Reported Editor-read European Spaceflight, 25 August 2026
What it does not test. Does not establish that the mission launches on schedule or that Europe gains any reentry safety capability beyond this single demonstrator.
How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Design milestone on existing single demonstrator contract, no new sovereignty shift. European Sovereignty Index
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