The Iris2 project aims to meet Europe’s long-term satellite needs, which have become more urgent due to events like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cyberattacks in Europe.



EU launches Iris2 space programme to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink

The European Union has launched a €10 billionn (£8.3 billion) space programme called Iris2, aiming to build a network of 290 satellites to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Elon Musk's SpaceX will soon carry out its first test flight of 'Starship,' a rocket which, as per AFP, is touted as the company's most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to ferry humans to the Moon and beyond.

Up, Up, and Away!: Elon Musk’s SpaceX to try and launch ‘Starship,’ its most powerful rocket ever on Monday

Do you think dinosaurs ever stood a chance against the asteroid that wiped off the mighty creatures? If they were sentient beings and could have protected themselves.

NASA, SpaceX to launch spacecraft today and kick an asteroid off course. Are we in danger?

A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if its course can be altered blasted off Tuesday from California. The SpaceX rocket carrying the experiment lifted off at 10:21 pm Pacific Time (0621 GMT Wednesday) from Vandenberg Space Force Base, NASA TV's live stream showed.

Watch | NASA mission to test out Armageddon scenario blasts off

SpaceX chief Elon Musk while mentioning people who have walked on the Moon in a tweet said "soon, that list will grow much longer as humanity reaches new heights.

Soon, that list will grow much longer, says Musk on space travel

As SpaceX gears up to launch more astronauts into space and create record-worthy discoveries, the Elon Musk-owned company will first have to fix their leaky toilets.

Bathroom bother! SpaceX aims to fix leaking toilets before launch

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Saturday, a live stream showed. LIVE FROM ORBIT: NASA's @SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts arrive at the @Space_Station.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with ISS: NASA TV

NASA and SpaceX launch a new four-astronaut team to International Space Station

SpaceX rocket on Wednesday exploded after a seemingly successful flight and landing. Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test → https://t.co/Hs5C53qBxb https://t.co/Au6GmiyWN8 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 3, 2021 × The rocket exploded a few minutes before it was making a soft landing as it was thrown into the air and crashed back to the ground.

SpaceX rocket explodes on ground

NASA vs Musk's SpaceX: Race to put American boots on Mars

SpaceX has launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station under NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

SpaceX, NASA begin first operational astronaut mission to space

SpaceX on Tuesday successfully completed a flight of less than a minute of the largest prototype ever tested of the future rocket Starship, which the company hopes to use one day to colonize Mars.

SpaceX Starship prototype takes first big step towards Mars; completes test flight

'Thanks for flying SpaceX': NASA astronauts complete a historic space mission

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, the first US astronauts to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in nearly a decade, have successfully undocked from the ISS on Saturday late night.

'I am ready to come home': SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from ISS to return to Earth

The two US astronauts who reached the International Space Station (ISS) on board the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade will leave for Earth on August 1, NASA's chief said Friday.

Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on August 2

SpaceX has confirmed the successful deployment of a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on May 30 in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.

SpaceX confirms putting 60 new Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

After the launch of Crew Dragon, Donald Trump addressed the attendees in the room and said the United States had regained its place as the world’s leader in space, that US female astronauts will be the first to reach the moon, US astronauts would be the first ones to land on Mars soon.

Trampoline is working, hysteria is not; Russian space agency taunts Donald Trump

A prototype of SpaceX’s upcoming heavy-lift rocket, Starship, exploded on Friday during ground tests in south Texas as Elon Musk’s space company pursued an aggressive development schedule to fly the launch vehicle for the first time.

SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype explodes during test

SpaceX's historic launch to International Space Station was postponed due to the bad weather. The decision was taken 20 minutes before the launch. Also read: NASA and SpaceX brace themselves for a historic launch!

SpaceX's crewed mission postponed as historic launch hit by bad weather

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EU launches Iris2 space programme to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink

EU launches Iris2 space programme to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink

Up, Up, and Away!: Elon Musk’s SpaceX to try and launch ‘Starship,’ its most powerful rocket ever on Monday

NASA, SpaceX to launch spacecraft today and kick an asteroid off course. Are we in danger?

Watch | NASA mission to test out Armageddon scenario blasts off

Soon, that list will grow much longer, says Musk on space travel

Bathroom bother! SpaceX aims to fix leaking toilets before launch

SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with ISS: NASA TV

NASA and SpaceX launch a new four-astronaut team to International Space Station

SpaceX rocket explodes on ground

NASA vs Musk's SpaceX: Race to put American boots on Mars

SpaceX, NASA begin first operational astronaut mission to space

SpaceX Starship prototype takes first big step towards Mars; completes test flight

'Thanks for flying SpaceX': NASA astronauts complete a historic space mission

'I am ready to come home': SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from ISS to return to Earth

Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on August 2

SpaceX confirms putting 60 new Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

Trampoline is working, hysteria is not; Russian space agency taunts Donald Trump

SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype explodes during test

SpaceX's crewed mission postponed as historic launch hit by bad weather