The European Space Agency has decided to make significant changes to ClearSpace-1, including the mission's target.
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I love it when it plan comes together. Credit: ESA/ArianeGroup/Arianespace/CNES

.CNES has published a call aimed at securing a new tenant for the old Soyuz launch site at the Guiana Space Centre.
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.Shetland News with a great shot of the Rocket Factory Augsburg RFA ONE first stage atop its launch stool at SaxaVord Spaceport UK - shetnews.co.uk/2024/04/25/spa…

The first integrated Ariane 6 central core has been lifted to the vertical position atop its launch pad ahead of its maiden flight.
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Update on the final Avio Vega flight: Components for the mission have begun to arrive in French Guiana. The CNES image descriptions don't specify which components of the launcher are in the crates. Credit: CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/T Leduc

Integration is complete and no earlier than 30 April is the expected launch date. Getting close now.

ArianeGroup announced on 15 April that it had completed the final Ariane 6 upper stage hot fire test, which did not include a Vinci ignition. europeanspaceflight.com/the-mysterious…

The first HyImpulse Technologies suborbital SR75 rocket has arrived in Australia ahead of its maiden flight from the Koonibba Test Range.
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An Avio shareholder has questioned the company’s commitment to improving the reliability of its launch service.
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An early Ariane 6 design proposal.

.ClearSpace has completed the Preliminary Design Review for a space debris removal mission commissioned by the UK Space Agency.
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Finnish Earth observation data provider ICEYE has closed a $93 million growth funding round to accelerate the growth of its SAR satellite constellation.
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UK rocket builder @Orbex has announced that it has secured £16.7 million in additional funding as it prepares for the maiden flight of Prime.
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.CNES has successfully qualified a new transport vehicle for ferrying P120C boosters for Ariane 6 and Vega C missions.
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.Space Rider was initially called PRIDE.

French orbital defence startup Dark has secured $6 million in additional seed funding as it works toward a 2026 demonstration mission.
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Here's official confirmation that it was a successful hot fire test - twitter.com/ArianeGroup/st…

Australia's Minister for Industry and Science has been questioned about the cost and potential return on investment of one of its citizens taking part in the European Space Agency's astronaut training process.
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