#ariane6 — Public Fediverse posts

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

#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

#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/@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

#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

#mdr:
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Europas aktuell größte Rakete Ariane 6 soll in Zukunft regelmäßig ins All starten. Damit das funktioniert, wird die Produktion hochgefahren – immer kontrolliert von Sensoren aus Chemnitz.
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https://www.mdr.de/wissen/astronomie-raumfahrt/ariane-sechs-esa-rakete-produktion-sensoren-aus-chemnitz-100.html

24.11.2025

#Ariane6 #ArianeGroup #AssetTracker #Chemnitz #ESASteam #Fertigung #IWU #Produktion #Produktionsanlage #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SmartSENS #SpaceFlight

#Arianespace:
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Arianespace bringt mit Ariane 6 den Copernicus-Satelliten Sentinel-1D erfolgreich in seine Umlaufbahn
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".. Die Mission VA265 ist der dritte kommerzielle Flug der europäischen Schwerlastrakete Ariane 6.
.. erfüllt seine Verpflichtung, Europa einen autonomen Zugang zum Weltraum zu gewährleisten. .."

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-bringt-mit-ariane-6-den-copernicus-satelliten-sentinel-1d-erfolgreich-in-seine-umlaufbahn?lang=deu

4.11.2025

#Ariane6 #Copernicus #EO #Erdbeobachtung #Fernerkundung #GMES #Kourou #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Sentinel1 #Sentinel1D #SpaceFlight #VA265

#ESA:
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Copernicus Sentinel-1D erreicht mit Ariane 6 seine Umlaufbahn
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".. Der Start erfolgte am Dienstag, dem 4. November, um 22:02 Uhr MEZ (18:02 Uhr Ortszeit) an Bord einer Ariane-6-Trägerrakete vom europäischen Weltraumbahnhof in Französisch-Guayana. .."

https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Copernicus_Sentinel-1D_erreicht_mit_Ariane_6_seine_Umlaufbahn

4.11.2025

#Ariane6 #Copernicus #EO #Erdbeobachtung #Fernerkundung #GMES #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #Sentinel1 #Sentinel1D #SpaceFlight #VA265

#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

🚀 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

📸 Les photos du retrait du portique mobile d'Ariane 6 ! On ne se lassera jamais de voir cette opération monumentale ! #VA264 #IASING #Ariane6

🌍 Mieux prévoir, c’est mieux anticiper.
IASI-NG, embarqué sur Metop-SGA1 et lancé par #Ariane6, fournira pendant 20 ans des données atmosphériques deux fois plus précises pour affiner #météo et #climat.

🔗 https://cnes.fr/actualites/meteo-climat-mieux-prevoir-mieux-anticiper-iasi-ng
#IASING #CNES @eumetsat

🏗️ 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