April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... is that we are the most advanced in terms of reusability. We started to develop our reusable technology in 2017 with a European Space Agency programme, and we are now the most advanced. Not all small launchers are reusable, so I think this is ...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... about Portugal’s emerging capability within the evolving global NewSpace industry Portugal is no stranger to the space sector. A member of the European Space Agency (ESA) for more than 20 years, it hosts one of ESA’s ESTRACK antennas on Santa Maria...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
...entry demonstrator Wednesday to validate technologies for future robotic exploration probes, winged space planes, and reusable rocket boosters. The European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle — about the size of a family car — will take...
19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... are currently able to continuously operate their navigation payloads after a set of manoeuvres was performed by the European Space Agency to make their orbits more circular. However, the orbit problem had accidentally made the satellites into...
