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Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...
A troubled European rocket critical to the continent’s goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk’s SpaceX thundered off a ...
The second commercial launch of the European carrier rocket Ariane 6 has been successfully carried out from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, the project''s operator Arianespace said.
After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive to catch up with the backlog. A ...
The European Space Agency has cleared another hurdle on the road to launching the second generation of the MetOp ...
As preparations to launch Europe's first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, satellite continue on track, the team at ...
Instead, the Ariane 6 will now be about four years late and compete against a new generation of rockets with varying levels of reuse and cost competitiveness—including Rocket Lab's Neutron ...
Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, is poised to lift off for the first time tomorrow, as the continent looks to build out sovereign access to space and ensure European ...
But the Ariane 6, like the Ariane 5 before it, is expendable. This design decision makes sense, given that the new rocket will likely fly a maximum of 10 times or so per year for the foreseeable ...
The Ariane 6 program's management has also been streamlined, the official said. Development of the rocket has been funded by the European Space Agency, with Ariane Group as the primary contractor.
Europe's upcoming Ariane 6 rocket, though designed to be expendable, could one day sport a reusable engine, according to Patrick Bonguet, head of the Ariane 6 program at ArianeGroup.
Arianespace is planning four to five Ariane 6 launches in 2024 followed by eight in 2025 before reaching its full planned rate of nine to 11 annually in 2026, he said, though depending on demand ...