An Ariane 6 rocket has roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher PARIS -- An Ariane 6 rocket roared ...

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

Meanwhile, the EU celebrated a successful satellite deployment on the second launch of its Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana ...

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël has said that Ariane 6 is key to “giving Europe an autonomous access to space,” despite ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch Monday, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was ...

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 through ...

Both Europe's Ariane 6 and SpaceX's giant Starship rocket were due to take off again at the beginning of the week. That ...

The launch was meant to be the first commercial mission of the new European space rocket and the second overall, after its ...

Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 carried out its first commercial mission on Thursday, launching without a hitch and ...

The Ariane 6 rocket's first commercial launch has been postponed again, with no new date or reason from operator Arianespace.

The new European Ariane 6 rocket lifted off on Thursday for the first time on a commercial flight into space, carrying a ...

The high-profile mission comes as Europe seeks to strengthen its defences amid doubts about the US as a security partner ...