#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

#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

https://www.europesays.com/fr/905234/ Ariane 6 marque un retour historique : l’Europe peut-elle rattraper SpaceX ? #AccèsàL'espace #Actualités #AgenceSpatialeEuropéenne #Ariane6 #AutonomieDeL'accèsàL'espace #ESA #EU #europe #FR #France #LanceursEuropéens #News #RépubliqueFrançaise #SpaceRider #TransportSpatialPrivé #Vega

https://www.europesays.com/afrique/90697/ Ariane 6 marque un retour historique : l’Europe peut-elle rattraper SpaceX ? #AccèsàL'espace #AgenceSpatialeEuropéenne #Ariane6 #AutonomieDeL'accèsàL'espace #ESA #Europe #LanceursEuropéens #SpaceRider #TransportSpatialPrivé #Vega

Rocket Report: China launches 3-man crew; SpaceX adds to busy manifest - Enlarge / A Long March 2F rocket climbed into space Thursday with a thr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979086 #unitedlaunchalliance #rocketreport #arianespace #shenzhou #tiangong #ariane6 #falcon9 #launch #spacex #space #china #india #avio

#Flugrevue:

"ESA verschiebt Erstflug der Ariane 6 auf 2024"

"Weil sich .. Tests in Kourou und Lampoldshausen verzögern, plant die ESA nun erst im kommenden Jahr mit der Ariane 6. .. Datum für den Jungfernflug soll Ende September bekannt gegeben werden."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/neue-europaeische-traegerrakete-esa-verschiebt-erstflug-der-ariane-6-auf-2024/

#Ariane6 #Arianespace #ArianeGroup #ESA #Kourou #Lampoldshausen #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

8.8.2023