Arianespace

With the Ariane 6 seeing progress at last and Avio leaving Arianespace, the European Space Agency takes steps toward a competition for Europe’s future launchers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

After 11 years of cooperation with Arianespace, Avio is preparing to become a launch service operator itself in the coming months.

Amazon becomes a satellite operator.

Arianespace's successful Vega launch is good news for a European space industry that is contending with delays on the Vega-C and Ariane 6 programs.

The 196-ft. Atlas V lifted off at 2:06 p.m. EDT on a dedicated ride for a pair of small satellites known as Kuipersat-1 and -2.

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.

Companies work to track millions of pieces of space junk and plan for their incineration.

First launch of Europe's new workhorse Ariane 6 is finally coming into view.

ClearSpace says a leftover payload adapter floating in Earth’s orbit, that it planned to remove from space, has been hit by another piece of junk.

Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 ends operations after 117 flights.

Volocopter has completed its first uncrewed demonstration flights with its 2X prototype in Saudi Arabia.

The mission, which is intended to deliver two European government communications satellites into orbit, had been targeted to launch on June 16.

The company is developing a 62-ft. (19-m), two-stage rocket to deliver satellites weighing up to 397 lb. into low Earth orbit.

Ariane 6 delays and problems with Vega C leave European launch industry mostly grounded.

An Ariane 5 launched the European Space Agency's JUICE mission which will explore three of Jupiter’s icy moons.

European countries need to “reconverge” their space efforts, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said as he reported lower profits for Airbus' Defense and Space unit.