Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket ... to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired in 2023 after 117 orbital missions. You may like Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in ...

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

Europe's powerful new Ariane 6 rocket ... to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired in 2023 after 117 orbital missions. It took longer than expected for the new rocket to come online.

As Ariane 5 had already been retired by then, this marked the end of a year in which Europe had no transporter of its own to launch large satellites into space. With the Vega C, the rocket for ...

The launch of the European rocket Ariane 6, which was planned for 1.24pm local ... political relevance of Elon Musk and his space company, SpaceX. Ariane 6 replaces Ariane 5, which for more than 25 ...

It allows Europe to independently launch larger satellites into space. The rocket completed its maiden flight last summer. The Ariane 6 is the successor model to the Ariane 5, which was in operation ...

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

The first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 has been rescheduled ... while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. European nations have been trying to boost ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was ... while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. 'We must be united ...

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 ...