#ariane6 — Public Fediverse posts

🚀 À l’occasion du Sommet international sur l’espace à Paris, Amazon Leo a commandé 6 lancements supplémentaires #Ariane6 à Arianespace, ce qui porte à 24 au total, pour le lancement de sa constellation en orbite basse

RE: https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/114439108543553287

4 of the 7 #Ariane6 launches in 2026 are for #Amazon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ariane_launches_(2020%E2%80%932029)#Ariane_6_(2024%E2%80%93present) (launches supported by taxpayers with ~65 million € 💰 each)

@schnedan regarding the #transparency of #LaunchCost : Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost of an #Ariane6 launch https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117130008062227837

European #taxpayers are subsidizing every launch of #satellites for Jeff Bezos by roughly $75 million 💰 https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/114439108543553287

#ESA

An interesting interview with the right questions and a generally knowledgeable conversation partner* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5IvbIx7WE

* Claudia Kessler worked for #Airbus (former #EADS), which owns a large stake in #ArianeSpace. So she can hardly claim publicly that #Ariane6 isn't competitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Kessler#Life_and_work

#IsarAerospace

An interesting interview with the right questions and a generally knowledgeable conversation partner* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5IvbIx7WE

* Claudia Kessler worked for #Airbus (former #EADS), which owns a large stake in #ArianeSpace. So she can hardly claim publicly that #Ariane6 isn't competitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Kessler#Life_and_work

#IsarAerospace

An interesting interview with the right questions and a generally knowledgeable conversation partner* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5IvbIx7WE

* Claudia Kessler worked for #Airbus (former #EADS), which owns a large stake in #ArianeSpace. So she can hardly claim publicly that #Ariane6 isn't competitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Kessler#Life_and_work

#IsarAerospace

An interesting interview with the right questions and a generally knowledgeable conversation partner* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5IvbIx7WE

* Claudia Kessler worked for #Airbus (former #EADS), which owns a large stake in #ArianeSpace. So she can hardly claim publicly that #Ariane6 isn't competitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Kessler#Life_and_work

#IsarAerospace

An interesting interview with the right questions and a generally knowledgeable conversation partner* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5IvbIx7WE

* Claudia Kessler worked for #Airbus (former #EADS), which owns a large stake in #ArianeSpace. So she can hardly claim publicly that #Ariane6 isn't competitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Kessler#Life_and_work

#IsarAerospace

#Ariane's $96 million launch price, although apparently competitive with #SpaceX's, actually masks 🕵️ a much higher #LaunchCost, made affordable only through subsidies 💰 https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/02/europe-still-cant-compete-with-spacex-launch-price/

#ESA #Ariane6 #transparency #taxpayer

#ESA:
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MTG-I2 vervollständigt Europas neuestes Wetter-Trio
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"Der zweite Meteosat-Third-Generation-Imager-Satellit (MTG-I2) wurde an Bord der Ariane 6, Flug VA270, vom europäischen Weltraumbahnhof in Französisch-Guayana gestartet. Er vervollständigt die erste Familie der MTG-Satelliten .."

https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/MTG-I2_vervollstaendigt_Europas_neuestes_Wetter-Trio

27.8.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #EUMETSAT #GTO #MTGI2 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

#ArianeGroup:
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Arianespace successfully launches weather satellite MTG-I2 on Ariane 6’s first mission to geostationary orbit
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"On August 27, 2026, at 5:11 pm local time, Arianespace successfully launched MTG-I2, the second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, aboard an Ariane 62 launcher, the two-booster configuration of Ariane 6 .."

https://www.ariane.group/en/news/arianespace-successfully-launches-weather-satellite-mtg-i2-on-ariane-6s-first-mission-to-geostationary-orbit/

28.8.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #EUMETSAT #GTO #MTGI2 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

#EUMETSAT:
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MTG-I2 safely in orbit, unlocking faster and sharper weather monitoring across Europe
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"The Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 satellite (MTG-I2) has successfully passed its first critical post-launch milestones, completing the first full Meteosat Third Generation constellation in orbit."

https://www.eumetsat.int/mtg-i2-safely-orbit-unlocking-faster-and-sharper-weather-monitoring-across-europe

28.8.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #GTO #MTGI2 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

🚀 Succès du 9e vol d' #Ariane6 avec le placement sur orbite de transfert géostationnaire du satellite météorologique #Meteosat #MTG-I2 d' Eumetsat 👏🏼

📷 ESA - S. Corvaja

#ESA:
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Watch live: MTG-I2 set for liftoff
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"..launch will be broadcast on Thursday, 27 August, on ESA WebTV.
.. coverage will start at 21:42 CEST and will also be streamed on ESA’s YouTube channel, .."

