Like Ariane 5, Ariane 6 will launch near the Equator, taking advantage of the boost from Earth’s rotation there to reach space. Meet Vinci The Vinci upper stage engine is the Ariane 6 feature ...

ESA's next-generation Ariane 6 heavy rocket came another step closer to flight on November 23, 2023 as it completed a long-duration hot-fire test of the stacked booster's Vulcain 2.1 engine at ...

This new rocket was largely a modernization of the Ariane 5, including an updated design for the solid rocket booster and its Vulcain main engine. European space officials said the Ariane 6 rocket ...

The rocket is made up of a core stage with two side boosters and an upper stage powered by a liquid-propellant engine. Ariane 5 has delivered major payloads to orbit, including the Rosetta comet ...

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the Meteosat Third Generation Imager 1 (MTG-I1) weather satellite from French Guiana on Dec. 13, 2022. See an animation and launch and ...

Ariane 5 earned such a good reputation for reliability that NASA ... Ariane 6 was unveiled on a launch pad in Kourou earlier this month ahead of an ignition test of its Vulcain 2.1 rocket engine.

The Ariane 6's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen-burning Vulcain 2.1 engine was fired up for the first time on Sept. 5, firing for four seconds in a test that went according to plan. RELATED STORIES: ...

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. ... The Ariane-5 was the mainstay of Europe's access to space for 27 years before its retirement, in July.

What will end with the launch of the Heinrich Hertz mission began 27 years ago. On 4 June 1996, the first launch marked the birth of Ariane 5. While the first flight was a false start, Ariane 5 ...

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. The Ariane-6 is the replacement for the Ariane-5, which was the mainstay of Europe's access to space for ...

The rocket on the pad is an engineering model not intended for flight Europe's next-generation rocket has completed its first "hot-fire" test on its launch pad, in French Guiana. The Ariane-6 ...

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. A full-duration test, lasting almost eight minutes, is now planned in about a month's time. It is then ...