spaceflight, 1 year ago to space

🇪🇺 "Normally, selecting the #launch #provider for communication #satellites that cost eight or nine figures is accompanied by a press release and plenty of celebration. That the #European #SpaceAgency, #Eutelsat, #Airbus, and #Thales #Alenia said next to nothing until the last moment says a lot about how all parties involved #really #feel about transferring three of their satellites onto #SpaceX #rockets. All three were #intended to launch on #Ariane #rockets" https://www.teslarati.com/european-spacecraft-spacex-falcon-9-launches

📆 January 5, 2023 The #French 🇫🇷 #aerospace industries association, #GIFAS, said #Europe’s 🇪🇺 #launch sector was in an “unprecedented #crisis situation” with the delayed availability of #Ariane 6 and the recent failure of the medium-lift #Vega-C rocket https://www.spaceintelreport.com/two-uncomfortable-truths-europes-launch-sector-is-in-crisis-and-no-one-knows-how-to-end-it/

#SpacePolitics #SpaceAgency #SpaceLogistics #RocketScience #ArianeSpace #ESA #EUspace

spaceflight, 1 year ago to space

#Germany 🇩🇪 , #Italy 🇮🇹 , and the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧 (which is a member of the #ESA but not the #European Union) have started #microlaunch #companies that are building #rockets capable of lifting several hundred kilograms to #LEO.
These companies, including #IsarAerospace, #RocketFactory #Augsburg (#RFA), and #HyImpulse in Germany, #PLD Space in #Spain 🇪🇸 , and #Orbex and #Skyrora in #Britain, operate much more like the #US 🇺🇸 #commercial #space industry https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past

#SpaceCompany