On February 13, 2012, the European Space Agency launched its brand-new Vega rocket on its maiden voyage. For its debut, the Vega rocket launched nine small satellites into Earth's orbit. It lifted off ...

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The ClearSpace-1 mission is due to launch in 2025 to rendezvous with a piece of a Vega rocket. This illustration shows ClearSpace-1 capturing the debris with robotic arms. The mission will aim to ...

Spain will launch this Thursday from Cape Canaveral with a 'Falcon 9' rocket the military satellite SPAINSAT NG I, the largest, most sophisticated, and expensive satellite our country has had: "45% ...

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SMILE is now set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, according to ESA director general Josef Aschbacher, speaking during an annual press briefing on Jan. 9.

The use case motivating the work is given by the problem of managing the integration activities involved in the final assembly of the Vega rocket at the European space center in Kourou, French Guiana.

which is set to become the launch service provider of the Vega-C rocket. As announced in 2023, the Italian rocket company is... Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997.

The mission aims to shed light on space weather processes and their effects on Earth. SMILE is now set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, according to ESA director general ...

Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission. Europe's Vega ...