Vega-C Block 2 | Space Rider
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Maiden flight of the European Space Rider (Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return).
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Q3 2025
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A shared solid-fuel booster upgrade that will be used for the first time aboard an Ariane 6 rocket later this year will not be introduced aboard Vega C until 2028. The European Space Agency says the delay reflects the requirements of the s…
The European Space Agency has completed the qualification review of the P160C solid-fuel booster upgrade for Ariane 6 and Vega C, confirming that it is ready for operational use. The booster is expected to be used for the first time next y…
From the ESA Blogs.
The European Space Agency has announced that the inaugural flight of its reusable Space Rider vehicle is expected in 2028. Space Rider is an eight-metre-long reusable spacecraft designed to carry technology demonstration and scientific pay…
Romania’s National Institute for Aerospace Research ‘Elie Carafoli’ (INCAS) has completed qualification testing of the Space Rider Descent and Landing Test Model (DLRM), marking a key milestone for the programme. In December 2021, Thales A…
Ninth of ten GPS III missions.
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
NS-38 is the 17th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 38th in the New Shepard program's history.
First 2 satellites (named MR-1 and MR-2) of UK-based Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation designed to provide independent and resilient co…
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office …
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.
Chinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.