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Last update: 8 hours agoSpace & Weather Monitoring: ESA’s Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2 (MTG-I2) has successfully launched on Ariane 6 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, with the satellite now in orbit and moving into early operations—aiming for faster, sharper European weather updates every 2.5 minutes and improved severe-storm and lightning detection. Space Launch Industry: ESA also kicked off its European Launcher Challenge with first contracts worth €543.6M total, backing Isar Aerospace (€197.8M), PLD Space (€158.9M) and Rocket Factory Augsburg (€186.9M) to prove orbital launch capability by 2028—part of a push to reduce reliance on non-European rockets. Mining & Investment (Suriname): Centurion Minerals signed an LOI to acquire an 80% interest in the Brothers Gold Project in eastern Suriname, while Gold Fields boosted its stake in Founders Metals to just under 20% to support full control of the Antino gold project. Agriculture From Orbit: Engineers at Kourou are integrating ESA’s FLEX satellite for a September 14 launch, designed to measure real photosynthesis activity in crops and forests—targeting earlier detection of drought stress than today’s “greenness” indicators. Environment Data: A new ranking highlights how global forests are concentrated, with Russia holding 20.1% of the world’s forest area.
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