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  • RIDE! Wins ESA PUSH Contract to Offer Ariane 6 Launch Capacity European Spaceflight · 14 Nov 2023 French launch aggregator RIDE! has won an ESA contract to offer its services free of charge to customers interested in launching payloads aboard the maiden Ariane 6 flight in 2024. The contract is part of the agency’s Pr...
  • Has ESA Stacked the Deck for The Exploration Company? European Spaceflight · 13 Nov 2023 With the announcement of its commercial cargo programme, the European Space Agency appears to have stacked the deck to allow for only one challenger to be eligible to compete. At the 2023 Space Summit in Spain, ESA membe...
  • ESA reveals Euclid’s first five images NASASpaceflight · 11 Nov 2023 The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the first full-color images from Euclid, the agency’s latest space telescope designed to study the nature and distribution of dark matter and dark energy in the universe. Duri...
  • ESA Joins U.S.-European Starlab Commercial Space Station Project SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Nov 2023 ESA just signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. company Voyager Space and Europe’s Airbus to collaborate on the Starlab commercial space station project. The announcement comes three days
  • Airbus and Voyager sign agreement with ESA on Starlab commercial space station SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2023 The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with Airbus and Voyager Space to study potential use of the companies’ Starlab commercial space station as a successor to the International Space Station.
  • ESA Signs Agreement for Potential Use of Starlab Space Station European Spaceflight · 9 Nov 2023 The European Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space and Voyager Space to explore the potential of European utilization of the Starlab Space Station once the International Spac...
  • Summit cites Paradigm Shift for European Spaceflight NASASpaceflight · 8 Nov 2023 The ESA-EU Space Summit at Seville/Spain on November 6/7 focused on the need to evolve the future of the European Space Agency (ESA) and European spaceflight in general.
  • Avio and Arianespace Finalize Divorce Terms European Spaceflight · 8 Nov 2023 During the 2023 Space Summit in Seville, European Space Agency member states agreed to allow Avio to market and manage the launch of Vega C independent of Arianespace. The Vega family of rockets are developed and manufac...
  • ArianeGroup to Receive €340M Per Year to Operate Ariane 6 European Spaceflight · 7 Nov 2023 Member states of the European Space Agency have committed to provide ArianeGroup with up to €340 million a year to operate Ariane 6. In addition to subsidies for Ariane 6, it was also agreed that €21 million per year wou...
  • ESA: Time to Assert Europe’s “Rightful Place” in Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Nov 2023 The ministers of the European Space Agency’s member states today committed to a “paradigm shift” in the European space program and “asserting Europe’s rightful place in the world.” Meeting as
  • ESA to start commercial cargo program SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2023 The European Space Agency announced Nov. 6 it will start a competition to develop commercial vehicles to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station by 2028, a step towards developing a crewed vehicle.
  • CNES Boss on Damage Control for ArianeGroup on Ariane 6 Failures European Spaceflight · 6 Nov 2023 The head of the French space agency CNES, Philippe Baptiste, identified a complex governance structure and ESA’s geographic return rule as the primary reasons why the development of Ariane 6 has failed to meet projected...
  • RFA UK Receives £3.5M for SaxaVord Development European Spaceflight · 26 Oct 2023 Rocket Factory Ltd, the UK-based subsidiary of the German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), has received £3.5 million in funding from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to support its plans to...
  • Avio Just Needs Some Space from Arianespace European Spaceflight · 26 Oct 2023 Italian rocket builders Avio have asked the European Space Agency to allow it to split from Arianespace and independently market its Vega launch vehicles. The request was first reported by La Tribune. The request, which...
  • ESA to Begin Testing Ariane 6 Upgrade European Spaceflight · 25 Oct 2023 The European Space Agency has announced that it will begin testing a carbon fibre-reinforced plastic liquid oxygen tank that will be used aboard the Ariane 6 Icarus upper stage. In May 2019, ESA signed an agreement with...
  • ESA Pushes Ahead with Ariane 6 Testing European Spaceflight · 19 Oct 2023 ESA announced 19 October that it had adapted the Ariane 6 testing schedule to enable teams to continue to tick off key milestones while work on a Thrust Vector Control (TVC) anomaly continues. The first hot fire test of...
  • ESA to Create “Pool” of European Launch Service Providers European Spaceflight · 17 Oct 2023 The European Space Agency has announced plans to create a “pool” of European launch service providers that will be utilized to launch European Commission In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) missions. The call...
  • Ireland Commit €3.3M More to ESA for 2024 European Spaceflight · 16 Oct 2023 In its recently announced budget for 2024, Ireland has increased its contribution to ESA for the year by €3.3 million. “Ireland’s commitment to the European Space Agency and Ireland’s space-active industry is steadfast,”...
  • ESA’s Euclid space telescope obtaining “magnificent” test images despite a few finetuning hiccups SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2023 “After a dozen years designing and developing Euclid, it is exhilarating and very moving to see these first images. But you can’t just release them to the public; it takes
  • ESA Sign Agreement with Axiom Space European Spaceflight · 10 Oct 2023 The European Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Axiom Space to explore collaborations in the fields of human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialisation. Signed on October 1, the MOU b...
