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EU bans all carriers from Tanzania and Suriname
Ch-Aviation
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June 5, 2025
The European Commission (EC) has updated the EU Air Safety List, banning all carriers certified in Suriname and Tanzania. According to Brussels, the aviation authorities in Suriname and Tanzania do not ensure sufficient safety oversight. The new...
Ariane-6 launches CSO-3: double success for France and Europe
EDR Magazine
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March 6, 2025
Kourou, French Guiana, 06 March 2025– The Airbus-built CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique) Earth observation satellite for the French Armed Forces, has been successfully launched by Arianespace on Ariane 6’s first commercial flight from the...
Europe takes bold step into space, that final frontier, with Ariadne 6 blastoff
Malay Mail
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March 3, 2025
KOUROU (French Guiana), March 3 — Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, is to carry out Monday its first commercial mission as European nations seek to secure independent access to space amid a shock rapprochement between Moscow and...
New forest-focused Earth observation satellite, built by Airbus, successfully launched
Engineering News
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Airbus Space Systems, part of the global major aerospace group Airbus, announced on Tuesday that the Biomass forest-monitoring satellite had been successfully launched into space, on a Vega-C rocket, from the launch base at Kourou, known as...
France plans to send criminals to prison in South America
Middle East Eye
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May 21, 2025
France plans to build a prison in the middle of the Amazon rainforest to host some of its most dangerous criminals, according to France’s Justice Minister. In an interview carried by Le Journal du Dimanche on Saturday, French Justice Minister...
PLD Space expands global launch capacity with their 2nd spaceport—Etlaq in Oman
SatNews
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March 23, 2025
PLD Space recently announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for the MIURA launch vehicle family—this infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and...
France planning Supermax-style prison near notorious Devil’s Island penal colony site
KESQ-TV - California
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May 19, 2025
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” starring Steve McQueen. Speaking on...
From comet and moonlandings to space laboratories and enormous telescopes, these are Europe's biggest wins in space
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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May 23, 2025
Since it was founded in May 2025, the European Space Agency has brought together European countries for sustainable and collaborative space exploration, launching missions like the Cassini–Huygens probe in 1997, which ranged as far as the rings of...
Image Applications Biomass out of the box 17/03/2025 111 views 3 likes View
ESA
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Following its arrival at Pariacabo harbour in Kourou, French Guiana, ESA’s Biomass satellite has been rolled out of its shipment container, which kept it protected throughout its two-week voyage from France across the Atlantic Ocean to South...
France to build high-security prison in remote South American jungle — Here's why
The Economic Times
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May 18, 2025
France will construct a new high-security prison in the jungles of South America, aimed at isolating the country’s most dangerous criminals, including drug lords and Islamist radicals, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced in an interview...
Open Source Report for Monday, May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief
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May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security. Here’s a look at today’s headlines, broken down by region of the world. THE TOP HEADLINES Report for Monday, May 19, 2025 Trump to speak on...
Meloni holds talks with Vance and von der Leyen in push for a ‘new beginning’
EurActiv
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May 19, 2025
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by Euractiv’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The European news you deserve to read. Welcome to The Capitals by Euractiv. Today's...
Story Applications ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site 10/03/2025 2159 views 31 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 10/03/2025 2151 views 31 likes Marking another step towards new insights into Earth’s forests and their role in the carbon cycle, ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, to be...
Airbus satellite to boost French forces’ intelligence
Airforce Technology
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March 7, 2025
The Airbus-built Earth observation satellite for the French military successfully deployed from the Ariane 6 launcher from the launch site in Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana . CSO-3, part of the French Armed Forces’ Composante Spatiale...
Europe’s new rocket blasts off on first commercial mission
Courthouse News
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March 6, 2025
A successful mission would mean Europe can independently put large satellites into orbit for the first time since Russia pulled its rockets after invading Ukraine in 2022. KOUROU, French Guiana (AFP) — Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6...
Ariane-6 launches first commercial flight with military satellite
Le Monde
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane-6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 6, 2025. RONAN LIETAR / AFP Nine months after its maiden flight in July 2024, Ariane-6 completed its first mission on...
Ariane 6 rocket blasts off on first commercial mission
Gulf News
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 6, 2025, carrying the CSO-3 satellite of the French government's armament agency DGA.AFP
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully completes first commercial launch
AeroTime News
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March 7, 2025
The Ariane 6 rocket masterminded by the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally achieved a successful lift off from its launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s newest rocket was originally scheduled to launch three days...
Ariane 6 launches French spysat on second flight
SpaceNews
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March 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 launched a reconnaissance satellite for the French military March 6 on the second flight of the European rocket. The Ariane 6 lifted off from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 a.m. Eastern on a...
Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying French military satellite
Voice of America
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March 6, 2025
PARIS — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off smoothly from the European spaceport in Kourou,...