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Solar for Ice to Thrust (S4I2T) is an EU-funded project (GA number 101161690) that seeks to develop a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solar electric water propulsion system. The project started on 1 September 2024 with duration of 36 months
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Wishing our community a wonderful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year! 🚀❄️

As we look ahead, we’re excited to continue our journey toward sustainable space mobility and turning bold ideas into real impact.
Season’s greetings from the #Ice2Thrust team, and see you in the New Year! ✨
December 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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🚀 Exciting Updates from the 3rd Edition of the EIC In Space Solar Energy Harvesting Newsletter! 🌞🛰️
📩 Check it out and join the journey: shorturl.at/xlcBB
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EIC In Space Solar Energy Harvesting Portfolio #3 Newsletter
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December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Our partners from @uni.lu and Matteo El Hariry are sharing their insights from the first edition of the #AI4OPA: AI Techniques and Frameworks for Orbital and Planetary Autonomy workshop held earlier this month at iSpaRo in Sendai
🛰️ You can find more & workshop papers
sites.google.com/view/ai4opaw...
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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New Publication at the #Open #Journal of #Astrophysics

"Optimal intrinsic alignment estimators in the presence of redshift-space distortions"

👉by Claire Lamman (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Jonathan Blazek (Ohio State U.) and Daniel J. Eisenstein (Northeastern U.)
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December 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Upcoming this Wednesday!
On 17 December the Ariane 6 #VA266 #Galileo launch live
👉 @esa.int
December 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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@dlr-de.bsky.social #DLR #International #Space #Weather #Camp 2026 calling for applications till 8th of March 2026. More details below 👇
dlr-de.bsky.social Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) @dlr-de.bsky.social · Dec 11
🌞🛰️Aufruf zum International Space Weather Camp 2026!
Ihr habt Lust, in die Physik von Sonnenstürmen & ihren Auswirkungen auf unsere Technologie einzutauchen? Projekte & Exkursionen – international, praxisnah, wissenschaftlich fundiert. Bewerbung für MINT-Studierende bis 8.3.2026 👉 s.dlr.de/ISWC2026
International Space Weather Camp 2026 – jetzt bewerben!
Für das International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) 2026 vom 5. Juli bis 2. August 2026 suchen das DLR und die University of Alabama in Huntsville Studierende in Bachelor-, Master- oder Diplomstudiengänge...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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‪European Space Agency‬ @esa.int
#ESAhighlights 2025 available below 👇
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · Dec 10
#ESAhighlights 2025 is out now. 👀

Read our free ESA Highlights magazine, summarising a complete year of space activity in impactful images and in-depth articles. 📅

👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

Full PDF 🔗 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corpora...
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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@esa.int @transport.esa.int

The #satellites will launch together and stay in the ‘dual launch’ configuration until separation in medium #Earth #orbit, 23 222 km above Earth in one week from now - on 17 December 2025.
transport.esa.int ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · Dec 5
The satellites will launch together and stay in the ‘dual launch’ configuration until separation in medium Earth orbit, 23 222 km above Earth, on 17 December 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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👉Europe choose resilience and competitiveness by investing in connectivity and secure communications at #CM25. @esaconnectivity.esa.int
esaconnectivity.esa.int ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications @esaconnectivity.esa.int · Nov 28
Together we are stronger.

Europe choose resilience and competitiveness by investing in connectivity and secure communications at #CM25.

We will continue working towards secure connectivity for Europe, innovative space technology and a comms and nav network for the Moon.
www.esa.int/Applications...
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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@esaconnectivity.esa.int Lead Payload Engineer is needed for LEO Satellites Programme Office, within the ESTEC Satellite Programmes Department
esaconnectivity.esa.int ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications @esaconnectivity.esa.int · Dec 8
🛰️Join our team as a Lead Payload Engineer for our LEO Satellites Programme Office, within the Satellite Programmes Department!

The position is located at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Apply here 👉 jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwij...
We're recruiting! Lead Payload Engineer Location: ESTEC, the NL Application Deadline: 4 January 2026 Apply on jobs.esa.int
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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🛰️ All Galileo launches in one graphic. @transport.esa.int @esa.int
transport.esa.int ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · Dec 8
🛰️ All Galileo launches in one graphic.

Next week, two Galileo satellites will be launched on #Ariane6, the 14th launch of the programme. Europe's navigation system serves billions of users and has over 30 satellites in orbit.
🔎https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Galileo_launch_history
Infographic showing all Galileo launches
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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We define the system architecture enabling solar-electric water propulsion, autonomous docking, and next-generation in-orbit operations. Collaborating with outstanding partners allows us to turn a visionary concept into a robust, testable technology.
👉 shorturl.at/2VVkP
@tum.de @uni.lu #EnduroSat
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🚀Vega-C set to launch Kompsat-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) for high-resolution images of Earth. @transport.esa.int @esa.int
transport.esa.int ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · Nov 29
🚀Vega-C set to launch Kompsat-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) for high-resolution images of Earth.

📅Liftoff: 1 December 14:21 local time (17:21 GMT, 18:21 CET).

🔢Flight #VV28 run by Arianespace.

