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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ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 December 2024 at 22:20 […]
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 […]
Arianespace will launch the EU’s Copernicus EO Sentinel-1C satellite
Earlier this month, Arianespace announced that the company will be launching the Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite, for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European […]
Ariane Space readies for last Vega rocket launch to send Sentinel-2C on multispectral imager mission
The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftof on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be on ESA WebTV […]
Ariane 6’s wet dress rehearsal
The launch of the European Space Agency’s all-new Ariane 6 rocket gets ever-closer. Last week technicians at ESA’s Kourou, French Guiana spaceport completed a full ‘wet’ dress rehearsal of the […]
OQ Technology’s MACSAT 5G IoT mission launch date revealed
Following the recent 13 million euro Series A funding round, OQ Technology has announced March of 2023 as the planned launch date for the MACSAT mission. The on-orbit pathfinder mission, […]
Atos provides testing equipment for improvements of European Space Agency’s Vega-C rocket
Atos is supporting the European Space Agency (ESA) in its planned improvements for Vega-C, the new single body rocket, whose inaugural launch took place on July 13, 2022. Atos contributes to this program by providing key […]
ICEYE signs SAR smallsat launch agreement with SAB Launch Services
Last month, SAB Launch Services S.r.l., a company part of the SAB group that specializes in smallsat launch service provision on Arianespace missions, and ICEYE signed an agreement to fly […]
Curtiss-Wright provides the Vega-C launcher with the telemetry data system
Curtiss-Wright Defense Systems provided a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), telemetry data subsystem for the new Vega-C launcher. Vega-C is designed to deliver government, commercial and science payloads weighing up to 2,200 kg. […]