If that thing launches, I'll personally develop a MASER strong enough to melt this thing in orbit... Drone advertising is already too much. It needs to stop.

There is no gap. Even if Vast, Axiom etc. don't make it to space. The Chinese will still have their space station in orbit...

Is there any reason for the purple color? Or is it just looks?

I somehow imagined Vega to be smaller, but these fairings are big 👀

Are there any interesting findings yet? I have not heard much about Cheops since it's launch

I guess you're talking about the mindset that privatisation always leads to lower prices, faster development time, and better tech... In real life these companies are draining the government and take as much time as possible to extract a lot of money 👀

We can see how well that works with Boeing (airplane section fusion with Douglas), monopolies lead to lowered standards and stronger lobbying

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Here are some nice shots of ARD before and after flight...

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Read more about ARD: cds.cern.ch/record/41120...

One is from 29 km one from 50 km, small difference.

Aber der Snälltaget zwischen Berlin in Stockholm bleibt weiterhin bestehen?

As if the US would ever do anything the UN tells them to do. This fascist country threatened to b0mb the UN headquarters because their geriatric clown of a president was not able to take the stairs... It's time to sanction SpaceX. Don't buy their rockets, make starlink illegal!

Good thing blue origin has its lander...

So Themis will fly earlier than Callisto?