#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

🛰️ Découvrez en plus sur le satellite #MTGI2 d'Eumetsat lancé jeudi par #Ariane6 #VA270, avec 2 exemples concrets d'utilisation des données des satellites MTG : https://reves-d-espace.com/mtg-i2-un-nouveau-satellite-meteosat-de-troisieme-generation-sur-orbite-avec-ariane-6/

@angryastro

The Angry Astronaut
@angryastro.bsky.social

After too many stops and starts, ESA has finally signed several huge checks, worth over half a billion euros, to get private spaceflight into orbit!
But will it work?

The players are RFA, Isar, PLD and MaiaSpace! France, Germany and Spain!

#ESA #RFASpace #PLD #Spaceflight #MayaSpace #Ariane6

https://youtu.be/CVHJuLV4_s4

🛰️ Découvrez en plus sur le satellite #MTGI2 de @eumetsat lancé jeudi par #Ariane6 #VA270 et 2 exemples concrets d'utilisation des données des satellites MTG : https://reves-d-espace.com/mtg-i2-un-nouveau-satellite-meteosat-de-troisieme-generation-sur-orbite-avec-ariane-6/

An MTG-I2 satellite launches on Ariane 6, completing Europe’s new weather satellite constellation.

The launch of MTG-I2 from French Guiana completes the first trio of Meteosat Third Generation satellites, delivering high-resolution data and images every 2.5 minutes to transform weather forecasting and early warnings of extreme events.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260828-an-mtg-i2-satellite-launches-on-ariane-6-completing-europes-new-weather-satellite-constellation?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Satellite #Weather #ESA #Space #Science #Tech #Aerospace #Ariane6 #EarthObservation

#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

🛰️🚀 Le satellite #GOESEast de la NOAA a pris des images RVB en couleur vraie du nuage de condensation résultant du lancement d' #Ariane6

#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

🚀 Le satellite météorologique européen MTG-I2 a été placé avec succès sur une orbite de transfert géostationnaire par #Ariane6 #VA270. Neuvième réussite pour Ariane 6 et première fois en GTO.

fyi https://youtu.be/c1SBKvYT1OM

#Ariane6 #ESA

Während ich wegen Darmspiegelung und 2l Mineralwasserlösung ständig auf der Toilette abhänge, melden Nachrichten und erfreulich viele Posts den geglückten Start VA270 des Wettersatelliten aus Bremen ( OHB). Bild hier ist der Raketenfrachter Canopee schon für den nächsten Start VA271 mit der nächsten Bremer Oberstufe an Bord. #Ariane6 #Astrium #raumfahrt
Jetzt wartet das KH in Schwachhausen darauf, meinen Hintern vor Krebs zu retten, bewahren.

#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

#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

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

Amazon Leo passes 300 satellites with Atlas and Ariane launches

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/amazon-leo-passes-300-satellites-with-atlas-and-ariane-launches/

#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:
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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

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

"#Airbus und #ArianeGroup unterzeichnen #Ariane6-Vertrag in #Spanien" "Airbus wird innovative, leichte Kohlefaserstrukturen für die nächsten 14 Trägerraketen liefern. Eine Pressemitteilung von Airbus Defence and Space.": https://www.raumfahrer.net/airbus-und-arianegroup-unterzeichnen-ariane-6-vertrag-in-spanien/ #Raumfahrt #Rakete #Europa #Kohlefaser #CFK