A not very helpful update on the status of Sentinel-1B
12 Jan Update from ESA Sentinel-1 team: "Strong efforts have been and are still being deployed by the ESA and industry teams to analyse...
DLR selects 7 payloads for maiden Isar Aerospace Spectrum flight
The German space agency DLR has selected seven cubesats for a late 2022 maiden launch of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket.
Isar Aerospace was selected as...
GomSpace signs €24 million ESA Scout CubeMAP contract
The European Space Agency signed a €24 million contract with GomSpace 10 November to build a trio of nanosatellites for the agency’s Scout CubeMAP...
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...
ESA award €200m contract to Airbus to build Ariel observatory
The European Space Agency announced December 7 that it had signed a €200 million contract with Airbus Defence and Space to build the agency's...
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...
First European Service Module to carry a crew is ready for transport
Airbus Defence and Space announced October 6 that the first European Service Module to carry a crew as part of NASA’s Artemis program is...
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...
