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Spaceflight 🚀<p>A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a> is thought to have the most advanced plans <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarks</span><span class="invisible">hire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Skyrora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyrora</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/XL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XL</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFAOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFAOne</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Augsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augsburg</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Starting in 📆 2025, at least two <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 launch startups (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg) expect to offer more choices for both institutional and commercial customers. The field will continue to widen toward the close of the decade, with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Latitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latitude</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyPrSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyPrSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>, and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Skyrora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyrora</span></a> all working toward an inaugural flight of their respective vehicles. <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianegroup-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/ariane</span><span class="invisible">group-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Arianespace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arianespace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IRIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRIS2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Approval granted for <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a>) to launch from <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> spaceport <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/space/civil-aviation-authority-scottish-government-unst-one-scottish-b2680687.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/space/civil-</span><span class="invisible">aviation-authority-scottish-government-unst-one-scottish-b2680687.html</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>The German 🇩🇪 government has announced that it will make €95 million in additional funding available to support <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg, and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a>. The funding was “released through reallocations and in some cases also higher subscriptions of German <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> contributions.” <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/germany-commits-e95m-more-to-isar-rfa-and-hyimpulse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/german</span><span class="invisible">y-commits-e95m-more-to-isar-rfa-and-hyimpulse</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a> will receive €5.6 million, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> €15 million, and both <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a> €11.8 million each <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-awards-e44-2m-in-funding-to-four-european-rocket-builders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/esa-aw</span><span class="invisible">ards-e44-2m-in-funding-to-four-european-rocket-builders</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇪🇺 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>’s space sector has started to respond to <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>’s domination of the world space launch market, although progress has been slow ⏳ and uneven. Last month, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> selected four companies — <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ArianeGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArianeGroup</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg (RFA), <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a>, and The <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ExplorationCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExplorationCompany</span></a> — to help develop reusable ♻️ launch vehicle technology <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/esa-arianespace-crossroads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/es</span><span class="invisible">a-arianespace-crossroads</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePolitics</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>It's likely that rockets 🚀 built by the likes of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a>'s 🇪🇸 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>'s 🇫🇷 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a>, and the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> 🇩🇪 duo <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg will also be blasting off from the center soon under the start-up plan. Efforts to drag the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceport</span></a> into the 21st century are underway <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-rockets-clog-europes-south-american-spaceport" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/russian-ro</span><span class="invisible">ckets-clog-europes-south-american-spaceport</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/GuianaSpaceCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuianaSpaceCentre</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Kourou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kourou</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/CNES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNES</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRFnGnJzRJQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=LRFnGnJzRJ</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>German 🇩🇪 rocket start-up <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg last week described <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Ariane6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ariane6</span></a> as “overpriced” 💰, saying its development “at the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a>’s expense has shown that something has to change” <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2abdea1a-d985-4f25-90ee-af74524b736f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/2abdea1a-d985-4</span><span class="invisible">f25-90ee-af74524b736f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LaunchCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchCost</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇺🇸 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefly</span></a> to launch <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> rockets from <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Esrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Esrange</span></a> 🇸🇪, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg 🇩🇪 from <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> Spaceport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 <a href="https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-alpha-rockets-from-esrange-in-sweden/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/firefly-to-launc</span><span class="invisible">h-alpha-rockets-from-esrange-in-sweden/</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a> 🇩🇪 at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spaceport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceport</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw80qBV7LBc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Jw80qBV7LB</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Augsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augsburg</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>At the end of 📆 2022, the total funding 💶 secured by all <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 launch startups since 2011 was €419 million. In 📆 2023, that figure rose to €781 million, an 86% increase 📈 in the industry's total funding to date. In the first month and a half of 📆 2024 alone, another €70.5 million has been added to that figure. With the addition of that early 2024 funding, the total comes to €850 million 💰 <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.substack.com/p/state-of-european-launch-startup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/state-of-european-launch-startup</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Augsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augsburg</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Spaceport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceport</span></a> : The first lift-off will be a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SubOrbital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubOrbital</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocket</span></a> 🚀 made by <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a> 🇩🇪, expected around 📆 October 2023. In 📆 April 2024, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> aims to achieve the first-ever <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/orbital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orbital</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> 🛰️ launch from a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LaunchPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchPad</span></a> called Fredo. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SaxaVord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaxaVord</span></a> will build a total of five <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LaunchPads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchPads</span></a>, with the site able to take <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockets</span></a> up to 35 metres long 📏. <a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23611304.saxavord-spaceport-shetland-just-weeks-away-recognition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heraldscotland.com/news/236113</span><span class="invisible">04.saxavord-spaceport-shetland-just-weeks-away-recognition/</span></a></p><p>Picture : <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Latitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latitude</span></a> Test Zone at SaxaVord Spaceport <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_Test_Zone_at_SaxaVord_Spaceport_1.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Latitude_Test_Zone_at_SaxaVord_Spaceport_1.jpg</span></a></p>