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3 days ago · Ariane 6 before the launch. Europe's new Ariane 6 launcher is ready for liftoff, which is scheduled on 9 July 2024. In preparation, the rocket completed a full wet dress rehearsal. The real flight model, its payloads, the launch pad and teams on the ground went through every step of the launch process: from pumping 180 tonnes of propellant ...
4 days ago · Credit: M. Pédoussaut/ESA. Europe is poised to regain independent access to space next week, when the long-awaited Ariane 6 rocket performs its inaugural flight from Kourou, French Guiana. The ...
2 days ago · Arianespace will primarily focus with ArianeGroup on the Ariane 6 exploitation to best meet the customer needs. “A new step has been taken in the implementation of the decisions taken at the Seville space summit: Arianespace is carrying out the next six missions of the Vega launcher before handing over to its partner Avio.
3 days ago · ' Vector European Generation Advanced ') is an expendable small-lift launch vehicle operated by Arianespace, produced by Avio, and jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
4 days ago · Ariane 6 rockets are complex pieces of technology, standing at over 60 metres tall – the height of about 15.5 elephants stacked on top of one another. The bottom part is called the main stage, which is powered by a liquid-fuelled engine called Vulcain 2.1.
3 days ago · “That is absolutely unprecedented for a rocket that has not flown,” said Stephane Israel, CEO of Arianespace, the company that builds the Ariane 6. But in a surprising turn, just days before the inaugural flight, Europe’s weather satellite operator EUMETSAT canceled plans to use Ariane 6 in favor of SpaceX’s Falcon 9, citing “exceptional circumstances.”
2 days ago · ESA’s ruling council, meeting July 5 in a special session, ended months of perhaps surprisingly difficult discussions, many of them relating to modifications of long-standing legal agreements with Arianespace, to arrive at the decision agreed to by ESA member states in November. The council adopted a resolution under which Arianespace . . .
