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Vega C launched with the Sentinel 1C satellite
Global Happenings
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December 6, 2024
Vega C rocket launched from the European space center in Kourou (French Guiana). On board the Sentinel 1 C satellitethe new sentinel of the planet of the Copernicus program managed by the European Space Agency and the European Commission. Italy’s...
Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests
The Observer
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April 5, 2025
Scientists are about to take part in a revolutionary mission aimed at creating detailed 3D maps of the world’s remotest, densest and darkest tropical forests – from outer space. The feat will be achieved using a special radar scanner that has been...
Story Applications Biomass fully loaded 10/04/2025 1901 views 25 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 10/04/2025 1896 views 25 likes Marking a major milestone in the preparation of ESA’s Biomass satellite for its scheduled 29 April liftoff, experts have completed the critical and hazardous process of fuelling the satellite. Once...
Story Applications Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the s… 06/12/2024 9172 views 64 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 06/12/2024 9166 views 64 likes The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite was launched on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-1C extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution radar...
Review Of Infinite Cosmos: Visions From The James Webb Space Telescope
Forbes
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KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA - DECEMBER 25: Ariane 5 lifts off and deploys the James Webb Space Telescope ... [+] on December 25, 2021 in Kourou, French Guiana. (Photo by Andrew Richard Hara/Getty Images)Getty Images The James Webb Space Telescope was...
Terminal Count: Starship, Starship, Starship, and SLS
Space Explored
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December 2, 2024
Image: NASA/Glenn Benson Welcome back to another edition of Terminal Count. Starship has continued to command the news cycle even after its launch last month. That will likely not change for the foreseeable future; however, NASA’s Artemis 2...
The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier
Climate Home News
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April 2, 2025
This article, published originally by InfoAmazonia, is part of the project Every Last Drop, produced with the support of the Global Commons Alliance, sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The Amazon now holds nearly one-fifth of the...
Europe pursues ‘strategic autonomy’ amidst geopolitical shifts
SpaceNews
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April 7, 2025
As Arianespace wrapped up the webcast of the March 6 launch of the CSO-3 French reconnaissance satellite on an Ariane 6 rocket, the broadcast aired a recorded message from Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research....
Arianespace to launch Exotrail's Spacevan on Ariane 6
Space Travel
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Arianespace to launch Exotrail's Spacevan on Ariane 6 by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2024 Arianespace has secured a contract to launch Exotrail's spacevan, marking its first GEO mission as an auxiliary payload aboard the Ariane 64...
Julien Creuzet is Embracing Metamorphosis
Elephant Magazine
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April 3, 2025
Julien Creuzet hasn’t just revisited his Venice Biennale pavilion — he has revitalised it. The artist discusses cultural entanglements, national identity, and the poetry of metamorphosis in his work, where translation, migration, and memory fuse...
Journeys pass, and memories rest, then revisit as occasions occur
Guyana Chronicle
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November 17, 2024
A GROUP of Guyanese in the Arts were invited and their passage was paid for to French Guiana by the MITARAKA group. (I will ask for some forgiveness for words and places misspelt because of documents lost while moving and others not documented as...
Donald Trump announces reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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Reciprocal tariffs are calculated to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of its trading partners. The universal 10% tariffs will take effect on April 5 and the reciprocal tariffs will kick in on April 9. President Donald...
Volotea accused of illegally taking money from customers' bank cards
Entrevue
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March 31, 2025
Low-cost airline Volotea is in turmoil after being accused of illegally applying the increased solidarity tax on airline tickets (TSBA) directly to its passengers' bank cards. An investigation has been opened. The matter is being taken very...
Thales Alenia Space: Sentinel-1C satellite, one week before launch
AvioNews
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November 27, 2024
On December 3rd, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), will be launched from the European Space Center, in French Guiana, using a Vega C launcher.Together with European Space Agency (ESA) and...
US lowers tariffs on two French overseas territories, as wor...
Modern Ghana
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As US President Donald Trump's widest-ranging tariffs to date took effect Saturday, the White House said it had lowered planned levies on two French overseas territories. Trump's move has already triggered retaliation and economists fear a major...
Watch: German test rocket explodes after launch from Norwegian space port
The New Zealand Herald
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March 30, 2025
Lessons from failure Isar Aerospace, the German company that developed the Spectrum rocket, insisted the failed flight had produced extensive data from which its team could learn. “Our first test flight met all our expectations, achieving a great...
Eve Hewson's 10 Best Performances, Ranked
Movie Web
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November 28, 2024
High profile parental figures, like Bono and Ali Hewson, can provide additional opportunities for a career, but Eve Hewson has earned and solidified her spot independently in the entertainment world as a dynamic actress. At just 33 years old, she...
Orbital rocket launches from Western Europe for first time
The Next Web
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March 30, 2025
German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in Norway today, marking the first-ever vertical orbital rocket launch in Western Europe. Spectrum blasted off at 12:30 PM CEST (11:30 BST) but lost control at about...
Here Are Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs By Country. Topping List At 50% Are...
NDTV
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April 3, 2025
The following is a partial list of reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump during his April 2 press conference. All nations will be subject to at least a 10% tariff going forward, while dozens of countries listed below that the...
Trump to impose 10 pc tariff on GCC imports
The Siasat Daily
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April 3, 2025
In a major trade shift, US President Donald Trump has announced a 10 percent tariff on imports from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar. The new tariffs...