being warmed from -147 to -113 degrees. The procedure was so successful...
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Identified as Primary Target for ESA (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
I’m always happy to see more missions to the ice moons!
Ariane 6 is Getting its Bikini Back (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Following ESA’s announcement that the maiden flight of Ariane 6 would not occur until 2024, The Exploration Company announced in September 2023 that it had shifted its 40-kilogram Mission Bikini demonstrator to an ISRO PSLV rideshare flight. When the announcement was made, the rideshare mission was expected to be launched in...
Progress Continues on Europe’s Gateway Space Station Contributions (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
France Expected to Commit €400M to Support Four Launch Startups (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
CNES Boss Blames Contractors for Ariane 6 Being Too Expensive (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Dawn Aerospace Further Expands Its European Presence (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
DCUBED Announce In-Space Solar Array Manufacturing Demonstration (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA's Euclid Telescope Has an Ice Problem (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
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ESA's Euclid Telescope Has an Ice Problem (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The European Space Agency has revealed that a few layers of ice approximately the width of a strand of DNA have begun to impact its Euclid telescope’s optics....
ESA and DLR Agree to Build Moon Mission Control Centre (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Ariane 6 Booster Upgrade Passes Critical Design Review (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Announces Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The European Space Agency has published a call to begin work on a demonstrator of a reusable launch vehicle upper stage....