ESA Completes Full-Duration Ariane 6 Hot Fire Test
The European Space Agency has successfully completed a full-duration hot fire test of an Ariane 6 core stage. The final major milestone left on...
DLR Successfully Tests its New Red Kite Solid Rocket Motor
The German space agency DLR completed the first flight test of its Red Kite solid rocket motor that will power European sounding rockets.
Development of...
HyImpulse Ditch SaxaVord in Favour of Australia for Maiden Flight
German launch startup HyImpulse Technologies has announced that it will launch the maiden flight of its suborbital SR75 launch vehicle from the Southern Launch...
HyImpulse Inches Closer to Maiden SR75 Flight
German launch startup HyImpulse Technologies has announced the successful completion of the assembly and integration of its first SR75 launch vehicle.
The HyImpulse SR75 is...
CNES Boss on Damage Control for ArianeGroup on Ariane 6 Failures
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...
Norway Officially Opens “First Operational Spaceport in Continental Europe”
Norway has officially opened what it calls the "first operational spaceport in continental Europe." Andoya Spaceport was inaugurated on 2 November by Norway’s Crown...
German Offshore Spaceport to Host First Launch in Early 2024
The German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA) has told European Spaceflight that it is targeting between April and May for its first launch campaign.
GOSA was...
ESA Pushes Ahead with Ariane 6 Testing
ESA announced 19 October that it had adapted the Ariane 6 testing schedule to enable teams to continue to tick off key milestones while...
ESA to Create “Pool” of European Launch Service Providers
The European Space Agency has announced plans to create a "pool" of European launch service providers that will be utilized to launch European Commission...
Two Vega VV23 Payloads Failed to Deploy
A pair of payloads that were among 12 carried to orbit aboard the Arianespace-managed Vega VV23 flight failed to be deployed and likely burned...
