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![Ariane 6 during first-stage flight ©M. Pédoussaut/European Space Agency](/content/images/size/w300/2024/07/GSEcx8GXsAAts3F-1.jpg)
Europe has finally returned its domestic access to space with the debut launch of Ariane 6 on July 9th. The first Ariane 6 launch vehicle lifted off from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (Ariane Launch Complex 4) located at the Guiana Space Centre, in French Guiana in the north of
Jul 9, 2024
5 mins![A render of Ariane 6 in the A62 configuration in flight. ©ESA](/content/images/size/w300/2024/06/Artist_s_view_of_Ariane_6_as_its_two_boosters_separate_after_liftoff-1-1.jpg)
Ariane 6 is finally less than a month away from its inaugural launch from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (Ariane Launch Complex 4) at the Guiana Space Centre, located in French Guiana in the north of South America. The launch date of no earlier than July 9th was announced by
Jun 13, 2024
4 mins![A gift to future generations: EarthCARE](/content/images/size/w300/2024/05/EarthCARE.jpg)
A new Earth-observation mission has lifted off and into orbit. A Falcon 9 carrier rocket lifted the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force base. This payload, known as EarthCARE, is a European-Japanese cooperative mission meant to examine the role that clouds and aerosols
May 31, 2024
3 mins![A Long March 2C lifting off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. ©Zhang Jing/Xinhua](/content/images/size/w300/2024/01/659d09b2a3105f211c851f9e-1-1-1.png)
On the 9th of January at 15:03 pm, Beijing Time, a Long March 2C lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center carrying the Einstein Probe to a 600-kilometer low Earth orbit. The Einstein Probe is believed to weigh 1,450 kilograms and be roughly the size of an
Jan 9, 2024
3 mins![Orbex Prime during its reveal. ©Orbex](/content/images/size/w300/2023/12/380A1876-1_2022-05-26-142315_glza.jpg)
On the 13th of December, the UK-based space launch service company Orbex announced it had received 3.3 million Pound sterling, which is roughly equivalent to 4.165 million United States Dollars as of writing, from the UK Space Agency under the European Space Agency's 'Boost!'
Dec 14, 2023
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