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• Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time ESA · 6 Mar 2025 Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:24 local time on 6 March (16:24 GMT, 17:24 CET). This was the first commercial flight for Ariane 6, flight...
• Live coverage: Arianespace to launch an Ariane 6 rocket on its 1st commercial mission Spaceflight Now · 3 Mar 2025 The launch will be managed by Arianespace and will carry the third satellite for the Optical Space Component (CSO– Composante Spatiale Optique) program. Liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is set for 1:24 p....
• Arianespace plans five Ariane 6 launches in 2025, primarily in the second half of the year SpaceNews · 11 Feb 2025 As Arianespace prepares for its first commercial Ariane 6 launch, it is projecting a manifest for the vehicle backloaded to the second half of the year.
• Arianespace Secures Three Ariane 6 Launch Deals in Two Days European Spaceflight · 30 Jan 2025 During the 17th European Space Conference, held in Brussels on 28 and 29 January, Arianespace was awarded contracts to launch PLATO, Sentinel-1D, and a pair of second-generation Galileo satellites. Arianespace currently...
• Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6 ESA · 28 Jan 2025 Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Science, Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer, Steven Rutgers, signed the launch agreement...
• Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit ESA · 28 Jan 2025 Entrusted by the European Commission, ESA has signed a contract with Arianespace to secure an Ariane 6 rocket for the launch of the Sentinel-1D satellite, the fourth unit of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scheduled f...
• First MetOp Second Generation satellite to launch in August ESA · 28 Jan 2025 ESA, Eumetsat, the European Commission and Arianespace have announced an agreement to advance the launch of the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, to Au...
• Arianespace to Launch Second Ariane 6 Rocket on 26 February European Spaceflight · 28 Jan 2025 Arianespace has announced that the second flight of the Ariane 6 rocket will take place on 26 February at 5:24 PM CET (1:24 PM local time) from the Guiana Space Centre. The flight will be the rocket’s first commercial fl...
• Testing of Key Ariane 6 Upgrade to Begin in March European Spaceflight · 10 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency and industry partner Avio will begin testing the P160 solid-fuel booster in March 2025. The booster will replace the current P120 booster and will be a key element in enabling Arianespace to del...
• Europe’s Vega-C to return to flight with Sentinel-1C mission NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 Arianespace will make its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Wednesday, as the…
• Assembly of P120 Boosters for Next Ariane 6 Flight Completed European Spaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 ArianeGroup has revealed that a pair of P120 solid-fuel boosters for the second flight of the company’s Ariane 6 rocket have been completed and transferred to the Booster Storage Building. The inaugural flight of the Ari...
• First and Second Stages for Next Ariane 6 Flight En Route European Spaceflight · 23 Nov 2024 ArianeGroup has confirmed that the first and second stages for the next Ariane 6 flight have begun the transatlantic voyage aboard the sail-assisted transport ship Canopée. The first Ariane 6 flight was launched on 9 Jul...
• Exotrail’s geostationary spacevan to launch on Ariane 6 in 2026 SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2024 BREMEN, Germany — Exotrail’s geostationary spacevan is set to ride aboard Ariane 6 in 2026, in a boost for European space mobility capabilities. Arianespace announced the contract for launch on
• Arianespace Pushes Second Flight of Ariane 6 to February 2025 European Spaceflight · 11 Nov 2024 Arianespace has announced that it will not attempt the second flight of its Ariane 6 rocket in 2024, with the launch now pushed to no earlier than February 2025. Ariane 6 was launched for the first time in July 2024. Whi...
• European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads NASASpaceflight · 9 Nov 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of the Vega-C and Ariane 6 as early as this December. While technicians in Europe and French Guiana are preparing these rockets and their...
• Next Ariane 6 launch slips to early 2025 SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2024 The second flight of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket, and its first commercial mission, has slipped from December to no earlier than mid-February, Arianespace announced Nov. 8.
• Arianespace Envisions Post-2030 Ariane 6 Upgrades European Spaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 Arianespace has announced that potential post-Block-2 upgrades for the Ariane 6 rocket are currently under assessment. These “Block 3” improvements will likely be introduced in the 2030s if approved. During an Ariane 6 U...
• Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024 ESA · 16 Sep 2024 The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space agency CNES as the launch base prime contractor, of ArianeGrou...
• “Competition Might Have Its Limits,” Says Arianespace CEO European Spaceflight · 16 Sep 2024 Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël has suggested that focusing on competition may not be the best approach in developing an Ariane 6 successor. In an
• Launch Roundup: Vega retired after final launch; Polaris Dawn set for new launch attempt NASASpaceflight · 2 Sep 2024 This week, rockets will launch from all over the globe. To start the week, China’s CASC sent a Chang Zheng 4B on its 50th successful mission. The final launch of Arianespace’s Vega rocket went off without a hitch, and Po...
• Arianespace CEO Declines to Comment on How Avio Replaced Vega Propellants Tanks European Spaceflight · 29 Aug 2024 Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël declined to comment when asked what solution Avio had employed to replace a pair of out-of-production propellant tanks for the final Vega rocket launch. In December 2023, European Spacefli...
• PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 As Arianespace ramps up following Ariane 6’s July maiden flight from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, a Spanish venture is preparing to become the first non-institutional launcher to reach orbit from the base next ye...
• Arianespace Announce Sept. 3 Launch Date for Final Vega Flight European Spaceflight · 2 Aug 2024 Launch services provider Arianespace has announced that it expects to conduct the final Vega rocket launch on 3 September from the Guiana Space Centre. The mission will carry the Sentinel 2C Earth observation satellite t...
• Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Ambra Pedrazzini ESA · 26 Jul 2024 After taking an astronomy class in school, Ambra Pedrazzini now works for Arianespace on Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6. With past experience on Ariane 5, Ambra is now Fluid and Mechanical Interfaces Functional Assista...
• ESA Explores Crewed Mission Capabilities for Ariane 6 Rocket European Spaceflight · 19 Jul 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded Arianespace a contract to explore potential options for enabling crewed missions to be launched aboard the Ariane 6 rocket. In an interview with SpaceNews, ESA director of space tran...
• Ariane 6 inaugural flight press conference ESA · 10 Jul 2024 Replay of the press conference held in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA, ArianeGroup, CNES and Arianespace representatives providing updates on the first mission of Ariane 6.
• ESA Approves “European Launcher” Definition Ahead of Ariane 6 Debut European Spaceflight · 9 Jul 2024 The European Space Agency’s member states have adopted a resolution that outlines what it considers to be a “European launch service.” Over the last two weeks, Arianespace head of public affairs Charlotte Lang, CNES chai...
• Ariane 6 Ready for Debut Flight Space Scout · 8 Jul 2024 Ariane 6, the European Space Agency and Arianespace’s next-generation rocket, is ready to perform its maiden flight on July 9, 2024.
• Could Avio’s Finalized Split from Arianespace Offer an Opening for Competitors? European Spaceflight · 8 Jul 2024 European Space Agency member states have agreed on the details of how customers already booked to be launched aboard Vega C flights will be managed after Avio splits from Arianespace. On 6 November 2023, during the ESA C...
• Arianespace Advocates Enforcing European Launcher Preference European Spaceflight · 26 Jun 2024 Arianespace head of public affairs Charlotte Lang has advocated for legislation that would require European missions to be launched aboard European rockets. Lang made the comments during the “Ensuring Long Term Autonomou...
• Ariane 6 joint update report, 21 June 2024 ESA · 21 Jun 2024 The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space agency CNES as the launch base prime contractor, of ArianeGrou...
• ESA Asked to Mediate Avio’s Split from Arianespace European Spaceflight · 20 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has been asked to mediate the ongoing negotiations to transfer the operational responsibility of Vega C from Arianespace to its manufacturer, Avio. In November 2023, at the Space Summit in Sevil...
• A new era: Ariane 6 maiden launch campaign gets underway NASASpaceflight · 27 Apr 2024 On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career for what was Europe’s first heavy-lift rocket. Nearly ten months later, Arianespace is back at the launchpa...
• Amazon seeks dismissal of Project Kuiper launch contract lawsuit SpaceNews · 14 Dec 2023 Amazon is seeking to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit filed in August that alleged that the company’s board of directors acted in bad faith when it awarded Project Kuiper launch contracts to Arianespace, Blue Origin and Uni...
• Avio and Arianespace Finalize Divorce Terms European Spaceflight · 8 Nov 2023 During the 2023 Space Summit in Seville, European Space Agency member states agreed to allow Avio to market and manage the launch of Vega C independent of Arianespace. The Vega family of rockets are developed and manufac...
• Avio Just Needs Some Space from Arianespace European Spaceflight · 26 Oct 2023 Italian rocket builders Avio have asked the European Space Agency to allow it to split from Arianespace and independently market its Vega launch vehicles. The request was first reported by La Tribune. The request, which...
• Two Vega VV23 Payloads Failed to Deploy European Spaceflight · 16 Oct 2023 A pair of payloads that were among 12 carried to orbit aboard the Arianespace-managed Vega VV23 flight failed to be deployed and likely burned up in the atmosphere still attached to the rocket’s upper stage. The Vega VV2...
• Arianespace Launch Europe’s Final Mission of 2023 Aboard Vega European Spaceflight · 9 Oct 2023 Arianespace launched a Vega rocket in the early hours of 9 October, carrying two primary payloads and ten small secondary payloads. The VV23 flight was Europe’s third and final mission of 2023. The Avio-built Vega rocket...
• NB-IoT provider OQ Technology moves to next Arianespace Vega mission SpaceNews · 19 Sep 2023 Launches for OQ Technology’s narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) constellation are set to resume Oct. 4 after Arianespace moved the Luxembourg venture to its next Vega mission, instead of an upgraded version of the ro...
• RIDE! Hopes to Make Booking a Spaceflight as Easy as a Plane Ticket European Spaceflight · 18 Sep 2023 French launch aggregator RIDE! announced last week that it had signed an agreement with Arianespace to market Ariane and Vega flights on its digital platform. RIDE! COO Maxime Gaud spoke to European Spaceflight to share...