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CNES Issues Call for In-Orbit Refuelling Services Demonstration - European Spaceflight
Space Agency · France

CNES Issues Call for In-Orbit Refuelling Services Demonstration - European Spaceflight

Credit: ClearSpace On 26 May, the French space agency CNES issued a call for proposals for the development of an in-orbit demonstration of the storage and refuelling of cryogenic propellants. The CRYOSTARS (CRYOgenic Storage and Transfer for Advanced Rocket Systems) initiative is being managed under the Space Transportation Solutions vertical of CNES’s Priority Innovation Vectors programme. Introduced in 2023, the programme aims to focus the age…Read Article
François Jacq Appointed as New President and CEO of CNES - European Spaceflight
Paris, France · Paris

François Jacq Appointed as New President and CEO of CNES - European Spaceflight

Credit: CNES / Patrick Sordoillet France’s Council of Ministers announced on 23 May that it had confirmed François Jacq as the new President and CEO of CNES. Jacq joins the agency from his role as General Administrator of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), a position he has held since 2018. With his confirmation, Jacq officially replaces Philippe Baptiste, who stepped down in January 2025 to become France’s Minis…Read Article
ArianeGroup Completes Hot-Fire Tests of 3D-Printed Thruster - European Spaceflight
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ArianeGroup Completes Hot-Fire Tests of 3D-Printed Thruster - European Spaceflight

Credit: ArianeGroup/DLR ArianeGroup has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests of a 3D-printed, flight-configured 240N hydrogen peroxide thruster. In a 22 May update on LinkedIn, ArianeGroup senior orbital propulsion engineer Ulrich Gotzig announced the successful completion of the test campaign, which took place on the M11 test bench at the DLR facilities in Lampoldshausen. While Gotzig offered very little detail about the thruster a…Read Article

ESA Awards Contract for Probe That Will Land on Earth-Skimming Asteroid - European Spaceflight

Credit: ESA ESA has awarded a contract for the second CubeSat for its Ramses mission, which will study asteroid Apophis as it passes within 32,000 kilometres of Earth. The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) mission was first announced in July 2024 and is being managed under ESA’s Space Safety Programme. The mission will consist of one primary probe and two CubeSats. Together, the satellites will study the 375-metre asteroid’s compos…Italy · ItalyRead Article

CNES Awards Contract to French Spaceplane Startup - European Spaceflight

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Credit: AndroMach French spaceplane startup AndroMach announced on 15 May that it had received a CNES contract to begin testing an early prototype of its Banger v1 rocket engine. Founded in 2023, AndroMach is developing a pair of spaceplanes that will be used to perform suborbital and orbital missions to space. The suborbital ENVOL spaceplane will utilize turbojet engines for takeoff and landing, and a pressure-fed LOX/biopropane rocket engine t…Economy · FranceSee the Story

ESA Launches Phase 2 of Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project

Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja The European Space Agency has issued a call for proposals for the second phase of its Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project. Initially announced in March 2024, the Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project is being managed by ESA’s Space Transportation Technology Coordination Office under the agency’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). The FLPP initiative focuses on developing and maturing critical technolo…ESARead Article

Space Forge Raises $30 Million to Develop Satellites for Space-Based Manufacturing

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A British startup focused on manufacturing advanced materials in space has secured $30 million in Series A funding, setting a new record for the country's space technology sector. Called Space Forge, the company plans to use the investment to accelerate the development and launch of satellites designed to produce materials...Read Entire ArticleSemiconductors · CardiffSee the Story

Poland Launches Demonstration of Suborbital Research Rocket - European Spaceflight

Poland tests a single-stage suborbital rocket as part of a project to develop a three-stage launch system capable of exceeding 100 kilometres in altitude.Space · PolandRead Article

ATMOS and ARX Robotics forge alliance to bolster European space defence capabilities

This collaboration will merge ATMOS’s orbital re-entry systems with ARX’s autonomous unmanned systems (UxS), forming a robust European platform for rapid and targeted intervention. “This newly formed Space Defence Alliance with ARX Robotics underscores our commitment to strengthening European resilience and autonomy,” said Sebastian Klaus, CEO of ATMOS Space Cargo. “By integrating orbital capabilities with advanced robotics, we are equipping Eur…See the Story

The Exploration Company Ships Completed Mission Possible Capsule

Credit: The Exploration Company German space logistics startup The Exploration Company has shipped its Mission Possible capsule to the launch site in California, ahead of a planned June liftoff. The Exploration Company is developing a modular spacecraft called Nyx, which will initially transport cargo to and from the International Space Station. Future iterations are planned to support human spaceflight. In preparation for the inaugural flight o…California, United States · CaliforniaRead Article

Indian astronauts' footprints will be on Moon; Mars, Venus also on radar: PM Modi

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