ESA's Euclid telescope was supposed to launch earlier this year on a Soyuz rocket, but Russian aggression is forcing the space agency to look elsewhere.
cooperation with Europe on Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana and withdrew its 87 employees from the launch site. As a result, Euclid lost its ride to space on board Russia’s Soyuz rocket.
Europe began looking elsewhere for orbital flights, including the private space industry in the United States. ESA may be launching its Euclid mission on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in mid to late 2023, Mark Clampin, NASA’s director of the astrophysics division, said on Monday during a meeting of NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Council, SpaceNewswith Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use its rockets to transport its missions.
ESA’s other option was Arianespace’s heavy-lift launch vehicle, but the French company has yet to launch its next-generation, the first flight of which won’t happen until next year. The space agency is currently under pressure to find replacements for Soyuz. “This was a wake up call, that we have been too dependent on Russia,” ESA’s Aschbacher told Reuters.Privacy protection
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