Progress Made at SaxaVord, but Questions Remain
Last month, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority awarded a spaceport licence to SaxaVord, granting it permission to perform 30 launches per year from Unst,...
SUAS Aerospace Aims to Launch Orbital Flights from Ireland
Irish startup SUAS Aerospace was founded in 2022 with the aim of building a launch facility in Ireland capable of supporting both suborbital and...
ESA Will Not Open an Investigation into How Vega Tanks Went Missing
The European Space Agency has told European Spaceflight that it does not intend to open an independent inquiry into how a pair of propellant...
HyImpulse and Orbex Received £6.7M in UK Space Agency Funding
The UK Space Agency has awarded £6.7 million in funding to Orbex and HyImpulse to "help cement the UK's position as Europe's leading destination...
ArianeGroup CEO Finally Says Quiet Part Out Loud
ArianeGroup CEO Martin Sion has suggested that the company may not have "understood the reality of the situation" when it promised to debut Ariane...
Beyond Gravity Unveils Reusable Fairing Concept
Zurich-based Beyond Gravity has announced a reusable fairing concept that would be recovered along with the first stage of a rocket.
Traditional fairings are created...
SaxaVord Owes Contractors Money it Can’t Pay
Shetland Space Centre Limited owes approximately one million pounds to Shetland-based DITT Construction for the development of SaxaVord spaceport, two sources told European Spaceflight....
Avio and Arianespace Finalize Divorce Terms
During the 2023 Space Summit in Seville, European Space Agency member states agreed to allow Avio to market and manage the launch of Vega...
ArianeGroup to Receive €340M Per Year to Operate Ariane 6
Member states of the European Space Agency have committed to provide ArianeGroup with up to €340 million a year to operate Ariane 6. In...
Kuva Space Raises €16.6M for Subscription-Based Hyperspectral Imaging Service
Finnish Earth observation startup Kuva Space has closed an oversubscribed funding round that raised €16.6 million.
The company announced on 2 November that it...
