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Welcome to program 466 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:43 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:53 MFSK32: Lost tool disrupts Airbus jet deliveries
  5:13 MFSK64: German company launches rocket to space
  9:27 MFSK64: This week's images
28:16 MFSK32: Closing announcements


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From AFP voa TechXplore:

Lost tool disrupts Airbus jet deliveries for months

September 3, 2026

A tool accidentally left in an Airbus plane forced the European
aerospace giant to slow deliveries of new A330 jets for several
months, a company source told AFP on Thursday.

A spokesperson confirmed Airbus had recently identified "an
isolated quality issue on an A330 horizontal tailplane" or
stabilizer, without mentioning a misplaced tool.

"This led us to inspect A330s in the production process, slowing
down monthly deliveries over the summer," the spokesperson added.

"The root cause is identified and A330 deliveries have resumed."

The company source, who requested anonymity, did not identify the
tool or the production site where it was misplaced, but said it
had not caused any safety concerns.

"It was just a simple quality problem, nothing critical," the
source added.

Airbus's own figures through July 31 show that no A330s had been
delivered to clients since late May.

The wide-body jet represents just 5% of Airbus' total annual
deliveries, far below its popular A320 family of single-aisle
jets.

Overall, the company aims to deliver a record 870 planes this
year, with production rising in coming months with a second A320
assembly line at its Blagnac site in Toulouse, southwest France.

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-lost-tool-disrupts-airbus-jet.html
 

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From Deutsche Welle:

German company successfully launches rocket to space

Felix Tamsut with dpa, AFP, Reuters
September 6, 2026

Bavaria-based Isar Aerospace managed to launch its Spectrum
rocket into orbit, 18 months after its first attempt. This
is the first such launch from European soil.

A Spectrum space rocket built by German company Isar Aerospace
was launched into space from the Norwegian spaceport at Andoya.

"We're in orbit! And just made European history: This is the
first time a privately developed rocket reached orbit from
continental Europe," the company wrote on X.

"Germany has spaceflight capabilities," said the country's
Ministry for Research, Technology and Space on X, praising a
"milestone that impressively demonstrates our country's
innovative strength and technical expertise".

This was the German company's second attempt to launch the
Spectrum rocket into space. The first attempt, which took place
18 months ago, was unsuccessful.

What is Spectrum rocket?

The Spectrum rocket is designed for small and medium-sized
payloads. It carried five smal satellites and an in-flight
technological experiment, the company said.

According to Isar Aerospace, the launch was for "both the
vehicle's qualification mission and its first flight carrying
payload."

The move is believed to bring Europe closer to being able to
offer satellite flights from its own territory. Several countries
voiced interest in the growing market of commercial space
missions, including Britain and Sweden.

In March, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the launch
site of Isar, a Bavaria-based company, showing support for its
efforts and for European autonomy at a time when the world order
is changing under US President Donald Trump.

Isar is also working on the development of a second launch site,
located in Canada.

The company said that while the US launched 198 rockets last
year, Europe's tally was just eight. Isar's goal is to produce
some 40 rockets a year.

Competition includes SpaceX

Although the rocket is not yet ready for mass production, Isar
has already received orders through 2028.

The Spectrum rocket is intended to send both civilian and
military satellites into low Earth orbit, meaning a few hundred
kilometers above the Earth's surface.

The industry includes Elon Musk's SpaceX and ArianeGroup, a
French joint venture between Airbus and Safran that operates a
spaceport in French Guiana, located in South America.

For the sake of developing new rockets and extend its testing and
launch infrastructure, Isar said last week it received €200
million ($232 million) from the European Space Agency (ESA).

https://www.dw.com/en/german-company-successfully-launches-rocket-to-space/a-79050717

See also:
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-germany-isar-aerospace-rocket-orbit.html
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Image: The launch of Spectrum from the Norwegian spaceport at
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This week's images ...
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A crow silhouetted against the sun rising over Singapore.
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Sunset from the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in western Scotland.
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Sunset at Manassas National Battlefield Park, west of Washington
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The Flume Gorge in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire.
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The violet is the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode
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Sunrise at Myrtle Beach State Park, South Carolina, September 6.
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Labor Day was the last weekend for Tropical Paradise Shaved Ice
at T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park,
northwestern Florida. tinyurl.com/2xshw2gc ...

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Green Heron at the Lawrence, Kansas, Arboretum, September 5.
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The fishing pier at Cooper State Park, Texas.
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The sun preparing to set over Monte Sano State Park near
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Our painting of the week is "Transverse Nº 1" (1993) by Pablo
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