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  1. Evolution of the price per kg of payload (LEO) for several space missions:

    🇺🇸 Space Shuttle - $19.8k/kg
    🇪🇺 Ariane 5 - $10.3k/kg
    🇷🇺 Soyuz FG - $7.2k/kg
    🇯🇵 H-IIB - $7.1k/kg
    🇨🇳 LongMarch 3B - $5.8k/kg
    🇮🇳 Polar Satellite - $3.9k/kg
    SpaceX Falcon - $2.7k/kg
    SpaceX Falcon 9 (reuse) - $1.9k/kg

    #Space #SpaceShuttle #Payload #SpaceMission #SpaceMIssions #Evolution #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #Mission #Missions #Shuttle #Ariane #Ariane5 #Soyuz #SoyuzFG #HIIB #LongMarch #LongMarch3B #PolarSatellite #SpaceX #Falcon #Falcon9 #Reuse #SpaceScience #Planet #SpaceTech #Astrodynamics #Astrophile #OrbitalDynamics #Technology #STEM

  2. [Joyeux anniversaire, #XMMNewton ! 🥂 🎉 ] 25 ans. Cela fait 25 ans que l' #Observatoire XMM-Newton de l' European Space Agency - ESA lancé par une fusée #Ariane5 scrute notre #Univers dans le domaine des rayons X.

    Récemment, les données acquises par cet observatoire ont permis de comprendre l'origine des #aurores X aux pôles magnétiques de #Jupiter, de contraindre les #théories sur l'intérieur des étoiles à #neutrons, de révéler de gigantesques #éruptions en périphérie d'un #TrouNoir supermassif, etc : esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp

    Depuis quelques années, l'avenir se dessine, avec la mission #Athena, et le #spectromètre de nouvelle génération #XIFU ...

  3. [Joyeux anniversaire, #XMMNewton ! 🥂 🎉 ] 25 ans. Cela fait 25 ans que l' #Observatoire XMM-Newton de l' European Space Agency - ESA lancé par une fusée #Ariane5 scrute notre #Univers dans le domaine des rayons X.

    Récemment, les données acquises par cet observatoire ont permis de comprendre l'origine des #aurores X aux pôles magnétiques de #Jupiter, de contraindre les #théories sur l'intérieur des étoiles à #neutrons, de révéler de gigantesques #éruptions en périphérie d'un #TrouNoir supermassif, etc : esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp

    Depuis quelques années, l'avenir se dessine, avec la mission #Athena, et le #spectromètre de nouvelle génération #XIFU ...

  4. Ariane 5 upper stages are located mainly in #GTO & just a small delta-v (1,6km/s) is left to reach the #Moon 🌙. Since the debris 🗑️ is picked up in orbit, small propulsion units are sufficient for the remaining transport to the moon. More than 150 tons of #aluminum can be regained ♻️ from #Ariane5 upper stages alone. This saves more than €50 billions 💰 of tax money in transportation costs compared to #SLS or #Ariane6 launchers. activities.esa.int/4000132842

    #ESA #SpaceDebris #Recycling

  5. #OTD in 2021 🚀

    What a beautiful view we had from the Toucan site at Kourou that Christmas morning 🥰

    What a perfect (& loud 😱) ride we got from #Ariane5 #VA256 towards the Sun-Earth L2 point 🌞🌎🌗🛰

    And what a stunning observatory #JWST has proved to be in the two years since 🔭✨

    Such a privilege to be involved for more than a quarter of a century & there's so much more to come 🖖🤘

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #SpaceScience #ExploreTogether #NASA #ESA #CSA #SoundOn #SpaceRocks
    #MerryChristmas

  6. From the looks of it, the #NATS meltdown and the development style of Austrian software company #Frequentis will provide an excellent example for programming teachers for years. It might even surpass #ariane5 floating point, NASA's #MarsClimateOrbiter's meter vs feet parachute and #Therac25

    jameshaydon.github.io/nats-fai

    Sanitize your input
    Validate your result
    Test fuzzy
    and:
    Throw specific exceptions, not general critical ones!
    #programming #development #testing

  7. #ArianeGroup:

    "Launching Ariane
    Ariane 5: Der letzte Start"

    "Deutsch-französischer Erfolg für die letzte Mission der Ariane 5

    Der Flug VA261 war die 117. und allerletzte Mission der europäischen Schwerlast-Trägerrakete Ariane 5."

    ariane.group/de/neuigkeiten/ar
    press.ariane.group/succes-fran

    #Ariane #Ariane5 #CSG #GEO #Kourou #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight #VA261

    6.7.2023

  8. Ariane 5 launch conditions looking good. All LEDs are green in the control room for Flight VA261.
    Webcast starts at 5:30 p.m. EDT at youtube.com/watch?v=zWIKtG5HKbk

    Image source: twitter.com/EuropeSpacePort/st

    6/n

  9. #Ariane5
    #SYRACUSE4B
    #HeinrichHertz

    "Due to unfavorable high altitude winds .. decided not to initiate the final phase of VA261 launch preparation operations."

    "Subject to favorable weather conditions, the earliest possible launch date for VA261 flight is July 5, 2023:
    Between 7:00 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time,
    Between 10:00 p.m. and 11:05 p.m. Universal time (UTC)."

    newsroom.arianespace.com/fligh

    #Arianespace #CSG #Kourou #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight #VA261