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Last update: 2 hours agoSpace Arrival: ESA/JAXA’s BepiColombo has begun its long-awaited arrival at Mercury after nearly eight years, with the Mercury Transfer Module separating to start the final approach toward orbit insertion. Launch Industry Milestone: German startup Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket became the first commercial private launcher to reach orbit from continental Europe, lifting off from Arctic Norway’s Andøya Spaceport and deploying five small satellites plus a tech payload. European Autonomy Push: Isar says it will rapidly scale satellite deployments, as European leaders frame new launch capacity as a key bottleneck for security and independence. Weather Tech for French Guiana Link: MTG-I2, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, is set to improve short-term forecasting in Hungary with rapid-scan imagery every 2.5 minutes, supporting warnings for storms and fog. Food Security in Orbit: A Sept. 15 mission will launch ESA plant-stress satellites designed to detect photosynthesis stress from space—aimed at earlier drought and heat alerts.
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