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ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport

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 […]

Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C

On Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]