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

A camera placed near the launchpad delivers and amazing view of the first liftoff of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket. Credit: ESA ...

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 1:24 p.m. local time (1624 GMT), live webcast images showed, following two earlier postponements. Europe's flagship ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

PARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Europe's latest heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, has successfully completed its first commercial launch, placing a satellite in orbit, Arianespace announced on Thursday.

After the aborted launch on Monday, it worked today: Ariane 6 has taken off. The re-ignition of the Vinci engine also worked. The rocket lifted off at 13:24 local time (17:24 CET) from the Kourou ...