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- MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff 2025-06-30The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which is hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has been placed inside the nose cone of the Falcon 9 launch rocket and is ready for the scheduled liftoff at 23:03 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July.
- Plato’s eyes meet brain 2025-06-30Video: 00:01:38 On 11 June, engineers at OHB’s facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA’s Plato mission. They used a special crane to lift Plato’s payload module, housing its 26 ultra-sensitive cameras, into the air and carefully line it up over the service module. The supporting service module contains everything else that […]
- Webb spots a starburst shining in infrared 2025-06-30Image: A starburst shines in infrared (MIRI)