ESA taps Astos to develop GNC tools for microlauncher startups
German space tech company Astos Solutions has won a European Space Agency contract for the "Reconfigurable Control Design Framework for Micro-Launcher" project.
Announced on March...
Vega C independent inquiry findings fuel PR headache for ESA
On March 3, an independent inquiry formed to investigate the cause of the 20 December failure of the first commercial flight of the Avio-built...
Spanish Space Agency Statute Approved by Council of Ministers
Spain's Council of Ministers has approved a statute regulating the activities of its recently launched national space agency.
Approved on March 7, the statute...
Vega C Will Not Return to Flight Until Late 2023
An independent inquiry commission investigating the loss of the Vega C VV22 mission on 21 December 2022 identified a flaw in the carbon-carbon material...
ArianeGroup Invest €6M More into MaiaSpace
According to public filings, ArianeGroup invested €6 million more into MaiaSpace in late January. Filings indicate that MaiaSpace issued an additional 1.5 million shares...
Airbus to put Space Situational Awareness Startup to the Test
European aerospace and defence giant Airbus has signed a contract with French space situational awareness startup Share My Space. Under the contract, Airbus will...
Mysterious new Celestia nanosatellite production facility announced
Spanish launch and nanosatellite manufacturing startup Celestia Aerospace announced yesterday that it had entered into an agreement with the City of Sabadell and Consorci...
2023 ESA Space Rider update from programme manager Dante Galli
The maiden flight of ESA's reusable Space Rider spacecraft is now slated for the fourth quarter of 2024 aboard a Vega-C rocket. This represents...
Isar Signs First Launch Contract with a US-Based Customer
US-based in-orbit space logistics company Spaceflight Inc. has signed a launch services agreement with German launch startup Isar Aerospace. This is the first time...
MaiaSpace CEO admits reusing small launchers is a challenging prospect
During an interview with French television channel B SMART, MaiaSpace CEO Yohann Leroy described the challenges of implementing reusability in a small launch vehicle....
