Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket just launched for the second time ever. The Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today (March 6 ...

An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off smoothly ...

Europe's Ariane 6 launcher is ... of the "Super Heavy" booster, which is around 70 meters long, and an upper stage that is around 50 meters long. The world's largest rocket is designed in such ...

The rocket’s mission was to deliver the CSO-3 military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 kilometers (500 miles). It was the first commercial mission for Ariane 6 ...