AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoSpaceport Watch (Kourou): Europe’s Ariane 6 has put the Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2 (MTG-I2) into orbit from French Guiana, a major step for faster, more frequent weather monitoring. Weather & Safety: MTG-I2’s Flexible Combined Imager will refresh views every 2.5 minutes, helping forecasters track fast-moving storms, fog, lightning and other hazards sooner. Mercury Mission (Kourou link): BepiColombo’s Mercury Transfer Module has separated after a power-fault-driven redesign, ending the ion propulsion phase as the long journey nears its next arrival steps. Local Space Economy: ESA has also signed its first European Launcher Challenge contracts, backing Spectrum, RFA One and PLD Space with milestone-based funding that pushes new European launch providers to prove they can reach orbit by 2028. Education & Inequality (French Guiana): New territorial data shows functional illiteracy is far higher in French Guiana than in mainland France, with multilingual realities and unequal access to education cited as key drivers.
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