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ESA’s September round-up covers a Vega-C launch, a step towards Mercury for BepiColombo and a claimed European first for the Spectrum rocket.
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FLEX launched aboard a Vega-C rocket alongside Sentinel-3C in September, the European Space Agency said in a round-up published on 1 October. BepiColombo also separated from its Mercury Transfer Module as it continued towards Mercury. [1]
ESA described Spectrum as the first rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe. The agency also said Sophie Adenot completed her third spacewalk as EV-1, describing it as her final one. [1]
In astronomy, ESA said the James Webb Space Telescope had found tiny brown dwarfs that could harbour the building blocks of planets. [1]
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