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Ariane 6 launches pair of Galileo satellites, strengthening Europe’s navigation resilience

On 17 December an Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, deploying two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit. The mission — Arianespace's latest — marks the 14th launch for the Galileo constellation and bolsters European navigation resilience and autonomy.

2025-12-16T21:52:08.293366-08:00

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ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

SpaceNews.com

ESA secures record €22bn ministerial package, but exploration programmes face funding shortfalls

2025-11-27T12:22:30.681208-08:00

European Spaceflight

Ariane 6 launches Copernicus Sentinel‑1D, securing Europe’s radar‑imaging continuity

2025-11-04T13:53:11.213600-08:00

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PLD Space outlines plans for €169m in European Launcher Challenge funds PLD Space has outlined how it will deploy €169m allocated under ESA’s European Launcher Challenge; Raúl Verdú, the company’s head of business development, said the real value lies in extracting ESA knowledge to accelerate development and industrialisation of its launcher programmes.

2025-12-16T22:09:21.600707-08:00

PLD Space outlines plans for €169m in European Launcher Challenge funds

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Ariane 6 launches pair of Galileo satellites, strengthening Europe’s navigation resilience On 17 December an Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, deploying two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit. The mission — Arianespace's latest — marks the 14th launch for the Galileo constellation and bolsters European navigation resilience and autonomy.

2025-12-16T21:52:08.293366-08:00

Ariane 6 launches pair of Galileo satellites, strengthening Europe’s navigation resilience

European Spaceflight

ESA member states commit €100m to evolve Ariane 6 ASTRIS kick stage into orbital transfer vehicle ESA member states have committed €100 million to develop the Ariane 6 ASTRIS kick stage into a dedicated orbital transfer vehicle, funding adaptations to enable satellite transfer and increased mission flexibility as Ariane 6 transitions into routine operations.

2025-12-16T21:31:11.047322-08:00

ESA member states commit €100m to evolve Ariane 6 ASTRIS kick stage into orbital transfer vehicle

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UK's Pulsar Fusion wins ESA backing to advance thruster tech UK-based Pulsar Fusion, a developer of propulsion engines for space exploration, has secured backing from the European Space Agency to advance its thruster technology. The endorsement should accelerate technology maturation and improve the company's prospects for integration into European space programmes.

2025-12-16T11:40:12.078660-08:00

UK's Pulsar Fusion wins ESA backing to advance thruster tech

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ESA's Bremen ministerial secures more than €22bn — Europe ups the stakes in space ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher won his bet at the Bremen ministerial, securing member-state commitments of more than €22 billion to fund agency programmes across science, launchers and communications. The cash injection raises Europe’s strategic and industrial ambition in space and improves multi‑year visibility for procurement.

2025-12-16T02:50:06.729501-08:00

ESA's Bremen ministerial secures more than €22bn — Europe ups the stakes in space

Universe Today

Inouye Solar Telescope and ESA's Solar Orbiter deliver first stereoscopic close‑ups of the Sun For the first time, simultaneous observations from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii and ESA's Solar Orbiter captured the same solar region from different vantage points, creating a stereoscopic view that reveals fine‑scale magnetic and plasma dynamics and new detail in processes driving solar activity.

2025-12-15T05:16:37.704797-08:00

Inouye Solar Telescope and ESA's Solar Orbiter deliver first stereoscopic close‑ups of the Sun

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Venturi Space's MONA LUNA rover completes driving tests at ESA's LUNA centre in Cologne Venturi Space's MONA LUNA lunar rover completed a multi-day test campaign at the European Space Agency's LUNA centre in Cologne, executing its first driving trials. The milestone comes five months after the rover's public unveiling at the Paris Air Show and advances Europe's lunar surface capabilities.

2025-12-15T03:45:16.106121-08:00

Venturi Space's MONA LUNA rover completes driving tests at ESA's LUNA centre in Cologne

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JWST confirms earliest-known supernova, detects its host galaxy from the Cosmic Dawn James Webb has confirmed the earliest-known supernova as the source of a gamma‑ray burst and, for the first time at this distance, detected the event's host galaxy. The explosion occurred when the universe was roughly 730 million years old (≈13 billion years), and Webb's rapid follow-up corroborated other observations.

2025-12-09T14:26:53.883333-08:00

JWST confirms earliest-known supernova, detects its host galaxy from the Cosmic Dawn

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