ESA picks Germany’s Exolaunch for arctic weather satellite mission

The European Space Agency (ESA) has picked Germany’s Exolaunch to provide critical launch services for its Artic Weather Satellite (AWS), as the agency looks to outsource more of its space missions to private companies.   Already built and currently undergoing testing in Germany, the AWS is expected to dramatically improve weather forecasts in the Arctic — a region that currently lacks data for accurate short-term forecasts. The microsatellite is due to launch in June this year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launcher will propel the AWS some 600 kilometres into the air, after which it will separate and begin…

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