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Galileo FOC FM33-FM34 launch thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-12-17 05:01 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-12-17 02:01 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France | | Launch vehicle | Ariane 62 | | Payload | Galileo FOC FM33-FM34 | | Target orbit | MEO |

Livestreams

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| | ESA | https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9UyXO-w8c | | Arianespace (English) | https://youtube.com/watch?v=ho6lSJ0mOBU | | Arianespace (Français) | https://youtube.com/watch?v=mY0c7n9RSCA | | Space Affairs | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y9pMW-HlgY | | Spaceflight Now | https://youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams | | NASASpaceflight | https://youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams | | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=YWOXZncq2Gw | | International Rocket Launches | https://youtube.com/@IntRocketLaunch/streams |

Stats

☑️ 4th Ariane 6 mission of 2025, 5th overall

☑️ 7th ESA mission of 2025, 306th overall

Payload info

Galileo FOC FM33-FM34

Galileo is the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union (EU) through the European GNSS Agency (GSA), headquartered in Prague in the Czech Republic, with two ground operations centers, Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in Germany and Fucino in Italy. The project is named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei. One of the aims of Galileo is to provide an independent high-precision positioning system so European nations do not have to rely on the U.S. GPS, or the Russian GLONASS systems, which could be disabled or degraded by their operators at any time.

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!

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Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm (www.esa.int)
submitted 5 days ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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ESA Publishes Call for Crew Launch Abort System (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ArianeGroup Receives Rear Heat Shield Mock-Up for ExoMars Mission (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 6 days ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/esa@feddit.nl
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KOMPSAT-7 Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Welcome everyone!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-12-01 17:21 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-12-01 14:21 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France | | Launch vehicle | Vega C | | Payloads | KOMPSAT-7 | | Customer | Korea Aerospace Administration | | Target orbit | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

Livestreams

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| | Arianespace (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdljBBrCS8o | | Arianespace (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvqcUYGXNAM | | Arianespace (Italiana) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvqcUYGXNAM | | ESA | https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanSpaceAgency/streams | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvqcUYGXNAM |

Stats

☑️ 3rd Vega-C mission of 2025, 7th mission overall

☑️ 3rd Vega mission of 2025, 28th mission overall

☑️ 6th ESA Arianespace mission of 2025, 305th mission overall

Payload info

ESA page

NextSpaceflight page

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!

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Over €900 Million Committed to European Launcher Challenge (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water (www.esa.int)
submitted 2 weeks ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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ESA and Norway explore possibility of Arctic Space Centre (www.esa.int)
submitted 2 weeks ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Exploration and Space Transportation See Largest ESA Funding Boosts (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/esa@feddit.nl
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ESA to Repurpose European Service Module and Earth Return Orbiter (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by nemeski@piefed.social to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Sentinel-1D delivers first images: from Antarctica to Bremen (www.esa.int)
submitted 2 weeks ago by nemeski@piefed.social to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases (www.esa.int)
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Great news! The CIMR-L2PAD project 🛰️ successfully passed the Detailed Design Review stage at a collaborative meeting at ESRIN 🇮🇹! (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by PolarBremen@mas.to to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Great news! The CIMR-L2PAD project 🛰️ successfully passed the Detailed Design Review stage at a collaborative meeting at @esa ESRIN 🇮🇹!
Maria Piles and our colleague Marcus Huntemann enjoyed the fruitful meeting, despite difficult weather conditions 🚀

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Heute und morgen findet die #Ministerratskonferenz der Europäischen. Weltraumbehörde #ESA statt. Dafür sind die Minister:innen nach #Bremen gekommen, wo sie aktuell tagen. (infosec.pub)
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Heute und morgen findet die #Ministerratskonferenz der Europäischen. Weltraumbehörde #ESA @esa statt. Dafür sind die Minister:innen nach #Bremen gekommen, wo sie aktuell tagen.
Ein Teil der Veranstaltung wird live gestreamt, hier gibt es einen Link mit Links:

https://www.esa.int/About/_Us/Ministerial/_Council/_2025/Follow/_CM25/_online

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Thales Alenia Space Finalises Industrial Team for Lunar Lander (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Germany plans to boost funding for European Space Agency, says minister (www.reuters.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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B2Space Tests Balloon-Based Launch System - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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SpaceForest Announces Launch Date for PERUN Return-to-Flight Mission (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ESA to Build €20 Million Human and Robotic Exploration Hub in Germany (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Galileo to take its first flight on Ariane 6 on 17 December (www.esa.int)
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Smile approved for launch in spring 2026 (www.esa.int)
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Canada Commits $528.5 Million to European Space Agency Programmes (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ArianeGroup–Avio Deal Outlines Extended Transition of Turbopump Manufacturing to France (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Der #Satellit #Sentinel-6b der Europäischen Raumfahrtbehörde #ESA wurde am Wochenende mit einer Falcon-9-Rakete gestartet. Damit wird die Mission von Sentinel-6 fortgesetzt, die gesamte (troet.cafe)
submitted 4 weeks ago by schreibmax@troet.cafe to c/esa@feddit.nl
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Der #Satellit #Sentinel-6b der Europäischen Raumfahrtbehörde #ESA @esa wurde am Wochenende mit einer Falcon-9-Rakete gestartet. Damit wird die Mission von Sentinel-6 fortgesetzt, die gesamte #Meeresoberfläche zentimetergenau zu vermessen. Um das zu ermöglichen, musste u. a. erstmal ein unglaublich genaues Modell des Erdschwerefelds gemacht werden. Jetzt können wir den Anstieg des Meeresspiegels weltweit verfolgen.
Das ist u. a. in Sachen #Klimawandel wichtig.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing/_the/_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-6/Sentinel-6B/_launched/_to/_extend/_record/_of/_sea-level/_rise

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European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026 - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/esa@feddit.nl
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