AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoLocal Crime: A 23-year-old man, Andrew Nathaniel James from Victoria (East Coast Demerara), was shot dead in Cayenne, with another person injured, according to reports citing a shooting around 9:00 p.m. on Rue Mère-Thérèsa. Space From French Guiana: After nearly eight years, ESA/JAXA’s BepiColombo has begun its Mercury arrival phase, with the Mercury Transfer Module releasing its payload and setting up a final approach over about six months; the mission launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou in 2018. Next Steps for Mercury Mission: ESA says the separation marks the start of a new, complex operations phase to place two orbiters into Mercury orbit, following a delayed arrival caused by a solar panel power issue. European Launch Industry: Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket successfully launched into orbit from Andøya Spaceport in Norway, underscoring growing European access to space. Food Security Tech: A new ESA satellite mission is set for Sept. 15 to detect plant stress from space earlier than greenness-only measures. Funding Watch: Spanish rocket startup PLD Space extended its Series C by €108M (total €288M), backing scaling for its Miura 5 launcher.
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