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News and updates on satellite and spacecraft launches from Europe, including new launch vehicles and upcoming missions.

Motive Offshore Group has begun construction of a state-of-the-art launch platform for UK launch startup Orbex.

Orbex has begun construction of its first “launch platform”

UK-based small satellite launch startup Orbex announced December 9 that it has begun construction of a state-of-the-art launch platform. The platform is expected to...
RFA-One

Rocket Factory Augsburg selected to launch Lunar Research Service payload

Ukraine-based Lunar Research Service has selected to launch a technology demonstrator aboard the maiden flight of the Rocket Factory Augsburg RFA One. German launch startup...
CNES has inaugurated the Guiana Space Centre’s ELA-4 launch complex that will be used to support Ariane 6 missions.

CNES inaugurates new Ariane 6 launch complex in French Guiana

The French space agency CNES has officially inaugurated the Guiana Space Centre’s ELA-4 launch complex. The facility will be used to launch Europe’s next-generation...

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