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Vulcan Blasts Off, Ariane Delivers, and Portugal Joins the Spaceport Club.

ULA’s Vulcan launched the USSF-106 mission. Ariane 6 launched EUMETSAT’s Metop- SGA1. ASC has obtained a licence for a spaceport in the Azores. And more.

Aug 13, 2025

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Summary

A United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Vulcan rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying the USSF-106 mission for the United States Space Force's (USSF’s) Space Systems Command (SSC). Arianespace’s Ariane 6 liftoff from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) spaceport in French Guiana carrying EUMETSAT's Metop-SGA1 satellite. The Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) has obtained its license to operate a Spaceport in Santa Maria, Azores, and more.

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Selected Reading

Vulcan Rocket Ushers in New Era of National Security Space Launch

Space Systems Command Prepares to Launch first Operational Vulcan Mission for the U.S. Space Force- Space Systems Command

With Ariane 6, Arianespace successfully launches Metop-SGA1 satellite

Successful Launch of Metop-SGA1 to Take Weather Forecasting to New Heights

ASC secures Spaceport Licence

NASA Awards Second Human Health, Performance Contract

Momentus Secures NASA Contract to Study the Launch of Robotic Technologies for Future Space Exploration

SaxaVord Spaceport Statement

Exclusive: Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show- Reuters

Ukraine successfully tests Starlink's direct-to-cell technology- Reuters

Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident

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