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Buzztiger, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

So launch window start has been shifted by one hour according to my info: 21:00 - 00:00 Amsterdam/Berlin CEST.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu

Thanks! Updated the main post.

Kangie, rok temu w Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source

Don’t worry too much about it: it’s not the 80s and we’re not the Soviets.

Once it’s in orbit it doesn’t matter and if there’s issues during ascent the source will be hardened to prevent catastrophic release.

Realistically though, just send it up on a falcon 9, the track record on those things is _ astounding_.

nicerdicer, 11 miesięcy temu w ESA launches new lunar simulation facility

I wonder why they just couldn’t re-use the Hollywood set from the moon landing in '69. /s

holycrap, 11 miesięcy temu

They left it up on the moon, sadly.

Randomgal, 11 miesięcy temu

They’ll hire Michael Bay this time and make it all CGI

threelonmusketeers, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Fairing jettison confirmed!

ricdeh, rok temu (edited rok temu) w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

All nominal, successful booster separation, fairing jettisoned

threelonmusketeers, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

SRB separation confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Décollage!

Buzztiger, rok temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Wohoo a proper launch thread. Thank you!

Let’s hope they manage to launch at the beginning of the window.

So for Amsterdam/Berlin timezone that’s starting at 20:00 tonight.

Zachariah, rok temu w First detection of negative ions on the Moon

The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.

The European team working with the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument confirmed the success of this scientific mission that flew to the far side of the Moon aboard the Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

The discovery of a new component of plasma at the surface of the Moon opens a new window for space physics and for human and robotic missions in an era of renewed lunar exploration.

ThePyroPython, 19 dni temu (edited 19 dni temu) w UK Space Agency Hires Consultants to Explain the UK Space Sector

Here you go:

About a dozen satellite companies, a smattering of specialised space hardware and components, one couple trying to launch rockets from Scotland (Kaber Toss) and some bloke from Ashton-under-Lyne driving around with a rocket on a pick-up he once managed to launch from Morecambe beach.

That’ll be £10,000 £50,000 please.

Edit: prices adjusted because of inflation.

burble, 19 dni temu

You have to raise the price or you won’t seem legit

ThePyroPython, 19 dni temu

Thank you for the advice, you are now promoted to Senior Sales Consultant, congratulations.

Buzztiger, 5 miesięcy temu w Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

Sniff, our most successful scientific Spacecraft by publications. The new Voyage 2050 programme certainly provides science topics that could lead to a worthy successor.

clothes, 6 miesięcy temu w CSO-3 launch thread! (Take two!)

I nominate Ariane 6 for the Cutest SRB Award.

DmMacniel, 7 miesięcy temu w ESA Member States to Vote on Future of Space Rider in November

That’s a damn sexy Vehicle!

tavostator, 9 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Fingers crossed, really hope it goes off without a hitch!

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu

Same! Would be nice to see Arianespace’s launch cadence pick up a bit.