OSLO (Reuters) -A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on Sunday, in what German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.
VERNON, France (Reuters) - In a discreet forest clearing on a plateau above the town of Vernon in Normandy, France, workers adjust a steel cylinder held under giant red claws - part of a reusable rocket that Europe hopes will slow the meteoric rise of Elon Musk's SpaceX.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed to provide multiple H3 rocket launches for French satellite company Eutelsat Group from 2027, it said on Wednesday.
PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's Ariane 6 rocket was set to blast off for the first time on Tuesday, ending a year-long hiatus in the continent's autonomous access to space after a last-minute data glitch.
PARIS (Reuters) - France has successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range ballistic missile, boosting the credibility of France's nuclear deterrence capabilities, the defence ministry said on Sunday.
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024, the European Space Agency said on Thursday.
PARIS (Reuters) - France has conducted a maiden test of a prototype hypersonic glider, the country's defence procurement agency said, as it seeks to develop new missile technology capable of evading the most sophisticated air defences.
MUNICH (Reuters) - The trial of a Russian researcher charged with spying on Europe's Ariane space launcher project for Russia began in a court in Munich on Thursday.
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc has secured rocket launches with three companies, the company said on Monday, as it spends billions on putting together a satellite constellation to beam broadband internet that will rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Amazon on Tuesday announced agreements with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to provide heavy-lift launch services for Project Kuiper, Amazon's initiative to increase global broadband access using a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court on Wednesday sentenced a Russian researcher to a one-year suspended prison sentence for spying on Europe's Ariane space launcher project.
PARIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- France will invest 500 million euros (609.5 million U.S. dollars) in boosting innovation in the space industry in an attempt to battle outgrowing U.S. and Asian competition, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Telesat is racing to launch a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to provide high-speed global broadband from space, pitting the satellite communications firm founded in 1969 against two trailblazing billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.