Europe moves to cut SpaceX reliance with Ariane 6 launch
Ariane 6: Europe's rocket launch postponed due to 'anomaly'
UPDATE 1-Europe's Ariane 6 stages first commercial launch
Thursday's military satellite deployment, coinciding with a European summit on a transatlantic rift over Ukraine and security following the postponements, has emerged as a test for Europe's progress towards greater autonomy in strategic sectors.
Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 blasted off on its first commercial mission Thursday, carrying with it the continent's hopes of bolstering its security and independent access to space.
Political environments come and go, but having a solution that's European is important,' says President and CSO Scott Wisniewski of AST's commercial partnership with Vodafone.
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SpaceX says its Falcon 9 rocket debris crash over Europe was caused by propellant leakA propellant leak was to blame for the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashing to Earth over Europe last week, SpaceX says.
Suggestions that Ukraine could lose access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system, which has been vital in maintaining its military communications as it fights Russia's invasion, have focused investor interest on Starlink's smaller European rival Eutelsat .
The second Ariane 6 launch sent up an optical spy satellite called CSO-3 for the French military. The rocket deployed CSO-3 into a sun-synchronous orbit about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth 66 minutes after liftoff as planned, Arianespace announced via X.
The deal with Vodafone promises to help AST SpaceMobile power satellite-to-phone services across Europe amid a growing rivalry with SpaceX's cellular Starlink service.
In Europe, flaming debris from a SpaceX launch vehicle streaked across the German sky, and what appears to be a fuel tank may have landed on a company’s property in Poland. And that’s just ...
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