Tag: Ariane 6
Today marks a momentous occasion for the European Space Agency (ESA) as the Ariane 6, the latest and most advanced member of the Ariane rocket family, is set to embark on its inaugural flight. This launch from the Guiana...
ESA Council adopted a resolution on European launch services and on the continuity of European access to space, that sets the way for the ESA-developed Vega launcher to be commercialised by its prime contractor, Avio.
The Vega launchers joined the...
The first launch of Ariane 6 is targeted for 9 July 2024 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show today.
Josef Aschbacher was joined by the Ariane 6 Task...
ESA’s Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat, is undergoing final preparations in a cleanroom at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, in anticipation of its deployment on the inaugural launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. YPSat, crafted by ESA's emerging talent, stands...
The teams at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, have carried out all the mechanical connections in order to join the launcher’s central core – comprising the main stage and the upper stage – to its two Equipped Solid...
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) site in Lampoldshausen successfully tested the upper stage of Ariane 6 for the first time on 5 October 2022.
Original article from DLR
A hot-fire test is a highly demanding...
The lower and upper stages of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle for the combined tests on the launch pad have arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
The lower stage was made at ArianeGroup’s Les Mureaux site in France, and the upper stage...
Arianespace will launch the first two satellites in 2022, leading to the Full Operational Capability of Galileo open service. Then, three successive launches on Ariane 62 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, will finalize the launch of the first generation...
Arianespace signed a contract with Australian operator SingTel Optus to orbit the Optus-11 satellite using the Ariane 6 heavy launch vehicle. Optus-11 will be the seventh SingTel Optus satellite launched by Arianespace.
Arianespace and Australian operator SingTel Optus signed the...
ESA is offering an opportunity for payloads and experiments to ride on board the first flight of Ariane 6 planned in 2022. The agency is accepting notice of interest until November 15.
As reported by the European Space Agency, "ESA’s...
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