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ESA selects 5 rocket companies for European Launcher Challenge

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Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.

PLD Space has imposed itself on SpaceX in front of the European Space Agency (ESA), has started testing its first rocket to be mass-produced.

4 days ago·Madrid, Spain

Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.

5 days ago·United States

Danish company now receives support from space agency to use the North Sea as a launch pad.

4 days ago·Copenhagen, Denmark

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