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

However, Europe might not be able to replace SpaceX altogether. Ariane 6, unlike SpaceX rockets, is not reusable. And while ...

The rocket lifted off at 13:24 local time (17:24 CET) from the Kourou launch site in the French overseas department of French ...

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 ...

A little more than an hour after launch, the Ariane 6 upper stage deployed CSO-3, a sharp-eyed French military spy satellite, to begin a mission providing optical surveillance imagery to French ...

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 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 ...

Watch live launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana of the European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket. This is the first commercial flight of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, carrying ...

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 took off ...

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 ...