Tag: Arianesapce
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ESA’s Space Rider likely to launch third quarter of 2025, program manager says
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Rider program has officially begun its validation and testing phase, as it prepares for a maiden flight in the third quarter of 2025. Space Rider is Europe’s reusable uncrewed robotic laboratory that will provide an “end-to-end integrated space transportation system” for commercial customers. After launching into space, Space Rider…
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ESA’s Aeolus assisted reentry is ‘pushing the limits’ of space tech and safety
The only satellite to measure the globe’s wind profile from space, Aeolus, has concluded its mission and returned to Earth through a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry on Friday, July 28. The satellite exceeded its mission by two years since its launch in 2018, and with limited propellant left over, ground teams were able to lower the…
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Inquiry finds Vega failed after violent event during early second stage flight
Arianespace has published the findings from an Independent Inquiry Commission tasked with analyzing the failure of Vega Flight VV15. Vega failed during the launch of the Falcon Eye-1 satellite in July. The overview concludes the second stage failed 14 seconds into its burn, via a sudden and violent event via a “thermo-structural failure in the…