#ariane6 — Public Fediverse posts

🇪🇺 It’s not clear if European launchers can secure commercial demand from within #Europe to satisfy future launch goals.

Even European launchers—built under the guise of “sovereignty”—are finding themselves more attracted to #US 🇺🇸 customers. All three #Ariane6 flights this year have taken satellites for the #Amazon Leo constellation to orbit https://payloadspace.com/europe-expands-its-launch-opportunities-to-new-companies/

RE: https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/114712305041626486

#ESA 😴 💤 #Ariane6 💰 mismanagement

#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

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

#ESA:
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Unpacking Europe’s new weather imagers
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"The 2nd Meteosat 3rd Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has begun its launch campaign, during which it will go through final inspections before being fitted inside the fairing of the Ariane 6 rocket that will launch it into space towards the end of the summer. .. 3800 kg satellite help improve weather forecasts.."

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/Unpacking_Europe_s_new_weather_imagers

7.7.2026

#Ariane6 #CSG #Kourou #MTG #MTGI2 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA270 #Wettersatellit

#ArianeGroup:
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Arianespace startet erfolgreich 36 weitere Amazon-Leo-Satelliten an Bord einer Ariane 64 mit fortschrittlichen Boostern
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"Am 17. 6.2026 hat Arianespace m. d. Ariane 6 in ihrer Konfiguration mit vier Boostern, der Ariane 64, erfolgreich 36 Amazon-Leo-Satelliten von Europas Weltraumbahnhof in Französisch-Guayana aus gestartet. .."

https://www.ariane.group/de/news/arianespace-startet-erfolgreich-36-weitere-amazon-leo-satelliten-an-bord-einer-ariane-64-mit-fortschrittlichen-boostern/

17.6.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLEO #Ariane6 #Arianespace #CSG #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #VA269

#Arianespace:
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Arianespace successfully launches 36 additional Amazon Leo satellites with an Ariane 64 equipped with advanced boosters
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"On June 17, 2026, Arianespace successfully placed into orbit 36 satellites for Amazon Leo with an Ariane 64 equipped for the first time with four advanced solid-propellant P160C boosters. .."

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-successfully-launches-36-additional-amazon-leo-satellites-with-an-ariane-64-equipped-with-advanced-boosters/

17.6.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLEO #Ariane6 #CSG #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #VA269

#ArianeGroup:
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VA269: Launch-Kit und Start im Livestream
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"Am 17. Juni wird wieder eine Ariane 64 von Kourou aus in den Weltraum starten. Das Besondere: Noch nie gab es eine leistungsstärkere Ariane-Rakete und noch nie hat eine .. eine schwerere Nutzlast ins All gebracht. Insgesamt 36 Satelliten werden für Amazon Leo .. transportiert. .."

https://www.ariane.group/de/news/va269-launch-kit-und-start-im-livestream/

#Amazon #AmazonLEO #Ariane6 #Arianespace #CSG #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #VA269

#ESA:
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Watch live: bigger booster, more powerful Ariane 6 launch
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"The next Ariane 6 rocket launch is set for liftoff on 17 June 2026 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with a launch window of 08:53–09:22 local time (12:53–13:22 BST, 13:53–14:22 CEST) .."

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Watch_live_bigger_booster_more_powerful_Ariane_6_launch

#Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #Arianespace #CSG #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #VA269

#Arianegroup:
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Bei ihrem nächsten Start wird die Ariane 6 das neue Triebwerk P160C nutzen
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.. P160C .. neueste Weiterentwicklung beim europ. Antrieb für Raumfahrzeugträger. Es verbessert die Leistung und die vielfältige Einsatzfähigkeit der Ariane 6 .."

".. 156 Tonnen Festtreibstoff mitführen, .. gegenüber dem P120C (142 Tonnen) .. Anstieg um rund 10 % .."

https://www.ariane.group/de/news/bei-ihrem-naechsten-start-wird-die-ariane-6-das-neue-triebwerk-p160c-nutzen/

8.6.2026

#Ariane6 #Ariane64 #CSG #Feststoofbooster #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #VA269

#Arianespacce:
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Arianespace to launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites with an Ariane 64 equipped with advanced boosters on June 17, 2026
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".. Ariane 64 equipped with four P160C advanced solid-propellant boosters for the very first time."

