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

The rocket carried the CSO-3 military observation ... Ariane 6 replaces the retired Ariane 5 and aims to reduce European ...

Ariane 6 is the new European launcher and is intended to carry satellites into space for commercial and government clients. It is the largest European rocket to date and can transport up to 11.5 ...

Europe's powerful new Ariane 6 rocket will not fly today (March 3 ... Agency (ESA), is the successor to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired in 2023 after 117 orbital missions.

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport ... Since the retirement of the workhorse Ariane 5 in 2023, Europe has had little independent access to space, with war in Ukraine cutting ...

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 ...

Kourou: Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 is set to carry out ... while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. Europe "cannot have a space policy today without having the means to ...

Since Ariane 5 was retired in 2023, Europe has been unable to launch heavier satellites, as Russia stopped allowing use of its Soyuz rocket in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia ...

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 ...