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Spaceflight 🚀

#Amazon is under time pressure ⏱️. The license issued by the US regulatory authorities for the operation of #satellite internet in 2020 requires half of the satellite network to be completed by 📆 July 2026. The rest must be in orbit by July 2029 ⏳. More than 30 additional launches are planned with other companies, such as #Arianespace and #BlueOrigin. Even the competitor #SpaceX is helping out heise.de/en/news/Amazon-launch

heise online · Amazon launches the first internet satellites for Project Kuiper next weekBy Frank Schräer
#Kuiper#ULA#Ariane6
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🇪🇺 EUROPE
🔴 ESA Launches $182M Plan to Boost Commercial Rockets

🔸 New “Launcher Challenge” seeks private EU firms to orbit payloads from 2026–2030.
🔸 ESA drops rigid control—no specs on reusability or rocket size.
🔸 Funding hinges on home countries backing winners (France, Germany, Norway).
🔸 Aim: End reliance on Russia & SpaceX, build EU launch independence.

#ESA#Europe#Ariane6
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#ESA:
"After the successful delivery of CSO-3, Ariane 6 demonstrated the full potential of its upper stage. The Auxiliary Propulsion Unit ignited as expected, and the Vinci engine’s third boost put the upper stage into a reentry orbit to safely burn up through Earth’s atmosphere, preventing accumulation of space debris. This confirms the full capability of Ariane 6."

esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space

www.esa.intAriane 6 takes flight for the second timeEurope’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:24 local time on 6 March (16:24 GMT, 17:24 CET). This was the first commercial flight for Ariane 6, flight VA263, delivering the CSO-3 satellite to orbit. Arianespace was the operator and launch service provider for the French Procurement agency (DGA) and France’s space agency CNES on behalf of the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).
#APU#Ariane6#Arianespace
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MediaFaro Analysis

Ariane 6 successfully completes first commercial mission.

The European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket successfully launched a French military satellite into space this week on its first commercial mission.

It successfully launched a CSO-3 French military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 kilometres.

mediafaro.org/article/20250307

Euronews · Ariane 6 successfully completes first commercial mission.By Euronews
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Matt × 🇳🇴 🇺🇦

@MeanwhileinCanada Meanwhile in France the European Space Agency 🇪🇺 are doing what 'wish.com NASA' can't. 🚀

esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space

www.esa.intAriane 6 takes flight for the second timeEurope’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:24 local time on 6 March (16:24 GMT, 17:24 CET). This was the first commercial flight for Ariane 6, flight VA263, delivering the CSO-3 satellite to orbit. Arianespace was the operator and launch service provider for the French Procurement agency (DGA) and France’s space agency CNES on behalf of the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).
#Space#Europe#SpaceX
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Luke Drury

Schadenfreude is not a pretty thing, but hard to resist! I watched online yesterday the perfect Ariane6 launch and there were several annoying Musk fans in the chat talking about how outdated Ariane was compared to SpaceX. Sometimes reliable boring technology is better!

#Ariane6
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Paul_stilgar

@MAKS23

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The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, placed the CSO-3 Earth observation satellite in orbit for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French space agency (CNES) for the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).

arianespace.com/news/ariane-6-

ArianespaceAriane 6 performs first commercial flight with successful launch of CSO-3 satellite - Arianespace
#europe#eu#ukraine
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