#ariane6 — Public Fediverse posts

#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

@bert_hubert we have a liftoff 🚀🛰️ #Ariane6

Space Launch Live in ~ 15 min.

Arianespace is launching the MTG-I2 meteorological satellite on the Ariane 62 launch vehicle @ 3:10 CST, 20:10 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTbPdGfMJw #Space #Ariane6 #ArianeSpace #Satellite #MTG12 #ESA

🚀📺 A tout à l'heure pour le lancement d' #Ariane6 et du satellite météorologique européen ?
Début des explications en français à 21h00 :
https://youtube.com/live/XDT0daoqouc ou Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/revesdespace
Décollage à partir de 22h10

🚀 Tout est pour l'instant "au vert" pour le lancement #Ariane6 #VA270 ce jeudi soir (fenêtre de tir 22h10 - 0h40 heure de Paris).

Je vous donne rendez-vous sur https://youtube.com/live/XDT0daoqouc ou https://www.twitch.tv/revesdespace pour des commentaires en français

📷 ESA - S. Corvaja

📢 Soir de lancement
🚀 #Ariane6 #VA270
🛰 Satellite météorologique MTG-I2
⏰ 20h10 UTC - 22h40 UTC
🌎 Centre spatial guyanais, Kourou, France
📷 Arianespace
📺 Mes live à partir de 21h00 (h. Toulouse) : https://youtube.com/live/XDT0daoqouc
ou https://www.twitch.tv/revesdespace

📺 Ce jeudi soir, commentaires et explications en français sur le décollage d' #Ariane6 VA270 avec le satellite météo MTG-I2
👉🏼 https://youtube.com/live/XDT0daoqouc ou https://www.twitch.tv/revesdespace

🚀🛰️ Le satellite #MTGI2 est désormais sous la coiffe protectrice d' #Ariane6.
Décollage de #VA270 jeudi 27 août à 20h10 UTC
📷 Arianespace

[Je serai en live à partir de 21h00]

Ariane 6's first GTO launch on 27 August! 🚀

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D-BJbVmQS7c

#esa #space #ariane6 #spaceflight

📺 Retour des live à partir de jeudi soir 21h pour le lancement #Ariane6 #VA270 #MTGI2 🚀
Sur Youtube et Twitch (décollage prévu à 22h10 heure de Paris)

📺 Retour des live à partir de jeudi soir pour le lancement #Ariane6 #VA270 🚀
Sur Youtube et Twitch à partir de 21h00 (décollage prévu à 22h10 heure de Paris)

#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

#SpaceSouct:
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Ariane 6 Lightweight Upper Stage, Future Upgrades Cancelled
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".. update on the European Space Agency’s L4 mission to orbit and land on Enceladus revealed that the mission had to be re-architected due to a launch vehicle change. The project had been informed that Ariane 6 Block 2 would be the last major version of the rocket, .."

https://www.spacescout.info/2026/08/ariane-6-lightweight-upper-stage-future-upgrades-cancelled/

8.8.2026

#Ariane6 #ESA #ICARUS #Phoebus #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

#Aschbacher became Director General of #ESA on 📆 1 March 2021. Aschbacher acknowledged ESA's failure for a #European autonomous access to space in 📆January 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Aschbacher#Director_General_of_ESA

October 2023 #Ariane6 is in danger of turning into a fiasco 🥴 for the ESA https://www.politico.eu/article/european-space-agency-mulls-extra-ariane-6-rocket-cash-ask/

Nov 2025 Record budget of 22 billion euros 💰 - how ESA will allocate the budget is not yet known. Aschbacher : "This is a great success for #Europe" 🙈 https://www.heise.de/en/news/ESA-receives-record-budget-of-22-billion-euros-11095900.html

Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket

Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.

@arstechnica.com

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/europe-cancels-planned-upgrades-for-ariane-6-rocket/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Ariane6 #ESA

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117128454477000301

#ESA had proposed a €304.4 million 💰 envelope for the #Ariane6 adaptations element. Member states ultimately committed just €145.94 million, leaving €158.46 million uncovered, a 52% shortfall.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117130008062227837

#Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost of an #Ariane6 launch 🕵️, but it is likely somewhere in the range of 80 million to 100 million euros.

#ESA has publicly confirmed that the European 🇪🇺 governments will need to subsidize each launch with between 32 million and 38 million euros 💶 per flight.

If we amortize the development costs with the ongoing subsidy, #European #taxpayers have put more than 100 million euros 💰 into each launch before the customer pays anything

#LaunchCost #Amazon

🛰️ Après le remplissage en carburants, le satellite européen #MTG-I2 a été installé sur l'adaptateur de charge utile du lanceur #Ariane6.
Cela marque le début des opérations combinées avec @Arianespace.
A suivre : la mise sous coiffe.
Décollage prévu le 27 août 🚀

🛰️ Le satellite météorologique européen #MTGI2 a été ravitaillé en carburants.
Place aux vérifications finales avant le lancement prévu le 27 août sur #Ariane6.
📷 Optique Vidéo de CSG - S. Martin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117094808445027407

The average cost of sending a kilogram of payload to #orbit in the #US 🇺🇸 is now $3,225, compared to higher costs elsewhere: #Japan 🇯🇵 $5,287, #China 🇨🇳 $5,809, #Russia 🇷🇺 $6,682, and #Europe 🇪🇺 $9,897.

Europe "is stuck between a rock and a hard place, having to choose between continuing to depend on lower-cost American launch technology and relying on expensive, poorly scalable domestic technology to expand its strategic presence in space” https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/policy-experts-europe-stuck-between-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-launch/

#LaunchCost #Ariane6 #ESA

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

🛰️ Le satellite #MTGI2 a été installé sur l'adaptateur lanceur #Ariane6 au centre spatial guyanais.
Décollage prévu le 27 août
📷 Arianegroup

Tank problem delays first RFA launch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/tank-problem-delays-first-rfa-launch/

Europe's Airiane 6 heavy lift space launch system uses tried and true technologies combined with innovative manufacturing processes to reliably and consistently get stuff into space!

In this TechAptitude post we deep dive into ArianeGroup’s Ariane 6 rocket–its technologies and configurations. https://open.substack.com/pub/techaptitude/p/europes-ariane-6-space-launch-system?r=vn8b8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #Space #Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #Ariane #ESA #EuropeanSpaceAgency #Europe #Rocket #HeavyLiftRocket #TechAptitude