CNES Selects HEMERIA to Produce 90 Research Balloons
CNES has renewed its contract with aerospace and defense company HEMERIA to produce stratospheric balloons for the French space agency's scientific campaigns.
Signed on 11...
ESA Sign Agreement with Axiom Space
The European Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Axiom Space to explore collaborations in the fields of human spaceflight, science, technology,...
Arianespace Launch Europe’s Final Mission of 2023 Aboard Vega
Arianespace launched a Vega rocket in the early hours of 9 October, carrying two primary payloads and ten small secondary payloads. The VV23 flight...
PLD Space Successfully Debuts Suborbital Miura 1 Rocket
Spanish launch startup PLD Space has successfully launched the maiden flight of its suborbital Miura 1 rocket. The launch was conducted at 00:19 UTC...
POLARIS Spaceplanes take Delivery of a Pair of Aerospike Engines
Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has announced that on 4 October, it took delivery of a pair of its in-house designed AS1 aerospike engines.
The...
PLD Space Prepare for Third Attempt at Maiden Miura 1 Flight
Spanish launch startup PLD Space has announced that it has kicked off a launch campaign to perform the maiden flight of its suborbital Miura...
Germany Advocates Competitive Launch Procurement Process
Germany has announced its intention to pursue a competitive procurement process when purchasing launch services. The country also intends to use its position within...
Alba Orbital Move into new PocketQube Manufacturing Facility
Scottish satellite builder and mission management company Alba Orbital announced 2 October that it had begun the process of moving into a new manufacturing...
Vega C Nozzle Design to Blame for Zefiro 40 Test Failure
An investigation launched following a failed Vega C second stage test has identified the design of the nozzle as the cause of the failure.
In...
ESA Calls for Small Moon Mission Ideas
A call for proposals from the European Space Agency is asking European industry to submit ideas for "small lunar missions."
The call was published as...
