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
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'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
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
- Ariane rocket to launch Indian communication satellite on Wednesday
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) India will be sending up a communication satellite GSAT-18 using Ariane 5 rocket belonging to French company Arianesp...
04 Oct, 2016, 08.00 PM 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
India's first defence satellite GSAT-7 launched successfullyIndia's first exclusive satellite for Navy, GSAT-7, was successfully launched on Friday by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5...
30 Aug, 2013, 12.11 PM IST
India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10 launched successfullyIndia's advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early today on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in ...
29 Sep, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
Communication satellite GSAT-10 to be launched on September 29Communication satellite GSAT-10, slated to be launched early today, will now be launched on September 29 following a technical problem on b...
22 Sep, 2012, 01.14 PM IST
- GSAT-10 satellite launch put off after rocket snag
The launch of Indian communication satellite GSAT-10 has been put off after a snag in the Ariane V rocket in the spaceport of Kourou was fo...
17 Sep, 2012, 08.08 PM IST
- Eutelsat loses just-launched television satellite
European satellite operator Eutelsat said Friday it had lost its W3B television satellite the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket...
29 Oct, 2010, 06.17 PM IST