EU Commits €100M to Improve Competitiveness of European Space Industry
The European Commission announced 10 September that it has signed an agreement with SPACE AISBL to co-manage the European Partnership for Globally Competitive Space...
Isar CEO Tempers Expectations for Inaugural Spectrum Flight
Isar Aerospace CEO Daniel Metzler has stated that he would consider the first flight of its Spectrum rocket a success if it doesn't "blow...
Airbus Demonstrates Autonomous Sample Collection for Mars Missions
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated autonomous sample collection capabilities using a four-wheeled rover called Codi.
Over the last three years, ESA and Airbus...
Greece Awards Contracts Totalling €53M to ICEYE and OroraTech
As part of its National Microsatellite Programme, Greece has selected ICEYE from Finland and OroraTech from Germany to provide the country with six Earth...
Czech Government Signs Agreement with Axiom for Astronaut Mission
The Czech government has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space. The agreement will lay the groundwork for a...
First-Gen Vega Rocket Retired After Successful Sentinel-2C Launch
The final mission of the first-generation Vega rocket has been completed with the successful deployment of the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite into...
MaiaSpace Prepares to Start Hot Fire Testing in 2025
French launch startup MaiaSpace has announced that it is preparing to conduct the first hot fire test of the upper stage of its Maia...
FrankenVega Confirmed for Sentinel 2C Launch
The final launch of an Avio rocket may have already taken place. Tomorrow’s launch will feature the first and only mission launched aboard the...
ESA Seeks Novel Propulsion Solutions for Cubesat Deorbiting
The European Space Agency has published a call for the development of disruptive satellite propulsion systems that are capable of deorbiting cubesats.
Cubesats were first...
Thruster Issues Delay BepiColombo’s Mercury Arrival by 11 Months
The European Space Agency has announced that persistent issues with the BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module's thrusters will delay its arrival around the closest planet...
