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@transport.esa.int@transport.esa.intTrisat-S was one of six commercial and educational CubeSats launched on Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher in September 2026. This launch made Isar Aerospace the first European company to reach orbit with their own launch vehicle and the first company to complete ESA’s European Launcher Challenge.
@transport.esa.intWhat a special day! 🚀🧡
@transport.esa.intRead more: www.wia-europe.org/2026/10/03/c...
@transport.esa.intToday, our Director, Géraldine Naja, received the WIA-Europe the Outstanding Achievement Award 🧡 This award distinguishes women with exceptional accomplishments and leadership qualities. Awards like this serve as a source of inspiration for future generations.
@transport.esa.intCorrect, thanks for going into this, all updated on the website :)
@transport.esa.intTarget to land: 20x20 square metres. Total size of the launch pad: 40x40 square metres.
@transport.esa.intWe do! And they are very important to us 🎭🧡
@transport.esa.intAs a reusable launcher, Themis is designed to touchdown on land within an area of just 20 x 20 square metres. There, robots will move towards the launcher and connect to it, draining any remaining fuel and oxidiser. Full article available here ⬇️
@transport.esa.intSecond fuelling rehearsal ✅
Themis, @esa.int's reusable rocket stage demonstrator, has complete its second 'wet dress rehearsal' at Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 29 September.
The rocket prototype was filled with liquid nitrogen to test the complete system.
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@transport.esa.intThe experiment, called Firewall, not only recorded emissions soon after launch, but continued monitoring as the released molecules interacted with the compounds present in the atmosphere, to possibly form different molecules. On the ground, other instruments also collected complementary data. 📖⬇️
@transport.esa.intWe teamed up with @dlr-en.bsky.social to record rocket emissions 🚀
On 1 October, DLR launched a sounding rocket called Mapheus-17.
But, before liftoff, something else took off: an aircraft called Falcon 20E, which flew through the rocket plume and circled around, collecting as much data it could.
@transport.esa.intWhat have we done last month?
🚀 We launched FLEX and Sentinel-3C on the same Vega-C rocket
🚀 Isar Aerospace's Spectrum launcher achieved the first launch to orbit from continental Europe
September may have ended, but we keep going!
@esa.intReposted by @transport.esa.int📣 Journalists are invited to attend our Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Rome on 15 December, where ESA Member States will discuss Europe’s future in space exploration.
📰 Register by 30 October: esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Media_Invitation_ESA_Intermediate_Ministerial_Meeting
@transport.esa.intWhat happens when a satellite expends all its fuel? What if we could refuel it? ⛽️
@science.esa.intReposted by @transport.esa.intInspector Smile is ready for science! 🫡 This is Smile’s first ultraviolet view showing an auroral substorm. With the ultraviolet camera now operational, Smile becomes the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light. 🔭 🧪 ☀️
@transport.esa.int#LaunchedIt on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, great to see Smile delivering science after its delivery to orbit 🚀
@transport.esa.intFull video available here ⬇️
@transport.esa.intFrom the last glimpse of Flex and Copernicus Sentinel-3 on Earth to liftoff, this fast-paced timelapse shows moments of the VV30 launch campaign, such as: - the first Vespa+R adapter supporting the two satellites - team signatures on the rocket's nose cone - assembling the rocket on the launch pad