AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoSpace in French Guiana: Europe’s BepiColombo mission is nearing arrival at Mercury after nearly 8 years, launched from Kourou on an Ariane 5 and now set to use two orbiters to study how the planet formed and evolved close to the Sun. Weather & satellites from Kourou: Ariane 6 has successfully launched MTG-I2, the new Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, aiming to deliver faster, more detailed monitoring of Europe and North Africa, with imagery refreshed every 2.5 minutes to help track thunderstorms, fog, heavy rain and lightning. Local education challenge: New figures on illiteracy show French Guiana is among the hardest hit overseas territories, with nearly one in two adults affected, driven by barriers to schooling, poverty, isolation and multilingual realities. European launch race: ESA signed first European Launcher Challenge contracts, backing Spectrum (Isar Aerospace), MIURA 5 (PLD Space) and RFA One, pushing providers to prove they can reach orbit by 2028. International travel watch: The U.S. updated its Level 2 travel advisory for Brazil, urging increased caution amid crime risks and warning about specific high-risk areas.
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