LE BOURGET—After the first commercial flight of Ariane 6 and Vega-C's return to flight, top executives at ArianeGroup, Arianespace, Avio and the European Space Agency (ESA) are now turning their attention to increasing launch cadences, they said at a panel discussion here June 17.

ESA is moving ahead with plans for the first phase of an Earth observation satellite system that will have both civil and military uses.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday it was looking to bolster alliances with countries other than the United States as it adapts to looming cuts at key partner NASA.

Gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and the largest X-ray observatory ever planned, NewAthena, will require "recovery actions" if NASA budget cuts are to go ahead.

The fundamental problem is that spacecraft must carry both fuel and oxidizer since there’s no air in space to support combustion. This creates a vicious circle: The more fuel you carry to go faster, the heavier your spacecraft becomes,

Constellation would be the ESA’s first big programme designed for defence and security as well as civil purposes