ESA   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

CNES selects Sirius Space Services for vacant slot at Guiana Space Centre’s future multi-user commercial launch facility

CNES has chosen Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s future multi-user commercial launch facility, taking the last available site on the former Diamant launch pad in French Guiana after MaiaSpace exited the position. The decision highlights CNES’s continued effort to sustain European small-launch activity at Kourou.

2026-06-18T04:21:45.050880-07:00
Leadership   North America   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space  
Bloomberg • Carmen Arroyo

SpaceX Picks Sequoia’s Roelof Botha to Board Days After IPO

By Bloomberg: SpaceX said it had elected Roelof Botha, a long-time Sequoia Capital investor, to join the board as an independent director, less than a week after the Elon Musk-led company’s record-setting initial public offering.

Also: Fortune and Bloomberg Law
2026-06-17T14:34:48.739720-07:00
ArianeGroup   ESA   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation  
Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

ESA assesses what it would take to increase Ariane 6 cadence to 15 missions or more per year, before 2030

By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — The European Space Agency (ESA) is examining ways to increase the launch rates of its Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega-C medium-lift rockets to capture what’s almost certain to be a surge in demand starting now and continuing through the end of the decade.

Also: Aviation Week
2026-06-17T11:23:25.674910-07:00