A 2022 update on the status of ESA's Space Rider reusable spacecraft.

ESA Space Rider update from programme manager Dante Galli

At its most basic, ESA’s Space Rider spacecraft is an uncrewed robotic laboratory in orbit that is the size of around two minivans. It...
A deep dive into everything we know about ArianeGroup's mysterious Maiaspace launch startup.

Everything we know about ArianeGroup’s mysterious Maiaspace startup

Updated information: An exclusive update on ArianeGroup’s MaiaSpace startup. On December 6, 2021, the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery Bruno Le Maire announced...
European Spaceflight spoke Sentinel-1B mission manager Pierre Potin regarding the investigation into the satellite's power problems.

Sentinel-1B update from mission manager Pierre Potin

In an email to European Spaceflight, Copernicus Sentinel-1 Mission Manager Pierre Potin has shed some light on a power issue that the Sentinel-1B satellite...
It has been revealed that Sentinel-1B has suffered a power issue.

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...
Isar Aerospace to launch seven institutional payloads aboard maiden Spectrum launch.

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...
Credit: ESA/CubeMAP consortium

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...
Motive Offshore Group has begun construction of a state-of-the-art launch platform for UK launch startup Orbex.

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 has awarded €200m contract to Airbus Defence and Space to build the agency's Ariel exoplanet observatory.

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...
RFA-One

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...
The Orion service module that will carry astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 is ready for integration.

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...
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