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The Exploration Company’s Nyx Spacecraft Passes Initial ISS Safety Review (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ICEYE Secures €9.38M in Funding from Poland’s National Development Bank (europeanspaceflight.com)
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UK Space Agency Hires Consultants to Explain the UK Space Sector (europeanspaceflight.com)
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France Grants Avio 10-Year Licence to Launch from Guiana Space Centre (europeanspaceflight.com)
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UK Space Agency to Lose Limited Autonomy to Government Streamlining (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Polish Consortium Selects Payloads for State-Sponsored Suborbital Rocket Launch (europeanspaceflight.com)
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New ESA Business Incubator in Spain Opens First Call for Proposals (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Spartan Space and Airbus Complete CNES Lunar Surface Airlock Study (europeanspaceflight.com)
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The Exploration Company Taps Agile Space for Nyx Earth Thrusters (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Portugal’s ASC Granted Licence for Santa Maria Launch Centre - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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🚀 The MetOp-SG-A1/Sentinel-5 satellite has launched successfully from French Guiana – a major milestone for European Earth observation! We were proud to witness it alongside our partners from (infosec.pub)
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🚀 The MetOp-SG-A1/Sentinel-5 satellite has launched successfully from French Guiana – a major milestone for European Earth observation! We were proud to witness it alongside our partners from @esa @eumetsat @airbus & Arianespace. Read about the mission in our article https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/sentinel-5-mission-enhance-europes-global-atmospheric-composition-monitoring-capacity

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DGA Selects Infinite Orbits for €50M PALADIN Satellite-Inspection Service (europeanspaceflight.com)
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METOP-SG A1 launch thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-08-13 00:37 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-08-12 13:24 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana | | Launch vehicle | Ariane 62 | | Payload | METOP-SG A1 | | Target orbit | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ESA | https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanSpaceAgency/streams | | Arianespace (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0kyvSZGiI | | Arianespace (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBELXbg6TM | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Nq3nV8h3c | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr3wkoKdpzI | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMiH9frd90c |

Stats

☑️ 2nd Ariane 6 mission of 2025, 3rd overall

☑️ 4th Arianespace mission of 2025, 303rd overall

Payload info

METOP-SG A1

METOP-SG (Meteorological Operational - Second Generation) is Europe's second-generation polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite system to replace the first-generation METOP satellites.

In October 2014, Airbus Defense and Space was selected to build these satellites. The Satellite A-series will be developed and built under the industrial lead of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.

The METOP-SG Series consists of two subseries with three units in each series with different instrument suites: METOP-SG-A and METOP-SG-B. The Satellite A-series focuses on optical instruments and atmospheric sounders, while the Satellite B-series focuses on microwave instruments. Both types will be based on Airbus Defense and Space’s Astrobus high-power satellite platforms.

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

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ESA to Develop Hummingbird-Inspired Flying Mars Explorer - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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The Exploration Company Completes Test Campaign for Lunar Lander Engine (europeanspaceflight.com)
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DLR Completes Key Component for the Callisto Demonstrator’s Landing Legs (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Skyrora Secures Launch Licence for Suborbital Skylark L Rocket - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Poland's SpaceForest Completes Qualification of PERUN Rocket Engine - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ArianeGroup Receives Heat Shield Mock-Up for ExoMars Mission - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Ich hab jetzt auch so ein cooles @feddit.nl ( @ESA@apoil.org ?) "space for all" T-Shirt 🎉 (chaos.social)
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Ich hab jetzt auch so ein cooles @esa@feddit.nl ( @ESA@apoil.org ?) "space for all" T-Shirt 🎉
Schade dran: dunkle Teile unter dem Shirt, z.B. BH oder Binder, scheinen durch.
#spaceNerds #esaUltras
https://shop.esa.int/products/the-space-for-all-t-shirt

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CNES Issues Call for Lunar Power Station Prototype - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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The Exploration Company Tests Key Component of Typhoon Rocket Engine (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Thales Alenia Space Ships Key Component for Mars Sample Return Mission (europeanspaceflight.com)
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ASI Awards New Lunar Habitat Contract to Thales Alenia Space - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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Dassault CEO Pushing for VORTEX to be Adopted as an ESA Project - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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