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E' partita Smile, la prima missione spaziale congiunta Europa e Cina: è decollata alle 05.52 ora italiana dal Centro Spaziale Guyanese di Kourou, in Guyana Francese, con un razzo Vega C. Grazie alla sua vista a raggi X Smile fornirà per la prima volta una visione d'insieme di quel che avviene nell'incontro tra le particelle emesse dal Sole, il cosiddetto vento solare, e la 'bolla' protettiva che avvolge il nostro pianeta, il campo geomagnetico. Il lancio si concluderà tra 57 minuti quando il satellite sarà rilasciato a oltre 706 chilometri di altezza e da cui raggiungerà poi la sua orbita definitiva.

Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani announced Italy's intention to participate in the private space mission Axiom 5, scheduled for 2027, aiming for Italian command and involving the entire national industrial and scientific supply chain.

Giorgio Marsiaj of Confindustria underlines the value of the space economy and announces a mission to the United States from 6 to 15 December to encourage the entry of Italian companies into American supply chains.

ESA has extended contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space for the construction of 4 new second generation Galileo satellites, bringing the G2 fleet to 16 units by 2031 to strengthen European strategic autonomy.

The Russian military satellite Cosmos-2612 carried out dangerous approach maneuvers towards the Finnish commercial satellite Iceye-X36, used to support Ukraine. The distance between the two devices fell below one hundred meters.

Asteroids 2026 TG9 and 2026 TP6 pass approximately 220,000 and 210,000 kilometers from Earth, halfway between us and the Moon. Celestial bodies, measuring between 9 and 24 metres, do not pose any risk to the planet.

An old Soviet weather satellite was destroyed by space debris, releasing thousands of fragments and fueling fears about Kessler syndrome and growing congestion in Earth's orbit.