🔗https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Vega/Kompsat-7_launch_on_Vega-C
Workers in green cleanroom suits observe the closing of the Vega-C fairing with Kompsat-7 inside.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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cmundell.esa.int‬: A remarkable Ministerial Council for esa.int
& science.esa.int record €22.1 bn overall & historic budget for Science.
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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🚀 It's launch day (again😉) for @esaearth.esa.int's HydroGNSS satellite along with #IrideSpazio and #Iceye satellites.

Tune in today, 28 November, from 18:01 GMT/19:01 CET, to watch the liftoff live on #ESAwebTV.

📺 watch.esa.int/two

🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...

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Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch
Update 26 November: The launch is now targeted for 28 November. The European Space Agency’s HydroGNSS, a twin-satellite mission to gather data on Earth’s water cycle, is now scheduled to launch o...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Our partners Sascha Dengler and Sören Heizmann from @tum.de attended the #Formnext 2025 show, happening 18-21 November in Frankfurt.

A satellite thruster nozzle for #Ice2Thrust manufactured by one of our suppliers and presented there. #Siemens

#AM #innovation #technology #space #spacepropulsion
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Our team joined the Tech Tour Space 2025, 11-12 Sept 2025 in Bodo, Norway and shared flyers with the attendees.
30 pioneering space tech startups
30+ seasoned investors and corporate partners
60+ targeted One2One meetings
Keynotes, panels & discussions
We are looking forward to the 2026 edition.
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Aman Arora from @uni.lu: Excited to share my work on RL-based guidance and control for autonomous proximity operations and in-orbit refuelling within Ice2Thrust.Space. Grateful to collaborate with great partners across Europe to advance sustainable, intelligent space mobility
More: shorturl.at/Vta9d
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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🤩 Excited to share Our #Ice2Thrust ongoing progress:
👉 Our team continues advancing high-performance water-based propulsion, autonomous docking, and in-orbit refuelling technologies.
Grateful to be working alongside such talented partners!
Read more here: shorturl.at/cvVde @traindoctor.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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@tum.de

--> get your free ticket now: go.tum.de/600782

#innovation #entrepreneurship

📷TUM ForTe
tum.de Technische Universität München @tum.de · Nov 13
The TUM #IDEAward 2025 is coming up! 🚀 Ten #startup teams, chosen from countless entries, will pitch their innovative ideas live on stage. Who will win? 🏆 Join us on November 27 at the Audimax, and get your free ticket now: go.tum.de/600782

#innovation #entrepreneurship

📷TUM ForTe
Graphic for the TUM IDEAward 2025 featuring a rocket shaped like a lightbulb launching into space. Text reads: “TUM IDEAward 2025 – We empower your ideas.” Event date: 27.11.25, Foyer TUM Audimax, Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich. “Register now for free! www.tum.de/ideaward.” Logos of Zeidler Forschungsstiftung, UnternehmerTUM, and TUM are displayed. The background transitions from blue to purple with stars scattered across.
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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#cosmisVision #smile @science.esa.int #CM25
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Nov 14
Part of #CosmicVision, #Smile is a joint European–Chinese mission that will give us a global picture of the interaction between the Sun and Earth.

By improving our understanding of geomagnetic storms, solar wind and space weather, Smile will help keep our technology & astronauts safe.

1/ #CM25 🔭
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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#ESAAriel is expected to launch on an Ariane 6 in 2029. @science.esa.int

4/ #CM25 🔭
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Nov 13
#ESAAriel is expected to launch on an Ariane 6 in 2029. Its final destination is the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, 1.5 million km beyond Earth in the direction away from the Sun. 

4/ #CM25 🔭
An illustration of the L2 point showing the distance between the L2 and the Earth (1.5 million km), compared to the distance between Earth and the Sun (150 million km).
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#ESAAriel
@science.esa.int

3/ #CM25 🔭
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Nov 13
#ESAAriel is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical make-up and atmospheric temperature profiles of hundreds of exoplanets.

It will also explore how an exoplanet’s host star shapes conditions on the planet itself.

3/ #CM25 🔭
Artist's impression of the star HD 93396 and its hot Jupiter planet, KELT-11b.
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#ESAAriel @science.esa.int

Ariel will study exoplanets as individuals, and as groups with similar characteristics in much more detail than ever before.

2/ #CM25 🔭
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Nov 13
Through this large-scale survey #ESAAriel will help us understand the link between the characteristics of a planet & those of its parent star. 

Ariel will study exoplanets as individuals, and as groups with similar characteristics in much more detail than ever before.

2/ #CM25 🔭
Artist impression of hot gaseous exoplanets. We see five columns, each comprising of five exoplanets of different sizes and colours.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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@science.esa.int

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAAriel is one of three ESA missions dedicated to studying exoplanets.

1/ #CM25 🔭
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Nov 13
A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAAriel is one of three ESA missions dedicated to studying exoplanets.

Its goal? Inspect the atmospheres of a thousand such planets, ranging from rocky planets to gas giants.

1/ #CM25 🔭
This is an artist's impression of ESA’s mission Ariel, shown here to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet orbiting another star. Four other exoplanets are visible in the image.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM