AlcorNewsJul 12, 2025
PLD Space installe un pas de tir à Kourou pour lancer son micro-lanceur Miura 5 dès 2026 🚀
https://www.la1ere.franceinfo.fr/guyane/spatial-l-entreprise-espagnole-pld-space-arrive-au-centre-spatial-guyanais-1602963.html
#espace #innovation #microlanceur
#Miura5 #PLDSpace #Kourou
#ELM‑Diamant #microlaunch #Guyane
#NewSpace
Show threadHenningJul 29, 2023

@BMWK

Hallo BMWK, es wird Zeit, dass eine Länderverteilung in die Förderungen aufgenommen wird. Es kann nicht sein, dass der Süden und der Westen immer überproportional profitieren.

#habeck #microlaunch #startups

Wirtschaft & EnergieJul 29, 2023
Bundesminister #Habeck über seinen Besuch bei drei #Microlaunch-#Startups in Süddeutschland.
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 9, 2023

#RocketFactory #Augsburg (#RFA) 🇩🇪 plans to begin testing the core stages of its #rockets 🚀 at #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the summer.

It was thought that #LockheedMartin 🇺🇸 could be the first company to launch from #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, but it has pushed back its UK Pathfinder mission.

British 🇬🇧 #microlaunch startup #Orbex is also in the running to be the first flight out of #Scotland https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/11/german-firm-could-beat-richard-branson-race-launch-satellites

German firm could beat Richard Branson in race to launch satellites from Britain

After Virgin Orbit’s unsuccessful launch, Rocket Factory Augsburg has landed exclusive rights to SaxaVord Spaceport’s launch pad in Scotland

The Telegraph
Spaceflight 🚀Dec 18, 2022

#Germany 🇩🇪 , #Italy 🇮🇹 , and the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧 (which is a member of the #ESA but not the #European Union) have started #microlaunch #companies that are building #rockets capable of lifting several hundred kilograms to #LEO.
These companies, including #IsarAerospace, #RocketFactory #Augsburg (#RFA), and #HyImpulse in Germany, #PLD Space in #Spain 🇪🇸 , and #Orbex and #Skyrora in #Britain, operate much more like the #US 🇺🇸 #commercial #space industry https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past

#SpaceCompany

Concerned about SpaceX, France to accelerate reusable rocket plans

"It's a real break from French strategy, and clearly inspired by the USA."

Ars Technica