Ariane 6 first flight highlights
Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered into space on 9 July 2024 from a newly built dedicated launch pad in French Guiana. Liftoff occurred at 16:00 local time (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST).
Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.
This inaugural flight, designated VA262, is a demonstration flight to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane 6 in escaping Earth’s gravity and operating in space. Nevertheless, it had several passengers on board.
Ariane 6 was built by prime contractor and design authority ArianeGroup. In addition to the rocket, the liftoff demonstrated the functioning of the launch pad and operations on ground at Europe’s Spaceport. The new custom-built dedicated launch zone was built by France’s space agency CNES and allows for a faster turnover of Ariane launches.
Ariane 6 is Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket, designed to provide great power and flexibility at a lower cost than its predecessors. The launcher’s configuration – with an upgraded main stage, a choice of either two or four powerful boosters and a new restartable upper stage – will provide Europe with greater efficiency and possibility as it can launch multiple missions into different orbits on a single flight, while its upper stage will deorbit itself at the end of mission.
ESA’s main roles in the Ariane 6 programme is as contracting authority – managing the budget from Member States participating in the Ariane 6 development programme; and as launch system architect – ensuring that the rocket and launch pad infrastructure work together.
Ariane 6 is the latest in Europe’s Ariane rocket series, taking over from Ariane 5 featuring a modular and versatile design that can launch missions from low-Earth orbit and farther out to deep space.
Credits: ESA – European Space Agency
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congratulations esa
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Welcome back to space, Europe.
We've been waiting for you.
Work on re-usability!
Uzay gemisinde maydanoz yetiştirip bir de bununla yıllarca övünmeyi artık bırakalım. Bu fırlatma işleri boş işler. 50 yıldır zıvanadan çıkmış uzay araştırmaları var: 1 Yığınla boş boş solucan deliği, ışık hızı, genişleyen uzay… zırvalıkları var. 2 Yığınla boş kişi universitelerde boş işlerle uğraşıp yer kapma yarışı yapıyor. 3 Yığınla boş işler için yığınla para harcanıyor, metal harcanıyor… En yakın sisteme daha ulaşamamış bir teknolojiyle kendinizi ne sanıyorsunuz? Yapamıyorsunuz, bırakın ben yapayım.
Let's stop growing parsley on a spaceship and bragging about it for years. These launches are a waste of time. There has been space research that has gone crazy for 50 years: 1 There is a lot of nonsense about wormholes, speed of light, expanding space… nonsense. 2 Lots of idle people are doing useless jobs and competing for places at universities. 3 A lot of money and metal is being wasted for a lot of useless work… Who do you think you are with a technology that has not yet reached the closest system? You can't do it, let me do it.
Esa i love you
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ARIANE-6 ALREADY OBSOLETE BEFORE IT EVEN LEFT THE FACTORY ! ! ! 'ARIANE-NEXT' IS THE FUTURE ! ! !
Fantastic congratulations esa, on a good job, all the best from me in the UK 🇪🇺❤️
Why is ESA still designing rockets where EVERY part: the booster, the solid rocket motors, and the fairing halves, are all thrown away? That seems awfully wasteful and expensive.