Frédéric Castel, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:34:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Frédéric Castel, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Europe aims to end space access crisis with Ariane 6’s inaugural launch https://spacenews.com/europe-aims-to-end-space-access-crisis-with-ariane-6s-inaugural-launch/ https://spacenews.com/europe-aims-to-end-space-access-crisis-with-ariane-6s-inaugural-launch/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:05:27 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=445925 A photo of the fully assembled Ariane 6 spacecraft revealed behind open hangar doors.
A photo of the fully assembled Ariane 6 spacecraft revealed behind open hangar doors.

Q&A with Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA Director of Space Transportation.

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ESA’s Euclid space telescope obtaining “magnificent” test images despite a few finetuning hiccups https://spacenews.com/esas-euclid-space-telescope-obtaining-magnificent-test-images-despite-a-few-finetuning-hiccups/ https://spacenews.com/esas-euclid-space-telescope-obtaining-magnificent-test-images-despite-a-few-finetuning-hiccups/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:43:31 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=193757

"After a dozen years designing and developing Euclid, it is exhilarating and very moving to see these first images. But you can’t just release them to the public; it takes time to get scientific validation. We expect the first science publication in January."

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