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/Watch_live_MTG-I2_set_for_liftoff

24.8.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #ESA #EUMETSAT #GTO #MTGI2 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117081251496318708

🇪🇺 The most recent flight of the upgraded four-booster #Ariane6 launched 36 #Amazon Leo satellites, carrying more than 20 tonnes to orbit on a single mission.

#ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher warned that #Europe was heading towards a shortage of launch capacity around 2030

While #Neutron will be significantly more capable, with a planned payload capacity of up to 15,000 kilograms to #LEO, its availability will initially be limited.

#RocketLab #Germany

#Neutron was designed to lift 13,000 kilograms to orbit . That puts it in the medium-lift category, comparable to the variant of Europe’s #Ariane6 that flies with two solid rocket boosters. Ariane was not designed for reusability ♻️ as Neutron was.

The second stage is completely enveloped within the first stage and would be released in orbit 🌌 . The rocket will descend back through the atmosphere, only needs to fire its engines once, just before landing https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/rocket-labs-next-step/

#LaunchCost

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116935801713344128

"So basically the developers of a dead horse who shunned reusability ♻️ still need more tax payers’ money to make their business case work. Even ‘commercial’ launches such as for the #Amazon constellation are reported to be costing the #taxpayer 32 mil. per launch*"

* "#European taxpayers are subsidizing every launch of satellites for Jeff Bezos by roughly $75 million 💰" https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2

#Ariane6 #Arianespace

#Arianespace:
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Arianespace to launch weather satellite MTG-I2 on Ariane 6's first mission to geostationary orbit on August 27, 2026
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".. with a dedicated Ariane 62, the two-booster configuration of Ariane 6. .. designated VA270, will mark Ariane 6's fourth mission of the year and the first flight to geostationary transfer orbit."

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-weather-satellite-mtg-i2-on-ariane-6s-first-mission-to-geostationary-orbit-on-august-27-2026/

20.7.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #ESA #EUMETSAT #GTO #MTGI2 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

🚀🛰️ Avec l'arrivée du satellite #Meteosat MTG-I2 au centre spatial guyanais, la prochaine campagne de lancement #Ariane6 a officiellement commencé !
Décollage prévu au plus tôt le 27 août sur Ariane 62
📷 ESA

🛰️ Le satellite #Meteosat MTG-I2 qui doit décoller à l'été sur #Ariane6 vient de quitter Thales Alenia Space (📷) à Cannes. Il va rejoindre la Guyane par bateau depuis Nice.
Pour suivre le bateau : https://www.marinetraffic.com/fr/ais/home/shipid:176109/zoom:10

First flight of #Soyuz 5 Thursday April 30, 2026 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/3945/

@sciguyspace : "#China 🇨🇳 has an increasing number of commercial options, #India’s 🇮🇳 launch offerings are growing as well. For any company or country concerned about price, #Russia 🇷🇺 can’t beat the reusable #Falcon9 booster" https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/after-a-decade-russias-native-built-soyuz-5-rocket-finally-reaches-the-launch-site/

#Ariane6 🇪🇺 "ArianeGroup is still trying to catch up to where the bleeding edge of the launch industry was 10 or 15 years ago" https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/esa-considers-righting-the-wrongs-of-ariane-6-by-turning-it-into-a-franken-rocket/

#LaunchCost #SpaceX

🛰️🌍 Le satellite de météorologie #METOPSGA1 d'Eumetsat lancé avec #Ariane6 #VA264 a livré ses premières données.
L'image montre la surface de la Terre et la configuration des nuages. Le tourbillon rouge vif dans l'Atlantique Nord est le vestige de l'ouragan Erin.

