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 […]
Kourou Space Center
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 […]
PLD Space wins an ESA Boost! contract to support flexible payload accommodation
PLD Space has signed a Boost! contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a payload accommodation system on MIURA 5 that will provide greater flexibility to […]
ESA: New Galileo station goes on duty
This week marks another important milestone for the Galileo project with the ground segment formally gaining a brand-new asset. Galileo’s new Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) facility is a 13.5-meter […]
SYRACUSE 4B successfully launched by Ariane 5’s final space push
This satellite is to serve France’s sovereignty needs by connecting the nation’s armed forces that are deployed on operations As a payload passenger with the recent and final launch of […]
ARIANE 6 on the launch pad prepped for hot-ire tests
As part of the combined tests campaign, the Ariane 6 mobile gantry was retracted on June 22nd, unveiling the launch vehicle on the launch pad. During a rehearsal representative of […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) to launch from Kourou
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has signed a binding term sheet with the French space agency CNES to offer the company’s launch services from the Kourou Space […]