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Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Called Off Minutes Before Launch Due To "Anomaly"
Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off on Monday due to an "anomaly" on the ground.
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Vega-C Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight with Sentinel-1C Launch After 2022 Failure
The Vega-C rocket has successfully resumed operations, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite. After a failure in 2022, Vega-C’s design was updated, allowing it to complete this mission. Sentinel-1C will work alongside Sentinel-1A to enhance Earth’s monitoring capabilities. The launch took place from the Guiana Space C...
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ISRO Puts PROBA-3 In Orbit. A 10-Point Guide About The European Satellite
Indian space agency ISRO today successfully launched the European Space Agency's PROBA-3 satellite. The launch was on board ISRO's workhorse rocket - the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV in its 61st commercial mission 'C-59'.
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Iran Launches 2nd Satellite This Year Amid Concerns Raised By US, Europe
Iran has launched a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the Revolutionary Guards, state media reported.
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Epic Games Launches Its iOS App Store in Europe, Brings Fortnite Back to the Platform After Four Years
Epic Games announced the launch of its app store on iOS in the European Union as well as on Android globally, on Friday. Dubbed Epic Games Store, the app store has made its debut with games such as Fortnite, Rocket League Sideswipe, and Fall Guys. The launch of the app store in iOS was possible due to last year’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the ...
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Watch: Rafale Jets' "Bubble Of Protection" As Rocket Takes Off For Space
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasted off carrying satellites on July 9. The lift-off marked the return of Europe's access to outer space.
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Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Launched After 4-Year Delay
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully blasted off for the first time on Tuesday, releasing satellites into orbit and restoring the continent's independent access to space.
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Will Europe's Latest Heavy Lift Rocket Take On Elon Musk's SpaceX?
Europe lost its heavy rocket launching capability nearly a year ago when the Ariane-5 - owned by the European Space Agency - retired on July 5, 2023. Its replacement - the Ariane-6 - had been in the making since at least 2014.
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Europe Satellite Operator Cancels Ariane 6 Plans, To Go With SpaceX: Report
Europe's weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported.
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Russia Launches Angara-A5 Space Rocket At Third Attempt
A Russian rocket blasted off for a test flight on Thursday at the third try, after previous launch attempts earlier this week were aborted in the final seconds of countdown.
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2 Killed, Over 50 Injured As Russia Pounds Ukraine After Putin Vows Revenge
Russia on Tuesday rained missiles on the Ukrainian capital and other cities killing one person and injuring dozens, with downed rockets hitting high-rise buildings and sparking fires.
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Europe's Euclid Telescope Captures Unprecedented Views Of Deep Space
The Euclid space telescope was launched in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Europe's Jupiter Spacecraft Successfully Separates From Rocket
The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft successfully separated from its Ariane 5 rocket after launching on Friday, which means the probe has begun an eight-year journey to explore Jupiter's icy moons.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Commission Two ESA Launches to Fill Gap Left by Russia
Europe will commission two rocket launches from Elon Musk's SpaceX after the Ukraine conflict barred access to Russia's Soyuz, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday. The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA's DART spacecraft which last month succeeded in altering the path of a m...
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James Webb, the Largest-Ever Space Telescope, to Be Launched on Christmas Eve; Rocket Mounting Complete
James Webb Space Telescope, the largest space telescope ever and the most noteworthy after Hubble, has been placed atop the Ariane 5, the rocket which will launch it to space from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Called Off Minutes Before Launch Due To "Anomaly"
Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off on Monday due to an "anomaly" on the ground.
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Vega-C Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight with Sentinel-1C Launch After 2022 Failure
The Vega-C rocket has successfully resumed operations, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite. After a failure in 2022, Vega-C’s design was updated, allowing it to complete this mission. Sentinel-1C will work alongside Sentinel-1A to enhance Earth’s monitoring capabilities. The launch took place from the Guiana Space C...
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ISRO Puts PROBA-3 In Orbit. A 10-Point Guide About The European Satellite
Indian space agency ISRO today successfully launched the European Space Agency's PROBA-3 satellite. The launch was on board ISRO's workhorse rocket - the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV in its 61st commercial mission 'C-59'.
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Iran Launches 2nd Satellite This Year Amid Concerns Raised By US, Europe
Iran has launched a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the Revolutionary Guards, state media reported.
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Epic Games Launches Its iOS App Store in Europe, Brings Fortnite Back to the Platform After Four Years
Epic Games announced the launch of its app store on iOS in the European Union as well as on Android globally, on Friday. Dubbed Epic Games Store, the app store has made its debut with games such as Fortnite, Rocket League Sideswipe, and Fall Guys. The launch of the app store in iOS was possible due to last year’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the ...
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Watch: Rafale Jets' "Bubble Of Protection" As Rocket Takes Off For Space
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasted off carrying satellites on July 9. The lift-off marked the return of Europe's access to outer space.
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Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Launched After 4-Year Delay
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully blasted off for the first time on Tuesday, releasing satellites into orbit and restoring the continent's independent access to space.
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Will Europe's Latest Heavy Lift Rocket Take On Elon Musk's SpaceX?
Europe lost its heavy rocket launching capability nearly a year ago when the Ariane-5 - owned by the European Space Agency - retired on July 5, 2023. Its replacement - the Ariane-6 - had been in the making since at least 2014.
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Europe Satellite Operator Cancels Ariane 6 Plans, To Go With SpaceX: Report
Europe's weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported.
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Russia Launches Angara-A5 Space Rocket At Third Attempt
A Russian rocket blasted off for a test flight on Thursday at the third try, after previous launch attempts earlier this week were aborted in the final seconds of countdown.
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2 Killed, Over 50 Injured As Russia Pounds Ukraine After Putin Vows Revenge
Russia on Tuesday rained missiles on the Ukrainian capital and other cities killing one person and injuring dozens, with downed rockets hitting high-rise buildings and sparking fires.
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Europe's Euclid Telescope Captures Unprecedented Views Of Deep Space
The Euclid space telescope was launched in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Europe's Jupiter Spacecraft Successfully Separates From Rocket
The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft successfully separated from its Ariane 5 rocket after launching on Friday, which means the probe has begun an eight-year journey to explore Jupiter's icy moons.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Commission Two ESA Launches to Fill Gap Left by Russia
Europe will commission two rocket launches from Elon Musk's SpaceX after the Ukraine conflict barred access to Russia's Soyuz, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday. The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA's DART spacecraft which last month succeeded in altering the path of a m...
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James Webb, the Largest-Ever Space Telescope, to Be Launched on Christmas Eve; Rocket Mounting Complete
James Webb Space Telescope, the largest space telescope ever and the most noteworthy after Hubble, has been placed atop the Ariane 5, the rocket which will launch it to space from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
