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Brazilian activists vow to fight Amazon oil auction in court, hail ‘partial victory’ over unsold blocks
Climate Home News
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June 24, 2025
A controversial auction of oil blocks in the Amazon by COP30 host Brazil drew bids on only 20% of the areas offered, a result that green campaigners have hailed as a partial victory as they prepare to challenge the bidding process in the courts....
The Brief – Elon’s next blow up with Brussels
EurActiv
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June 25, 2025
The EU’s effort to expand its regulatory reach farther than ever before pits its policy wonks against a familiar foe: MAGA’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX billionaire is no stranger to a scrap with Brussels and, after a two-year wait, the European...
Isar Aerospace raises €150mn to strengthen Europe’s launch capabilities
The Next Web
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June 25, 2025
Europe’s best-funded space tech firm, Isar Aerospace, plans to strengthen the continent’s access to orbital satellites after raising €150mn to expand its launch service. Daniel Metzler, Isar’s CEO and co-founder, said the investment reflects...
A new chapter for Ariane 6 + Vega launchers with the P160C rocket motor
SatNews
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April 28, 2025
The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on April 24th at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency (CNES). The successful test firing of the first...
ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’
SatNews
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April 29, 2025
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport...
ESA launches Biomass, a satellite set to unlock the secrets of forests
Euronews
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The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully completed the launch of its Biomass satellite on Tuesday from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Manufactured by Airbus Defence and Arianespace, the satellite is designed to advance our...
Image Enabling & Support Mission control GO for Biomass launch 28/04/2025 281 views 8 likes View
ESA
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One last team photo before launch. Today, at ESA’s ESOC mission control centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, the Biomass team gathered for the pre-launch briefing. ESA's forest satellite, to be flown from ESOC, is scheduled for launch from Europe’s...
Harvest Gold Receives Government Approval For Drill Permits On Its Mosseau Gold Project In Quebec's Urban Barry Belt
Investing News Network
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April 23, 2025
Q1 2025 Results Reported Net Income of $1.9 billion, Adjusted Net Income (ANI) 2 of $1.25 per diluted share and Adjusted EBITDA 2 of $2.6 billion On track to meet Newmont's 2025 guidance 3 , with first quarter results in line with indications...
Sail-Assisted Ro-Ro Demonstrates Fuel Savings in Two Years of Service
The Maritime Executive
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Two years after its launch, Canopée, the first cargo vessel equipped with four automated OceanWings rigid sails, has demonstrated the potential of wind-assisted propulsion according to the joint venture between Jifmar and Zéphyr & Borée, which...
Story Enabling & Support P160C fires up successfully, a new chapter for Ariane 6 and… 25/04/2025 1775 views 45 likes Read
ESA
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Enabling & Support 25/04/2025 1775 views 45 likes The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency...
Ariane-6 launches CSO-3: double success for France and Europe
EDR Magazine
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March 6, 2025
Kourou, French Guiana, 06 March 2025– The Airbus-built CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique) Earth observation satellite for the French Armed Forces, has been successfully launched by Arianespace on Ariane 6’s first commercial flight from the...
Beyond the lens: Cameras that explore the unknown
Media India Group
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June 23, 2025
In 1816, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented a technology that did more than just document events, it captured them visually in real time. His creation preserved moments big and small, from personal milestones to world-changing events: the camera....
‘Space Brolly’ satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D to help combat climate change
Tech Digest
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April 29, 2025
Share In a significant step towards understanding and combating climate change, the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched its groundbreaking Biomass satellite from Kourou, French Guiana. This first-of-its-kind mission will employ a...
French artist Thieb Delaporte-Richard sees World Cup poster as a love letter to L.A.
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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June 23, 2025
For Thieb Delaporte-Richard, the Parisian cafe within walking distance of his home in Santa Monica was the best spot for an early-morning chat. While standing in line, the aroma of baking croissants wafted, and the buzzing of espresso machines...
A “Crazy Idea” Proven True: Pluto’s Breath Changes Its Moon’s Color
SciTechDaily
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June 22, 2025
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of Pluto’s surface shrouded in atmospheric haze. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Pluto’s haze is real, its atmosphere is wild, and its moon is stealing its breath—literally. And it might just teach us...
Biomass satellite mapping Earth’s forests in 3D with P-band SAR data
Electronics Weekly
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April 29, 2025
Biomass Specifically, the satellite will assess “terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth”. And it is due to launch today (10:15am BST, in French Guiana). You can watch it live on the European Space Agency...
Why space exploration must not be left to a few powerful nations
Nature
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The space industry is expanding fast — and its value is set to triple in the next decade, from US$630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion by 2035. However, although the number of nations with space programmes is growing — with 77 space agencies...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 and Annual Revision
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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June 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Video 00:06:07 Enabling & Support The future of ESA Transportation 23/06/2025 136 views 2 likes Play
ESA
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Space is huge and essential to humankind, fuelling knowledge, supporting our economies and driving global prosperity. None of this would be possible without reliable access to space. Since 1979, Europe has relied on the Ariane rockets and Vega...
Story Applications Biomass poised for liftoff to unveil forest secrets 28/04/2025 2456 views 24 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 28/04/2025 2456 views 24 likes After years of careful design and preparation, ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite is set for launch tomorrow, 29 April at 11:15 CEST, aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana....