Condamné à voir son orbite décroître jusqu’à une rentrée atmosphérique inévitable, le télescope spatial Swift pourrait finalement échapper à son destin. La Nasa s’apprête à tenter une opération sans précédent qui pourrait grandement prolonger la durée de vie de nombreux appareils en orbite.

An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.

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Pour observer les spectacles astronomiques que nous réserve le mois de juillet 2026, munissez-vous de notre carte du ciel. Ce mois-ci, Vénus traverse lentement la constellation du Lion, dominée par les étoiles Régulus, Algieba et Denebola.

Le prochain vol de la fusée européenne Ariane 6 est prévu pour le 17 juin. Il s'agira du premier décollage dans cette configuration avec quatre nouveaux propulseurs plus puissants pour mettre en orbite la charge utile la plus importante jamais envoyée par ce lanceur.

SpaceX n'a pas toujours été l'empire industriel dirigé par un militant d'extrême-droite mégalo que l'on connaît aujourd'hui. Avant d'atteindre les sommets dans le domaine de l'aérospatial, l'entreprise avait commencé comme beaucoup d'autres. 

Après avoir habillé les podiums, Prada s’attaque désormais aux contraintes du vide spatial. La marque italienne a dévoilé un nouvel équipement destiné aux astronautes, fruit d’une collaboration avec l’industrie spatiale américaine.

La nomination du Français Arnaud Prost a mis la lumière sur Haven-1, station spatiale qui doit entrer en service à partir de 2027. Le projet est en cours depuis des années, mais reste encore assez opaque... L'occasion de faire le point sur ce que l'on sait.

Amazon will fly its largest number of broadband satellites to date later this month on the first Ariane 6 launch to use upgraded boosters.

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It was less than two months ago that the third flight of Blue Origin's heavy-lift New Glenn rocket left a customer's payload in an unusable orbit. Investigators have now identified the cause of the failure, and Blue Origin is preparing to launch the next New Glenn mission as soon as next week.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Blue Origin announced the closure of the failure investigation May 22. Yesterday, officials confirmed Blue Origin's next launch will loft a payload of 48 commercial satellites for Amazon's broadband network in low-Earth orbit. This will be the most satellites Amazon has launched on a single rocket, surpassing previous flights on United Launch Alliance's Atlas V, SpaceX's Falcon 9, and Europe's Ariane 6.

Blue Origin and Amazon, each founded by Jeff Bezos, have not officially revealed a target launch date, but public notices of airspace and maritime closures suggest the mission is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as soon as next Thursday, June 4. Blue Origin is expected to roll the New Glenn rocket to its launch pad in the coming days for a test-firing of its seven main engines, fueled by liquified natural gas and liquid oxygen.

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It was less than two months ago that the third flight of Blue Origin's heavy-lift New Glenn rocket left a customer's payload in an unusable orbit. Investigators have now identified the cause of the failure, and Blue Origin is preparing to launch the next New Glenn mission as soon as next week.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Blue Origin announced the closure of the failure investigation May 22. Yesterday, officials confirmed Blue Origin's next launch will loft a payload of 48 commercial satellites for Amazon's broadband network in low-Earth orbit. This will be the most satellites Amazon has launched on a single rocket, surpassing previous flights on United Launch Alliance's Atlas V, SpaceX's Falcon 9, and Europe's Ariane 6.

Blue Origin and Amazon, each founded by Jeff Bezos, have not officially revealed a target launch date, but public notices of airspace and maritime closures suggest the mission is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as soon as next Thursday, June 4. Blue Origin is expected to roll the New Glenn rocket to its launch pad in the coming days for a test-firing of its seven main engines, fueled by liquified natural gas and liquid oxygen.

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