There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off on Monday due to an "anomaly" on the ground. It was the latest of ...

It was the first of five Ariane 6 launches Arianespace plans to conduct this year. The official launch webcast featured, after the successful deployment of the satellite, congratulatory remarks by ...

Meanwhile, the EU celebrated a successful satellite deployment on the second launch of its Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana. The project had cost overruns and years of delays, but the successful ...

European nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, was repeatedly delayed. The delays ...

The Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from Europe's spaceport, on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit, in its first commercially operational launch, in Kourou, ...

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward in its first commercial flight this week. It successfully launched a CSO-3 French military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 ...

On March 6, 2025 ... Spaceflight This launch comes at a time when Europe is prioritizing its space independence, particularly in light of shifting geopolitical alliances. Ariane 6 replaces ...

Ariane 6 had its first flight in July 2024 after repeated delays. This first commercial launch was delayed, too, due to an "anomaly" on the ground. Guy Pilchen, ESA project manager for the Ariane ...

Ariane 6 had its first flight in July 2024 after repeated delays. This first commercial launch was delayed, too, due to an "anomaly" on the ground. Guy Pilchen, ESA project manager for the Ariane 6, ...

(Reuters) – Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket successfully deployed a French spy satellite in its first fully operational launch yesterday, completing a return to space for a continent facing ...