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 ...

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

The launch was just the second flight of the Ariane 6, after a mostly successful debut in July 2024. The rocket reached orbit and deployed its satellite payloads, but failed to perform a final ...

The Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with the 52-minute launch window opening at 6:25 am PT (14:25 UTC). Lockheed is self-funding the ...

European rocket launch company Arianespace says it has a four-year backlog but its clients are not yet ready with their ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...