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 […]
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Godspeed as Arianespace’s Vega soars on its grand finale launch for ESA’s Sentinel-2C mission
Arianespace’s Vega successful soared from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its last journey on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 at 10.50 p.m. local time (September 5th, at 1.50 a.m. […]
Arianespace scrubs grand finale launch of ESA’s Vega for Sentinel-2C mission, plans new date
ESA released the announcement:Next launch: Vega, VV24: “Due to electrical issues on the ground links, the launch chronology was interrupted and additional checks are being conducted to confirm a new […]
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 […]
Arianespace Vega C plans for an ESA SMILE in 2025
The Vega C will launch the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). SMILE is designed to […]
Thales Alenia Space to develop the radar instrument for ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer Harmony satellites mission
Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a first 7M€ contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the Earth Observation Synthetic Aperture […]
Arianespace will launch Kompsat-6 with the Vega C for KARI
Arianespace has announced a launch contract for the Earth Observation (EO) satellite Kompsat-6 that will be delivered to orbit for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) by the Vega C […]
ClearSpace to launch the first active debris removal mission with Arianespace Vega C
ClearSpace and Arianespace have signed a launch contract for ClearSpace-1, the first, active, debris removal mission that will capture and deorbit a derelict space debris object of more than 100 […]
Arianespace’s Vega C to launch Clear Space’s first active debris removal mission
Arianespace and ClearSpace signed a launch contract for ClearSpace-1, the first active debris removal mission that will capture and deorbit a derelict space debris of 112 kg. The launch, scheduled […]
SpaceX launches D-Orbit’s OTV ION in a first mid-inclination orbit
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Starfield, the eighth commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION), and the first one in a […]