Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket has successfully completed its first commercial launch carrying a French military satellite ...

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 ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully deployed a French spy satellite in its first fully operational launch on Thursday, completing a return to space for a continent facing questions over its role ...

The upper stage can be ignited repeatedly in space to deploy satellites at different positions. Ariane 6 was launched for the first time last summer, four years later than originally planned.

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport in Kourou ... carrying out a series of trials but leaving its upper stage in orbit after a software glitch. Thursday's launch, ferrying the CSO-3 ...

AFP KOUROU: Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 ... pulled its heavy Soyuz rockets after invading Ukraine in 2022. The launch was progressing normally, with the main stage separating from ...

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport ... carrying out a series of trials but leaving its upper stage in orbit after a software glitch. Thursday's launch, ferrying the CSO-3 optical ...