European startup’s space capsule ‘lost’ after reentry
Tuesday, 24 June 2025 () Communication with a privately funded European space capsule was lost Tuesday shortly after the spacecraft reentered Earth’s atmosphere. The capsule launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday. The Exploration Company, which built the spacecraft, described the mission as a “partial success” and a “partial failure.” “The capsule was launched successfully, powered the payloads nominally in orbit, stabilised itself after separation with the launcher, re-entered and re-established communication after blackout,” the Munich-based startup said in a LinkedIn post today. “But it encountered an issue afterwards, based on our current best knowledge, and we lost…
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025 ()
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