🛰️🌍 Avec le 3e vol #Ariane6, c'est un second satellite pour la météo et le climat qui a été mis sur orbite en 2 mois : #METOPSGA1.
METOP-SG-A1 et MTG-S1, des satellites de nouvelle génération pour l'Europe à découvrir dans mon article : https://reves-d-espace.com/mtg-s1-metop-sg-a1-europe-satellites-nouvelle-generation-meteorologie/

#Airbus:
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Europe's new era of weather forecasting begins with successful launch of MetOp-SG A1
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".. first of Europe’s next-generation meteorological satellites, MetOp-SG A1, has launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 6 rocket."

https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-europes-new-era-of-weather-forecasting-begins-with-successful

13.8.2025

#Ariane6 #Copernicus #EO #Erdbeobachtung #ESA #EUMETSAT #Europa #IASING #METimage #MetOpSG #MetOpSGA1 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Sentinel5 #SpaceFlight #VA264 #Wettervorhersage #Wettersatellit

#Arianespace:
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Metop-SGA1-Satellit mit Ariane 6 von Arianespace erfolgreich gestartet
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"Arianespace hat mit einer Ariane 6 den Satelliten Metop-SGA1 von EUMETSAT erfolgreich in die Umlaufbahn gebracht."

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/metop-sga1-satellit-mitariane-6-von-arianespace-erfolgreich-gestartet?lang=deu

13.8.2025

#Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #Airbus #Copernicus #EO #Erdbeobachtung #ESA #EU #EUMETSAT #Europa #MetOpSG #MetOpSGA1 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Sentinel5 #SpaceFlight #VA264 #Wettervorhersage #Wettersatellit

#EUMETSAT:
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Successful launch of Metop-SGA1 to take weather forecasting to new heights
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".. (Metop-SGA1) – also carrying the .. Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – lifted off on an Ariane-62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:37 CEST on 13 August."

https://www.eumetsat.int/successful-launch-metop-sga1-take-weather-forecasting-new-heights

13.8.2025

#Ariane6 #Airbus #Copernicus #EO #Erdbeobachtung #ESA #EU #Europa #MetOpSG #MetOpSGA1 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Sentinel5 #SpaceFlight #TAS #VA264 #Wettervorhersage #Wettersatellit

🚀 Succès pour le vol #VA264 !
Ariane 6 a placé en orbite le satellite #METOPSGA1 et son instrument #IASING développé par le #CNES.

🌍 Un grand pas pour la prévision météo et l’étude du climat. à lire ici : https://cnes.fr/communiques/succes-deuxieme-mission-commerciale-dariane-6-satellite-metop-sg-a1-orbite

#Ariane6

🚀 Succès du vol #Ariane6 VA264 qui a placé sur orbite héliosynchrone à 800 km d'altitude le satellite météorologique #METOPSGA1.

L'ESA a confirmé que le satellite avait déployé ses panneaux solaires et avait envoyé ses premières télémesures 🛰️

🏗️ La coiffe a été hissée au sommet d’Ariane 6 ! Le satellite météo Metop-SGA1 est maintenant intégré au lanceur. Plus qu'un weekend avant le lancement de la nuit du 12 !

#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #Lancement

🚛🥚 Transfert terminé ! Le composite supérieur (Metop-SGA1 + coiffe) quittant le bâtiment d'intégration pour rejoindre la zone de lancement 4 à Kourou.

#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #VA264

Coiffage terminé pour Metop-SGA1 !
Le satellite météo et son instrument IASI-NG sont maintenant bien au chaud sous la coiffe d’Ariane 6.
Décollage le 12 août 🚀

#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES

🚀🛰️ La coiffe #Ariane6 est fermée !
La prochaine fois qu'elle s'ouvrira, ce sera pour le vol prévu le 13 août et mettre sur orbite le satellite météo européen #MetopSGA1
📷 via ESA

🚀🛰️ Le passager du prochain vol #Ariane6, le satellite de météorologie #MetopSGA1 a été placé sur le lanceur et la coiffe a été installée.
Décollage prévu le 13 août à 0h37 UTC
📷 Arianespace

🚀 Voici le patch du prochain vol #Ariane6 avec le satellite #MetopSGA1.
📷 Arianespace

ヨーロッパ連合の地球観測と衛星航法担当のChristoph Kautzが、Ariane 6について説明。ヨーロッパの自立した宇宙へのアクセスや安全保障、科学、宇宙探査などの重要性を紹介。
https://x.com/Arianespace/status/1816819343453290563

#Ariane6 #EarthObservation #SatelliteNavigation #Europe #AccessToSpace #security #space

It was a fucking test flight, people. Settle down! Settle.

#Ariane6 #Ariane62 #ESA

#ArianeGroup:

"Die Kampagne für den Ariane 6-Erstflug am Startplatz beginnt"

https://www.ariane.group/de/neuigkeiten/die-kampagne-fuer-den-ariane-6-erstflug-am-startplatz-beginnt/

30.4.2024

#Ariane #Ariane6 #Ariane62 #CNES #ESA #Kourou #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight