Vannacht werd in Frans-Guyana met succes een nieuwe Europese klimaatsatelliet gelanceerd. De MetOp-SGA1 moet Europa minder ...

SGA1, a next-gen polar-orbiting weather satellite, from French Guiana. The mission, Ariane 6’s third flight, will enhance ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Europe's Ariane 6 rocket sent a weather and climate satellite to orbit on Tuesday night. The Ariane 6 took ...

It represents Europe's first contribution to a US-led programme, the Joint Polar System, a new satellite constellation orbiting between the north and south poles ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

An Airbus-built satellite has been placed into orbit after successfully launching onboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s ...

As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on ...

More accurate weather forecasts - this is what the new European weather satellite Metop-SGA1 should make possible. The ...

Metop-SGA1 is dus de eerste satelliet die wordt gelanceerd, gevolgd door zijn “aanvullende satelliet”, Metop-SGB1, een jaar later. De A-type satellieten zijn ook uitgerust met Copernicus ...

Two new rockets just launched within 30 minutes of each other, with each vehicle lifting off for just the third time. First up, Arianespace’s Ariane 6 launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ...