The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 through ...

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The flight went according to plan and the rocket deployed its payload, the French military's CSO-3 satellite. Ariane 6 is the new European launcher and is intended to carry satellites into space ...

Europe's newest uncrewed rocket had staged a partially ... it is the first being handled for Ariane 6 by operator Arianespace, rather than the European Space Agency which oversaw development.

Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, was set to carry out its first commercial mission on Monday, but just minutes before the launch, the mission was postponed due to an “anomaly” on the ...

European heavy-lift rocket deploys French military reconnaissance satellite, marking a pivotal moment for Europe's space autonomy.

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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasted off carrying satellites on July 9. The lift-off marked the return of Europe's access to outer space. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully blasted off for the ...

The Ariane 6 rocket launch on March 3 had to be delayed ... as well as more broadly to establish independent European access to space, without reliance on either the United States or Russia.