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Ariane 6 Launches Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite into Polar Orbit
Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket completed its third successful launch on Aug. 12, 2025, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 8:37 p.m. EDT. The mission carried Metop-SGA1, an 8,900-pound next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite operated by EUMETSAT. Placed into an 800 km polar orbit 64 minutes after liftoff, Metop-SGA1 will deliv...
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ESA's Moonlight Program Aims To Establish Lunar Communication, Navigation
The Moonlight programme will consist of five satellites one for high-data-rate communications and four for navigation.
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Europe's "New Frontier" Space Race Faces Big Question: Passenger Or Pilot
As the race to send people to the Moon and beyond heats up, Europe faces calls to make a choice: Keep paying for seats on spacecraft or finally fly its own manned vehicle.
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Spying Charge On Russian Scientist In Germany For Passing On Rocket Info
German prosecutors on Thursday said they had charged a Russian scientist working at a Bavarian university with espionage, accusing him of sharing information about Europe's Ariane space rocket programme with Moscow.
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Europe Resumes Galileo Satnav Deployment
Europe resumed deployment of its beleaguered Galileo satnav programme on Friday, launching a pair of satellites seven months after a rocket malfunction sent two multi-million euro orbiters awry.
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Europe Destroys Last Space Truck to International Space Station
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Sunday said it had destroyed its last supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), bringing a seven-year venture to a successful close.
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Europe's Space-Based, Laser-Powered Data Highway Passes Early Test
A European satellite beamed images to earth using new laser-based communications technology on Friday, opening the way for uninterrupted and near instantaneous viewing of natural disasters being sent to governments and relief agencies.
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Ariane 6 Launches Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite into Polar Orbit
Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket completed its third successful launch on Aug. 12, 2025, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 8:37 p.m. EDT. The mission carried Metop-SGA1, an 8,900-pound next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite operated by EUMETSAT. Placed into an 800 km polar orbit 64 minutes after liftoff, Metop-SGA1 will deliv...
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ESA's Moonlight Program Aims To Establish Lunar Communication, Navigation
The Moonlight programme will consist of five satellites one for high-data-rate communications and four for navigation.
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Europe's "New Frontier" Space Race Faces Big Question: Passenger Or Pilot
As the race to send people to the Moon and beyond heats up, Europe faces calls to make a choice: Keep paying for seats on spacecraft or finally fly its own manned vehicle.
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Spying Charge On Russian Scientist In Germany For Passing On Rocket Info
German prosecutors on Thursday said they had charged a Russian scientist working at a Bavarian university with espionage, accusing him of sharing information about Europe's Ariane space rocket programme with Moscow.
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Europe Resumes Galileo Satnav Deployment
Europe resumed deployment of its beleaguered Galileo satnav programme on Friday, launching a pair of satellites seven months after a rocket malfunction sent two multi-million euro orbiters awry.
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Europe Destroys Last Space Truck to International Space Station
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Sunday said it had destroyed its last supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), bringing a seven-year venture to a successful close.
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Europe's Space-Based, Laser-Powered Data Highway Passes Early Test
A European satellite beamed images to earth using new laser-based communications technology on Friday, opening the way for uninterrupted and near instantaneous viewing of natural disasters being sent to governments and relief agencies.
