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The European Space Agency announced plans for the cargo vehicle program at the European Space Summit in Seville, Spain, in November 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/22/2024ESA selects Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company for commercial cargo program

The European Space Agency and the joint team including ArianeGroup, Arianespace, and the French space agency CNES expect the Ariane 6 inaugural launch to take place in the first two weeks of July.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/21/2024Ariane 6 inaugural launch planned for first half of July

Neither ArianeGroup nor the European Space Agency have announced a specific launch date for Ariane 6's inaugural flight.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/14/2024OHB expects to conclude deal to go private in weeks

ESTEC is the European Space Agency’s technical centre and is ESA’s largest centre where around 2,500 technicians, engineers, and researchers work on space technology development and spacecraft design.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/7/2024ESA and Luxembourg Extend Space Resources Collaboration

On April 26, ESA announced the start of the launch campaign for the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/6/2024Europe looks to end its launcher crisis

ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between June 15 and July 31, 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/26/2024Ariane 6 joint update report | 2024/04/26

The European Space Agency’s Euclid Mission successfully launched on July 1, 2023, from Cape Canaveral on a Falcon 9 rocket to its L2 orbit.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/1/2024Touching space

ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between 15 June and 31 July 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/22/2024Ariane 6 joint update report | 2024/03/22

Arianespace plans the inaugural flight of Ariane 6 in approximately 90 to 100 days, placing the launch in the latter half of June within a European Space Agency launch period that extends through July.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/20/2024Launch providers look for competitive advantages in era of transition

The European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry launched a series of initiatives at MWC Barcelona 2024 to help the mobile and satellite industries collaborate on developing new satellite and terrestrial network technologies.

NARRATIVE PLAN2/27/2024ESA and GSMA Foundry Partner for Innovations in Terrestrial-Satellite Communication

ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the inaugural launch of Ariane 6 between 15 June and 31 July 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/22/2024Ariane 6 joint update report | 2024/02/22

ISRO plans to launch the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 dual coronagraph and occulter technology demonstration spacecraft later in 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/17/2024India launches INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite with GSLV rocket

Kuva Space has raised $24,000,000 in total funding from Morrow Portfolio, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, Earth VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, ESA Philab, and Business Finland.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/8/2024Kuva Space appoints Jerry Welsh to spearhead U.S. expansion

Exolaunch won a public tender and signed its first launch contract with the European Space Agency for launch services arrangement, integration, and deployment of the Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS).

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/6/2024Exolaunch Signs Contract with ESA for Launch and Deployment of Arctic Weather Satellite

After a Space Summit meeting in November in Seville, Spain, the European Space Agency announced plans for a launcher challenge intended to lead to competition for a wider array of missions.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/30/2024PLD Space wins Spanish government funding for Miura 5 launch vehicle

Starlab is intended to win customers from both NASA and European customers such as the European Space Agency.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/16/2024Airbus and Voyager finalize Starlab joint venture

The European Space Agency plans the first launch of Ariane 6 for the middle of 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/20/2023Ariane 6 schedule not affected by aborted upper stage test

Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA director of space transportation, holds that there are no signs the HFT-4 abort will delay the Ariane 6 inaugural flight.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/20/2023Ariane 6 schedule not affected by aborted upper stage test

ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between mid-June and end of July 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/18/2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/12/18

The European Space Agency expects the first launch of Ariane 6 to take place in the middle of 2024.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/30/2023ESA sets mid-2024 date for first Ariane 6 launch
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