European heavy-lift rocket deploys French military reconnaissance satellite, marking a pivotal moment for Europe's space autonomy.

Europe's newest uncrewed heavy launcher blasted off on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit on Thursday in its first commercially operational launch. The ...

A new launch date has not yet been announced ... the European Space Agency (ESA), is the successor to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired in 2023 after 117 orbital missions.

Thursday's launch, ferrying the CSO-3 optical and infrared ... Since the retirement of the workhorse Ariane 5 in 2023, Europe has had little independent access to space, with war in Ukraine ...

The launch is part of Europe’s efforts to build up its security autonomy amid the rapprochement between the United States and Russia. Since Ariane 5 was retired in 2023, Europe has been unable to ...

The launch is part of Europe’s efforts to build up its security autonomy amid the rapprochement between the United States and Russia. Since Ariane 5 was retired in 2023, Europe has been unable ...

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

The first commercially operational launch of Europe's Ariane 6 heavy rocket was postponed for a second time on Monday, operator Arianespace said.

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The launch had been scheduled to blast off from ... rockets since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. 'We must be united' The mission had taken ...