Aurora spacecraft. Photo: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge Published by Militarnyi, 2 March 2025 German outlet Hartpunkt reported that Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support has awarded a contract to develop a reusable, two-stage hypersonic research spacecraft. The project has been entrusted to POLARIS Raumflugzeuge, a German startup that will
Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video Published by Militarnyi, 2 February 2025 The Swedish Armed Forces have announced the launch of their first military satellite, a communications satellite called Gna-3. Swedish television company SVT reported on this. The satellite was launched on
By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 9 April 2024 COLORADO SPRINGS – U.S. Space Command seeks to expand international collaboration by inviting Germany, France and New Zealand to join Operation Olympic Defender. Olympic Defender, a U.S.-led initiative to jointly strengthen defenses and deter hostility, already includes England, Australia and
Published by Phys.org, 2 November 2023 Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle.Isar Aerospace said the "Andoya Spaceport" was to "become the first operational orbital spaceport in continental Europe
Artist's impression of an RFA rocket in flight. Image credit: RFA From: UK Space Agency, Published by gov.uk, 8 November 2023 Satellite launch company RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) has received £3.5 million to support its plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands. The funding was awarded
By Andrew Falle, Ewan Wright, Published by The Conversation, 7 November 2023 As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning
From left to right, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, National Space Council Executive Secretary Chirag Parikh, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Anna Christmann, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Director General of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center Walther Pelzer,
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The Eurasian Times, 10 June 2023 After multiple reports indicating that Germany has been involved in negotiations with Israel on purchasing the Arrow-3 air defense system, Berlin appears to have finally made up its mind. According to the finance ministry’s procurement documents accessed by Reuters,
