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The launcher reached main engine cutoff before failing at stage separation.
ESA is providing the Smile payload module that carries three of the four scientific instruments, the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, the launcher, and Assembly, Integration and Test facilities and services.
Qualification of the interstage represents a key technical milestone in validating Antares 330 launcher structures.
The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are secured to the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B for a wet dress rehearsal of integrated launch day operations.
Two tail service mast umbilicals connect the mobile launcher to the SLS core stage aft section and each umbilical is 33 feet tall.
Individual launch operators at the ELM facility will be responsible for building launcher-specific facilities including launch tables and assembly buildings.
Aviation Week identified JUMPSEAT’s Air Force code number as 711 and disclosed its launcher, elliptical orbit, contractor, and SIGINT mission level in a report published one year before the first launch.
Miura 5, PLD Space’s most ambitious launcher project, has entered the integration and accelerated qualification phase.
AST SpaceMobile plans an aggressive multi-launcher campaign throughout 2026 targeting a fleet of 45 to 60 satellites by year-end 2026.
Marcy Mabry previously worked on the launch of the first Amazonia-1 satellite in 2021 using an Indian PSLV launcher.
The Vega C rocket is an updated version of the original Vega launcher with a height of 34.8 meters.
Ceres 1 first reached orbit in November 2020 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, becoming the second privately developed Chinese orbital launcher after i Spaces SQX 1.
AST SpaceMobile plans a multi-launcher campaign averaging one orbital launch every one to two months during 2026.
ESA has a strategy to increase competitiveness in the launcher market, which is dominated by private operators, to ensure guaranteed access to space for Europe.
The transfer and positioning of the four P120C boosters on the pad are operations within the standard procedures that precede final launcher assembly and conclusive pre-flight checks.
The P120C is a large solid-propellant motor designed for use on Ariane 6 and as the first stage of the Vega-C launcher.
The Spanish position in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC) signifies a strategic focus on autonomous access to orbit.
ESA Member States committed €34.9 million to Orbex during the agency’s Ministerial Council meeting in November 2025 as part of its European Launcher Challenge, including €8 million from Denmark.
The Exploration Company is working closely with the UK government to ensure that a combined business reinforces the UK’s launcher roadmap.
Arkadia Space signed a commercial contract with French launcher company MaiaSpace for integration of Ariel into MaiaSpace’s RCS in early 2025.