Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
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Re: Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
#2Plesetsk is also european soil.
Re: Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
#3Plesetsk is also european soil.
Kourou as well, although maybe a different definition of European.
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#5How can it be the first European rocket? There’s the ESA! Are you telling me we have all these organisations and none of them have ever launched from their own continent?
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#6How can it be the first European rocket? There’s the ESA! Are you telling me we have all these organisations and none of them have ever launched from their own continent?
They launch from Guiana afaik
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#7Re: Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
#8Plesetsk is also european soil.
They're using "Europe" as political shorthand for Western Europe
Re: Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
#9How can it be the first European rocket? There’s the ESA! Are you telling me we have all these organisations and none of them have ever launched from their own continent?
Europe isn't on or remotely near the equator, which is somewhat favorable for launches.