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

Other European launch companies likely to be in the mix include PLD Space of Spain, Skyrora from the United Kingdom, and ...

For reference: The RBU-6000 Smerch-2 is a Soviet-era anti-submarine rocket launcher, designed to counter submarines and attacking torpedoes. It features a stationary 12-barrel 213mm calibre system ...

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 smoothly ...

The first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 has been rescheduled for ... launch its space missions. The Vega-C launcher did not resume flights until December 2024 ...

It took longer than expected for the new rocket to come online. Development of the Ariane 6 began in 2014, but the launcher didn't debut until last July, when it successfully sent nine cubesats to ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch Monday, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off ... pipes that refuel the launcher," said Ariane chief ...

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 smoothly ...

Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, was set to carry out its first commercial ... remain competitive with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The launcher was intended to place a French military satellite ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket is seen prior to its maiden launch at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 3, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP ...