Ariane 6 is scheduled to launch between 7pm and 11pm UK time on Tuesday, July 9. Its launch site is in French Guiana. There’s a European spaceport just outside the town of Kourou, ...

Ariane 6 stands 63 metres tall, with a diameter of 5.4 metres, and can launch up to 21,650 kilograms to low Earth orbit. This falls short of the payload capacity of NASA's Space Launch System ...

Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, is poised to lift off for the first time tomorrow, as the continent looks to build out sovereign access to space and ensure European ...

Ariane 6 vs SpaceX: How much can it send to low-Earth orbit? The Ariane 6 will send up varying amounts depending on the booster configuration. The two-booster version, known as Ariane 62, can ...

The Ariane 6 launched for the first time ever today (July 9), lifting off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 3:01 p.m. EDT (1901 GMT).. There was a lot riding on this debut: It ...

Instead, the Ariane 6 will now be about four years late and compete against a new generation of rockets with varying levels of reuse and cost competitiveness—including Rocket Lab's Neutron ...

Ariane 6 is designed with the ability to launch a number of mission configurations. These could vary from LEO missions involving satellite constellations to dual-launch Galileo missions to medium ...

The Ariane 6 test article rocket will fire its Vulcain 2.1 engine for a full eight minutes (470 seconds), representing the entire flight phase of the core stage.

“The Ariane 6 is not going to come out as a final product, not in the sense that it won’t be mature or reliable, but there is nothing earth-shattering in it,” said Michele Franci, ...

The Ariane 6 program's management has also been streamlined, the official said. Development of the rocket has been funded by the European Space Agency, with Ariane Group as the primary contractor.

Ariane 6 is the successor to Ariane 5, which has been a crucial asset for the European Space Agency (ESA). From 1996 until 2023, Ariane 5 accumulated 117 launches, with 112 successful.

The Ariane 6’s maiden flight is scheduled for 2020, meaning the rocket would fly for at least five years or longer in an expendable configuration with Vulcain 2.1, ...