Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 19:45
Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 18:13
An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.
Ariane 6 flight VA269 - full replay
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 15:30
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On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation.
The debut of the four new boosters based on the P160C solid-propellant rocket motor allowed 36 satellites to be launched, four more than the two Leo launches Ariane 6 had delivered before.
Ariane 6 is Europe’s heavy-lift launcher and a key element of ESA’s efforts to ensure autonomous access to space for Europe’s citizens. The new P160C boosters increase considerably performance, payload capacity and competitiveness, allowing
347th ESA Council: Media information session
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 14:00
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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and outgoing ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun provide an update on the main outcomes of the 347th ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 16–17 June 2026.
Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 12:50
First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 12:00
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00:03:05
On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation.
The debut of the four new boosters based on the P160C solid-propellant rocket motor allowed 36 satellites to be launched, four more than the two Leo launches Ariane 6 had delivered before.
Ariane 6 is Europe’s heavy-lift launcher and a key element of ESA’s efforts to ensure autonomous access to space for Europe’s citizens. The new P160C boosters increase considerably performance, payload capacity and competitiveness, allowing
China conducts 4 launches in 3 days, but silence follows Kuaizhou–11 launch
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 11:18
China continued its accelerated launch pace with a series of missions, but long silence followed liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket Wednesday, suggesting potential issues.
Dawn Aerospace raises $25 million
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 10:29
Dawn Aerospace has raised $25 million to scale up its work in both in-space transportation and suborbital spaceplanes.
Look Up and Skynopy partner on automated satellite collision avoidance service
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 10:23
Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17.
ESA Council appoints two new directors
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 08:44
The European Space Agency Council has approved the appointment of two new directors: Christine Klein as Director of Controlling, Finance and Operational Procurement, and Jean-Luc Trullemans as Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs.
ESA Impact: a look at ESA’s spring milestones
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 08:24
ESA Impact: a look at ESA’s spring milestones
Dozens of dust devils hidden in plain sight
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 08:00
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured part of Mars’s Mamers Valles: a fascinating valley system speckled with brief, tornado-like whirlwinds known as dust devils.
Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite’s instrument passes vacuum test
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 07:14
One robotic arm to rule them all
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 06:12
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One robotic arm to rule them all