Norway hosts mainland Europe's first orbital vehicle launchA German start-up, Isar Aerospace, plans to test its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Andoya Spaceport, marking the first flight of an orbital...
24 Mar, 2025, 12.12 PM IST
European rocket successfully carries out first commercial missionEurope's new rocket Ariane 6 successfully carried out its first commercial mission on Thursday, placing a French military satellite into or...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Europe's Maiaspace steps up effort to counter SpaceX with reusable rocketThe plan to set up Maiaspace was announced in December 2021 by then French Finance Minister Bruno Lemaire who voiced ambitions to build "ou...
09 Dec, 2024, 07.23 PM IST
Elon Musk teams up with India for a groundbreaking satellite launch – Find out more!India will launch its largest communication satellite, Gsat-20, using SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket. The satellite, weighing 4,700 kg, exceeds t...
17 Nov, 2024, 07.30 PM IST
Is helium the hidden villain behind space missions?NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will remain on the International Space Station for months due to a faulty propulsion system with ...
11 Sep, 2024, 07.10 PM IST
With launch of new rocket Ariane 6, Europe rejoins the space raceESA's Ariane 6 launch from French Guiana, hailed by Lucía Linares and staff, signifies Europe's restored space access. Built by ArianeGroup...
10 Jul, 2024, 01.56 PM IST
Spain Space Summit: Europe to issue launcher "challenge" in Seville space talksThe head of the European Space Agency (ESA) was speaking at the start of two days of ministerial talks in Seville, Spain, on efforts to sho...
06 Nov, 2023, 09.55 PM IST
Spain Space Summit: Europe to decide its future in space at crucial meetingThe first day of the summit is devoted to a meeting of ministers from the 22 ESA member states, which includes most European Union nations ...
06 Nov, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
Spain Space Summit: Europe urged not to repeat tech underdog role ahead of talksEurope has carved out a leading role in climate observation, navigation and space science but has not targeted a prime role in human explor...
06 Nov, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
Spain's PLD Space launches private reusable rocket in milestone for EuropeSpanish company PLD Space successfully launched its reusable Miura-1 rocket, marking Europe's first fully private rocket launch. The rocket...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
Europe eyes Elon Musk's SpaceX to bridge launch gap left by Russia tensionsThe private American competitor to Europe's Arianespace has emerged as a key contender to plug a temporary gap alongside Japan and India, b...
12 Aug, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
6 days after HysIS success, ISRO launches heaviest satellite GSAT-11 from French GuianaWeighing about 5,854 kg, GSAT-11 is the "heaviest" satellite built by ISRO.
05 Dec, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Indo-French love affair for rockets spans across Europe, Asia and South AmericaBlamont wants India and France to jointly launch an orbiter to Venus that will then send balloons down into the little understood atmospher...
16 Oct, 2016, 01.40 PM IST
- Indian communication satellite GSAT-18 put into orbit
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) An Indian communication satellite GSAT-18 was successfully put into orbit by Ariane 5 rocket belonging to French comp...
06 Oct, 2016, 08.00 AM IST
- Unfavourable weather condition delays launch of Indian satellite
Chennai, Oct 5 (IANS) The liftoff of Ariane 5 rocket with Indian satellite GSAT-18 has been postponed to October 6 due to unfavourable weat...
05 Oct, 2016, 08.20 AM IST
A SpaceX competitor just released plans they've been developing that could revolutionize spaceflightEurope's leading aerospace companies, Airbus, on June 5, unveiled design plans for a reusable Ariane rocket, made by the French-based compa...
09 Jun, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
GSAT-16 launch deferred for second time due to bad weather"GSAT-16 launch rescheduled on early morning of December 6, 2014 at 02:09 hrs (IST) is postponed due to inclement weather conditions at Fre...
06 Dec, 2014, 01.31 AM IST