14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... was potential for a number of things to go wrong.” In the event, flight VV21 eventually lifted off smoothly from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:13 Kourou local time (15:13 CEST) on a mission lasting two hours and 15 minutes from launch...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
...? Space applications have become an essential part of the European infrastructure and today provide key services for Europe’s citizens Firstly, we need to make the distinction between upstream standards (used for design, development, launching and...
23 May 2016
Soyuz’ latest mission for Europe ready for launch tomorrow
...following a 3 hour plus ballistic phase. Galileo is Europe’s initiative for a state-of-the-art global satellite navigation...the full system will consist of control centres located in Europe, and a network of uplink stations and sensor stations ...
12 February 2020
Planning is submitted for Europe’s first vertical launch site
Construction on Europe’s first vertical launch site could begin later this ... and innovative venture that aims to create the first launch site of its kind in Europe,” said Mr Oxley. “Space presents a huge economic opportunity for Scotland, and the ...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
..., and most recently, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in 2021. “What a magnificent demonstration of Europe’s capacity to dream big and deliver results to match,” says Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA’s Director of Space Transportation. “We can...
31 December 2018
Spaceplane Hermes: Europe’s dream of independent manned spaceflight
... reason why this book is a welcome addition to the literature! As Europe’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle nears retirement, it is worth remembering that –... favoured (albeit retro) design. No-one knows whether Europe will one day return to the concept of a ...
