The French Government Funds Commercial In-Orbit Serving Missions
The French government has awarded funding to an Infinite Orbits-led consortium to perform a pair of in-orbit servicing missions.
Toulouse-based Infinite Orbits was founded in...
CNES Chief Responds Harshly to Eumetsat’s Decision to Ditch Ariane 6
CNES chief Philippe Baptiste has responded to Eumetsat's decision to ditch Ariane 6 for Falcon 9, saying that it is a “brutal change” and...
Firefly Will Launch its Alpha Rocket From Esrange in Sweden
Firefly Aerospace has signed a collaborative agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch its Alpha rocket from Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.
The Esrange...
PLD Space Offers Free Flights Aboard First Two Miura 5 Flights
Spanish rocket builder PLD Space has launched a new programme to offer space aboard the first two flights of its Miura 5 rocket for...
Arianespace Advocates Enforcing European Launcher Preference
Arianespace head of public affairs Charlotte Lang has advocated for legislation that would require European missions to be launched aboard European rockets.
Lang made the...
Sweden’s SSC Tapped to Provide Ground Support for US Lunar Lander
The Swedish Space Cooperation (SSC) has signed a collaboration agreement with the US arm of the Japanese space company ispace to provide ground services...
Latitude Awarded €15M in New France 2030 Funding
French rocket builder Latitude has been awarded €15 million by the French government to fund two development projects.
Latitude is developing a two-stage rocket called...
ESA Signs Off on Argonaut Lunar Lander Engine Test
An ESA-led Test Review Board has signed off on a hot fire test campaign of an engine being developed by ArianeGroup for the European...
PLD Space Likely to Be the First to Use New Launch Complex in Kourou
ESA director of space transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen has revealed that PLD Space is likely to be the first company to launch a rocket from...
Italy’s Council of Ministers Approve Framework Law on Space
Italy’s Council of Ministers, led by Minister of Business and “Made in Italy” Adolfo Urso, has approved the country’s first comprehensive framework law on...