  • ESA delays Vega C return to flight to late 2024 SpaceNews · 2 Oct 2023 The return to flight of Europe’s Vega C small launch vehicle has slipped to late 2024 after the European Space Agency concluded a rocket motor nozzle needs to be redesigned.
  • ESA Calls for Small Moon Mission Ideas European Spaceflight · 29 Sep 2023 A call for proposals from the European Space Agency is asking European industry to submit ideas for “small lunar missions.” The call was published as a component of the agency’s Terrae Novae exploration programme, which...
  • ESA to Publish Vega C Test Z40 Test Failure Findings This Week European Spaceflight · 27 Sep 2023 An ESA Independent Inquiry Commission established to investigate the failure of the Vega C Zerfiro 40 (Z40) static fire test will report its findings before the end of the week. The first commercial flight of the Vega C...
  • Spain Partner with ESA to Build €80M Atlantic Constellation European Spaceflight · 22 Sep 2023 Spain has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency for the contracting and technical management of the country’s Constelación Atlántica (Atlantic Constellation). The agreement was announced by the Minister of S...
  • Mars Sample Return Scientifically Critical, But Eye-Poppingly Expensive SpacePolicyOnline.com · 22 Sep 2023 An Independent Review Board assessing the status of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return mission has concluded that although the mission has tremendous scientific value, it is poorly managed and designed
  • RFA Submits Argo Spacecraft to ESA Commercial Cargo Transportation Initiative The Launch Pad · 21 Sep 2023 A consortium led by German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has submitted the "Argo" spacecraft to the ESA CCTI.
  • RFA-Led Consortium Submit Argo for ESA Commercial Cargo Initiative European Spaceflight · 20 Sep 2023 A consortium led by German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has unveiled its Argo space station resupply vehicle. The consortium has submitted the vehicle for consideration to the European Space Agency’s Commercial...
  • Has Avio Begun Developing a Second-Gen Space Rider Vehicle? European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2023 In a presentation outlining the company’s half-year financial results, Italian rocket builder Avio appeared to indicate that development of a second generation of the ESA-funded reusable Space Rider vehicle has begun. Sp...
  • Ariane 6 Core Stage Breathes Fire for the First Time European Spaceflight · 6 Sep 2023 ESA, the French Space Agency CNES, and project prime ArianeGroup completed the first shot hot fire test of an Ariane 6 core stage. The test was completed in the late afternoon on 5 September from the Ariane 6 ELA4 launch...
  • Ariane 6 completes short-duration engine test SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2023 ESA and ArianeGroup announced a successful hot-fire test of the core stage of the Ariane 6 rocket, the first of two such tests before ESA is ready to set a date for the rocket’s inaugural launch.
  • Solar Orbiter discovers plasma jets that could fuel the production of solar wind NASASpaceflight · 4 Sep 2023 Recently, the joint European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft discovered an array of tiny jets of material being ejected from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. Ejecting plasma at 100 kilometers per second, the...
  • ESA to set target for first Ariane 6 launch after upcoming tests SpaceNews · 4 Sep 2023 ESA plans to set a target launch period for the first Ariane 6 in October, with the hopes that vehicle can finally take flight “not too late” into 2024.
  • ESA Complete Full-Duration Hot Fire Test of Ariane 6 Second Stage European Spaceflight · 2 Sep 2023 The European Space Agency, the German Space Agency DLR, and project prime ArianeGroup successfully completed a full-duration hot fire test of an Ariane 6 second stage. Conducted on the P5.2 test stand at the DLR propulsi...
  • What is the ESA Astronaut Policy? European Spaceflight · 1 Sep 2023 In April, ESA signed a letter of intent with the Swedish National Space Agency to send an ESA astronaut aboard an Axiom mission to the International Space Station. In June, the agency announced that Marcus Wandt, a membe...
  • Ariane 6 Hot Fire Test Postponed Again Due To Technical Issues The Launch Pad · 30 Aug 2023 The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that a test-firing of the Ariane 6 core stage, originally planned for August 29, had to be postponed due to technical problems involving the control bench responsible for prop...
  • A Short Ariane 6 Hot Fire Test Has Been Postponed European Spaceflight · 30 Aug 2023 ESA announced earlier today that a short hot fire test of the Ariane 6 core stage equipped with its Vulcain 2.1 engine has been delayed. The test was due to take place on 29 August on the new Ariane 6 launchpad at the Gu...
  • ESA postpones Ariane 6 hot-fire test again SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2023 The European Space Agency says a test-firing of an Ariane 6 core stage has been postponed again, this time because of issues with ground equipment.
  • ESA’s Space Rider likely to launch third quarter of 2025, program manager says NASASpaceflight · 27 Aug 2023 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Rider program has officially begun its validation and testing phase, as it prepares for a maiden flight in the third quarter of 2025. Space Rider is Europe’s reusable uncrewed robo...
  • ESA’s Solar Orbiter May Have Discovered the Source of Solar Wind European Spaceflight · 24 Aug 2023 The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a number of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. These jets may be the long-sought-after source of solar wind. Work on the So...
  • SAB Orbital Vehicle Could Work in Concert With Space Rider European Spaceflight · 23 Aug 2023 Italian-based space transportation company SAB Launch Services is studying ways that its IOSHEX orbital vehicle could work in concert with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Rider vehicle. Space Rider is an ESA-led...

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