Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe ...

Last month, a full-scale test model of Europe’s Ariane 6 was put to the test on its launch pad in the jungles of French Guiana. For the first time, the launch team at the tropical spaceport loaded ...

PARIS — European Space Agency governments knew in December, when they approved a multibillion-dollar investment in a new Ariane 6 rocket to meet the competition from SpaceX and others, that many ...

PARIS — European governments and the prime contractor for the future Ariane 6 rocket, Airbus Safran Launchers, have reached a tentative agreement on program development funding following an incendiary ...

The Ariane 6 launch vehicle is scheduled to launch on July 9 at 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT, from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. The project is an European Space Agency (ESA) program, that is ...

The planned time for liftoff was delayed by one hour to 4pm local time (1900 GMT) after routine checks revealed a “small” data issue which has been resolved, the ESA said on X. The rocket was ...

With liftoff on 4 November 2025, this photo shows Sentinel-1D ready on top of the Ariane 6 rocket on the launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana a few hours before liftoff. ESA photo.

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to conduct the first launch of its new Ariane 6 rocket tomorrow. The Ariane 6 is a heavy-lift rocket that will take over from the recently retired Ariane 5. The ...

The Ariane 6 rocket promises to be Europe’s newest portal into space. On Tuesday, the rocket successfully reached orbit for the first time, taking off from Europe's Spaceport in northeastern South ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed contracts for the development of the Ariane 6 new‑generation launcher, its launch base and the Vega C evolution of the current small launcher. The contracts, ...