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Arianespace says role in Amazon's Project Kuiper launches uncertain, flags ties with European small-launch sector

Arianespace's CEO said the company is unsure whether it will carry Amazon's Project Kuiper missions, while stressing cooperation with European small-launch developers and acknowledging Germany's push to expand domestic launch capabilities. The comments highlight tension between Ariane-scale contracts and emerging local launch ambitions.

2025-09-22T02:54:04.111551-07:00

ESA

ESA's Themis reusable first-stage erected at Esrange after ArianeGroup completes prototype integration

2025-09-19T03:11:51.821580-07:00

New York Times

SpaceX Starship Test Ends in Explosion, FAA Grounds Florida Flights

2025-03-06T14:10:02.182725-08:00

Reuters

Ariane 6's Maiden Commercial Flight Delivers CSO-3 for French Military

2025-03-06T08:55:19.048250-08:00

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Space Intel Report

Arianespace says role in Amazon's Project Kuiper launches uncertain, flags ties with European small-launch sector Arianespace's CEO said the company is unsure whether it will carry Amazon's Project Kuiper missions, while stressing cooperation with European small-launch developers and acknowledging Germany's push to expand domestic launch capabilities. The comments highlight tension between Ariane-scale contracts and emerging local launch ambitions.

2025-09-22T02:54:04.111551-07:00

Arianespace says role in Amazon's Project Kuiper launches uncertain, flags ties with European small-launch sector

ESA

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ESA's Themis reusable first-stage erected at Esrange after ArianeGroup completes prototype integration ArianeGroup has completed integration of the first full-scale Themis reusable first-stage demonstrator and the vehicle now stands on its four landing legs at Esrange/Kiruna, Sweden, ahead of combined test and hop campaigns. Despite the milestone, programme officials say Themis remains several years behind its original schedule.

2025-09-19T03:11:51.821580-07:00

ESA's Themis reusable first-stage erected at Esrange after ArianeGroup completes prototype integration

edrmagazine.eu

France's DGA awards ArianeGroup contract to develop M51.4 strategic SLBM France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) has contracted ArianeGroup to design and produce the M51.4, the fourth iteration of the M51 submarine‑launched ballistic missile. The award progresses Paris's programme to modernise its sea‑based nuclear deterrent under DGA oversight.

2025-09-13T14:20:44.635737-07:00

France's DGA awards ArianeGroup contract to develop M51.4 strategic SLBM

European Spaceflight

Avio approves €400M capital increase, backed by Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, to boost rocket and defence production Avio approved a €400 million capital increase, backed by Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, to expand rocket and defence production capacity. The funding aims to accelerate manufacturing and launch-service capabilities as Avio scales to meet growing European small-satellite launch and defence procurement demand.

2025-09-12T02:21:09.011187-07:00

Avio approves €400M capital increase, backed by Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, to boost rocket and defence production

Via Satellite

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Ariane 6 Deploys First MetOp-SG A1 with Sentinel-5, Kicking Off Next-Gen Weather Monitoring Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher successfully placed EUMETSAT’s first MetOp Second Generation A1 satellite, carrying ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, into polar sun-synchronous orbit from Kourou, marking the rocket’s third flight. The mission initiates a new era of high-resolution weather, climate and atmospheric monitoring.

2025-08-12T19:03:15.300000-07:00

Ariane 6 Deploys First MetOp-SG A1 with Sentinel-5, Kicking Off Next-Gen Weather Monitoring

Bloomberg

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Europe’s Ariane 6 to Launch Airbus MetOp Weather Satellite in Third Flight, Aiming to Challenge SpaceX Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is set to make its third-ever launch tonight at 8:37 p.m. ET from Kourou, aiming to bolster commercial cadence by deploying an Airbus-built MetOp weather satellite on its second paid mission as Europe seeks to curb reliance on SpaceX’s launch services.

2025-08-12T01:56:06.507251-07:00

Europe’s Ariane 6 to Launch Airbus MetOp Weather Satellite in Third Flight, Aiming to Challenge SpaceX

Space.com

Vega C VV27 lofts CO2-mapping and four Earth-observation satellites At 10:03 p.m. ET on July 25, Arianespace’s Vega C VV27 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, carrying Airbus Defence & Space’s CO3D carbon dioxide-mapping satellite alongside four additional Earth-observation spacecraft, including CNES’s MicroCarb instrument.

2025-07-25T13:59:18.706018-07:00

Vega C VV27 lofts CO2-mapping and four Earth-observation satellites

satnews

Arianespace to launch CO3D and MicroCarb climate satellites on July 25 via Vega C On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will launch a pair of climate-monitoring satellites – Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D constellation and CNES’s MicroCarb – aboard its Vega C rocket to map atmospheric CO₂ sources and sinks globally, with MicroCarb’s spectrometer integrated by Thales Alenia Space UK under a UK Space Agency partnership.

2025-06-29T20:22:19.357467-07:00

Arianespace to launch CO3D and MicroCarb climate satellites on July 25 via Vega C

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