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EarthCARE White Dragon improves weather forecasts

The European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite was developed to make a unique set of simultaneous measurements that shed new light on the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth’s climate.

Now, in a remarkable example of a research mission delivering direct practical benefits, global observations from the satellite’s cloud profiling radar are being used operationally by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to improve daily weather forecasts – this landmark achievement marks the first time that cloud radar data from space have been assimilated into a global weather forecasting system.

After terminating $1.7 billion contract, Space Force to relaunch SCAR

British startup Shield Space plans to combine its autonomous satellite operations software with ClearSpace’s in-orbit servicing capabilities to address emerging orbital threats.

MDA Chorus

MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system.

Haven-1 research

Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the addition of several companies and organizations to its network of partners for microgravity research and manufacturing.

WASHINGTON — York Space Systems said June 24 that a satellite it built for the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Vantor has chosen BAE Systems to build its next generation of high-resolution imaging satellites.

The BepiColombo mission team eagerly gathers at ESOC's Main Control Room waiting to receive signal confirmation of the successful shutdown of the spacecraft's solar electric propulsion system.

At 15:24 CEST on 15 June 2026, a faint blue glow in space was switched off for the last time. After powering BepiColombo's eight-year journey across the inner Solar System, the spacecraft's solar electric propulsion (SEP) system completed its final thrust arc, marking the end of BepiColombo’s long cruise phase and the beginning of its arrival at Mercury. 

The art of hadrons

Wednesday, 24 June 2026 06:55
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OHB

German space company OHB will raise about half a billion euros through a stock sale to allow the company to expand facilities and pursue potential acquisitions.

Falcon Heavy launch

A report by NASA’s inspector general is the latest to highlight the problems that the increasing number of launches is posing to spaceports.

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