LAMPOLDSHAUSEN, Germany — A new launch pad at Europe’s Guiana Space Center, designed for startup small launch vehicles, will not be fully ready until late 2026 but could be made partially available by mid-2026 on a “minimum viable product” basis, according to the French space agency, CNES, which is developing the site.
While not unexpected, the news that the Multi-Launch Complex (ELM), which is being designed to host up to seven different commercial rockets, will not be ready until well into 2026 is complicating the . . .
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