ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-23 00:00 The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space agency after ESA. Its headquarters are in Egypt, which launched Africa’s first satellite in 1998. AfSA has the goal of ...

ESA supports work on Apophis mission Original Publication Date: 2024-07-20 01:10 European Space Agency will allow a proposed mission to the asteroid Apophis to proceed. Ramses is designed to visit Apophis before that asteroid makes a very close flyby of Earth in 2029. ESA members will decide on ...

Firefly says Alpha launch a success despite payload reentries Original Publication Date: 2022-10-10 11:26 Firefly Aerospace says its Alpha launch early this month was a success. But its payloads, placed in a lower orbit than planned, reentered within several days. That’s led to speculation that ...