"Designated VA269 by Arianespace and LE-03 (Leo Europe 03) by Amazon, ."

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-36-amazon-leo-satellites-with-an-ariane-64-equipped-with-advanced-boosters-on-june-17-2026/?lang=eng

5.6.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #Ariane6 #Ariane64 #CSG #Kourou #LE03 #P160C #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA269

#Arianespace:
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Arianespace successfully launches another 32 Amazon Leo satellites with Ariane 6
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"On 30 April 2026 ..successfully placed into orbit a second batch of 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation with Ariane 6 .. Mission VA268 — also named LE-02 (Leo Europe 02) by Amazon — is the 2nd Ariane 6 launch dedicated to deploying the Amazon Leo constellation. .."
https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-successfully-launches-another-32-amazon-leo-satellites-with-ariane-6/?lang=eng

30.4.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #Ariane6 #Kourou #LE02 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA268

#ESA:

".. Raketentriebwerk Greta hat eine Reihe von Heißlauf-Tests absolviert und dabei einen stabilen Betrieb, Abschaltungen und mehrere Neustarts auf einem mobilen Prüfstand demonstriert, .."

".. nächste Entwicklungsstufe .. wird Ende 2027 auf demselben mobilen Prüfstand in Trauen getestet .."

https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Greta-Raketentriebwerk_absolviert_erste_Testreihe

25.2.2026

#Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #Astris #Ethanol #FLPP #Greta #Laserschmelzverfahren #Raketenmotor #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Trauen #Triebwerk #Wasserstoffperoxid

#ESA:
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Phoebus: Bändigung des kleinsten Moleküls im Universum
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".. Wasserstofftank aus kohlenstofffaserverstärktem Kunststoff .. derzeit in der Endphase der Produktion.
.. neue Testanlage in Trauen hat im Juni .. vorläufige Entwurfsprüfung bestanden + wird f. Tests m. Wasserstoff ab April 2026 vorbereitet."

https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Phoebus_Baendigung_des_kleinsten_Molekuels_im_Universum

22.10.2025

#Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #FLPP #H2 #Kohlefaser #MTAerospace #Oberstufe #Phoebus #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Trauen #upperstage #Wasserstoff

Новостной дайджест для #РегВыр 2024.07.12

— Китайская ракета запустила себя сильно опережая график: https://mastodon.ml/@Lemonid/112705448413819570
— Dream Chaser присоединяется к клубу Starliner — компания не уложилась в сроки, теперь запуск в ближайшем будущем не предвидится.

— Ariane-6 запущена успешно, но не совсем: свести 2 ступень с орбиты им не удалось.
Посмотрим, удастся ли им свести вторую ступень с орбиты в следующий раз — иначе недавно принятой европейской резолюции о нулевом загрязнении космоса грош цена.
https://lamp.leemoon.network/notes/9vkcx1poblbety4v

— Серия из 334 безаварийных запусков SpaceX подошла к концу: проблемы возникли с одноразовой второй ступенью (а вот повторно используемая первая ступень успешно приземлилась): https://mastodon.ml/@Lemonid/112773446998873689

— Новые шикарные космические фотки :blobcataww:
https://lamp.leemoon.network/notes/9vlx9fr3vghaz8bc

— Легендарному логотипу Наса исполнилось 65 лет. Его всё ещё используют: https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/112751867299685930

#космос #космоновости #Tianlong3 #DreamChaser #Ariane6 #ESA #SpaceX #Falcon9 #space #microsoft #ILRS

[#JoyeusesFêtes] Voici celle qui, dès l'été 2024, propulsera les #satellites d'observation de la Terre et de l'Univers, les #sondes d'exploration de notre Système Solaire. Elle se nomme #Ariane6 et trône déjà sur son pas de tir, au Centre Spatial Guyanais @cnes

L'année #2024 s'annonce riche de nombreux événements spatiaux : premières données d' @ec_euclid, lancement de la mission franco-chinoise #SVOM, etc. D'ici là, belle fêtes de fin d'année à tous et toutes !