ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April […]
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Project Kuiper facing regulatory deadline
The massive Amazon-backed broadband-by-satellite system, Project Kuiper, is potentially going to miss its regulatory obligations according to reports. It seems that comments made at the recent Satellite 2025 show in […]
Forrester’s Digest: Arianespace: 4-year backlog
European rocket launch company Arianespace says it has a four-year backlog but its clients are not yet ready with their cargoes. The first mission for its Ariane 6 rocket will […]
Arianespace’s successful top secret launch for French military
The CSO-3 military observation satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane 6 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. Carrying a very-high-resolution optical instrument built by Thales Alenia […]
Arianespace schedules Thursday as new launch for Ariane 6 Flight VA263 with the CSO-3 satellite
Arianespace announced that the CSO-3 satellite launch by Arianespace for France’s DGA and CNES on behalf of the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command is scheduled for March 6, […]
Arianespace announces change of schedule for launch of Ariane 6 Flight VA263 with the CSO-3 satellite
Arianespace released a statement regarding the upcoming launch of the Ariane 6 and its passenger, the CSO-3 satellite: Due to further operations needed on a ground means interfacing with the […]
Arianespace ‘postpones’ Ariane 6 launch of French CSO-3 with operations underway
Due to further operations needed on a ground means, the launch initially planned on February 26 from Kourou, French Guiana, is postponed. The new launch date will be announced following […]
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 to launch the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency’s CSO-3 satellite
On February 26, 2025 at 1:24 p.m. local time (4:24 p.m. UTC, 5:24 p.m. CET), Arianespace will launch the CSO-3 satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French […]
Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday
Update: launch postponed to Thursday 5 December 2024. Due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry, the launch chronology has been stopped. The earliest targeted launch […]
Forrester’s Digest: Ariane 6 delayed again
The already much-delayed launch date for Europe’s giant heavy lift Ariane 6 rocket has again been delayed. Arianespace officials and the European Space Agency (ESA) said in the summer they […]