European heavy-lift rocket deploys French military reconnaissance satellite, marking a pivotal moment for Europe's space ...

The second Ariane 6 launch sent up an optical spy satellite called CSO-3 for the French military. The rocket deployed CSO-3 ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully deployed a French spy satellite in its first fully operational launch on Thursday, ...

Europe's newest uncrewed heavy launcher blasted off on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit on Thursday in its first commercially operational launch. The ...

However, Europe might not be able to replace SpaceX altogether. Ariane 6, unlike SpaceX rockets, is not reusable. And while ...

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a French military satellite into orbit Thursday, marking a milestone for the ...

SpaceX is back with another active week, with five Falcon 9 rockets launching from two different launch sites and Starship's eighth test flight launching from Texas. Rocket Lab's Electron rocket and ...

Europe recently found itself without a way to independently launch missions into space due to the Ariane 6 delays, its ...

The first commercially operational launch of Europe's Ariane 6 heavy rocket was postponed for a second time on Monday, ...

The rocket lifted off at 13:24 local time (17:24 CET) from the Kourou launch site in the French overseas department of French ...

Thursday's launch, ferrying the CSO-3 optical and infrared ... Since the retirement of the workhorse Ariane 5 in 2023, Europe has had little independent access to space, with war in Ukraine ...

It was the latest of several postponements for the rocket as Europe seeks to secure independent access to space. Read more at ...