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SyLEx test rocket gives France new suborbital launch option
ArianeGroup has completed the first flight of its new SyLEx sounding rocket system, providing France with an in-country suborbital launch capability for experiments and technology tests operated by the French Defence Procurement and Technology Agency DGA.
The launch took place on November 28, 2025 from the DGA Missile Testing Centre at Biscarrosse and used the single stage version of the S New BlackSky satellite delivers rapid high-resolution imagery of strategic port operations
BlackSky Technology Inc. has provided the first set of very high-resolution images from its third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 hours after launch. The company released images taken over the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at 10:08 a.m. local time on November 22, 2025. The images document activity such as cargo container movement using large cranes, drayage operations involving t Sun-watcher SOHO celebrates thirty years
On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission.
From its outpost 1.5 million km away from Earth in the direction of the Sun, SOHO enjoys uninterrupted views of our star. It has provided a nearly continuous record of our Sun’s activity for close to three 11-year-long solar cycles.
Video: HydroGNSS launch highlights
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Flooding in Sri Lanka
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Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across the region. Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured an image over the region yesterday, 30 November 2025, as well an image one month ago, showing the extent of flooding. 