Rocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut
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欧洲航天局与多家欧洲小型运载火箭初创企业签署合同，通过“欧洲发射挑战”计划为其提供资金支持，以增强欧洲进入太空的自主性和发射服务多样性。与此同时，美国路易斯安那州有望成为SpaceX星舰项目的新中心，该公司计划投资高达1000亿美元在当地建设工厂和多个发射台，这将极大改变该州沿海地区的面貌。本期报告还涵盖小型、中型及重型火箭的最新进展，并预告未来三次发射计划
Welcome to Edition 9.08 of the Rocket Report! Some major news this week from the state of Louisiana, previously associated with space due to NASA's aging Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Now the state has a chance to become the epicenter of SpaceX's Starship program as the company plans to invest up to $100 billion to construct factories and multiple launch pads for the super heavy lift rocket. It would utterly transform coastal Louisiana.
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ESA announces big launch challenge contracts. The European Space Agency said Thursday it signed contracts with a handful of European launch startups to help them continue development of their vehicles. "The European Launcher Challenge is ESA’s initiative to expand European launch service supply and ensure more robustness in Europe’s access to space," the space agency said of the award, which supports the development and operation of small launch vehicles in Europe. For some of these firms, the funding will provide a key lifeline.
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