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  • Sophie Adenot's mid-mission highlights
    on June 18, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    Video: 00:02:03 Sophie is halfway through the εpsilon mission onboard the ISS, and she has already accomplished so much. Between hundreds of hours of scientific research and thousands of photographs taken from space, she has taken the time to share many unforgettable moments with us — inspiring millions along the way on social media.

  • 347th ESA Council: Media information session
    on June 17, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    Video: 00:49:43 Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and outgoing ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun provide an update on the main outcomes of the 347th ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 16–17 June 2026.

  • Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe
    on June 17, 2026 at 1:50 pm

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  • GoTaikonauts! stops publishing online news and newsletter
    by [email protected] (Go Taikonauts Team) on January 2, 2023 at 9:36 am

    Dear friends of Chinese space activities!  Looking at the big progress China made in reporting about its space activities, we decided to close this website. It will stay online until December 2025 but will not be updated anymore. Above, you can find all PDFs of the newsletter we produced, from no 1 to 35.  Thanks for reading us in the past! 04 June 2025

  • China launches 1st high-throughput communications satellite
    by [email protected] (Go Taikonauts Team) on April 27, 2017 at 9:52 am

    12 April 2017Shijian-13, China's first high-throughput communications satellite, was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 7:04 p.m. on 12 April 2017. The satellite, with a transfer capacity of 20 Gbps and a designed orbital life of 15 years, was sent into orbit on a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The satellite is capable of providing better Internet access on planes and high-speed trains, as well as in less-developed regions.MORE ...MORE ...

  • Belarus sees prospects of cooperation with China in space field
    by [email protected] (Go Taikonauts Team) on April 12, 2017 at 11:53 am

    24 March 2017Belarus sees huge prospects for mutual beneficial cooperation with China in space field, Andrey Abramov, Belintersat Project Director, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.The director stressed that the further cooperation with Chinese companies in the space field largely depends on the commercial success of the first Belarusian communication satellite, the BELINTERSAT-1, which was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China on 16 January 2016.MORE ...

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