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Ariane

Ariane

Ariane

Ariane 6 is the next rocket in a long history of launchers to fly from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – demonstrating the power of multinational cooperation for over five decades. 

First Ariane 6 launched: 9 July 2024 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana 16:00 local time (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST).

Next Ariane 6 launch scheduled for the end of the year with Arianespace as its operator and launch service provider.

Ariane

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Ariane 6 media kit

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Ariane 6 first launch with Rafale

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Ariane 6 first launch with Rafale
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Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024

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Ariane 6 blueprint

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Ariane 6 blueprint
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Watching Ariane 6 liftoff at Europe's Spaceport

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Watching Ariane 6 liftoff at Europe's Spaceport
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Build your own Ariane 6 rocket with ESA!

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Ariane 6: post-launch update

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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Ambra Pedrazzini

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How Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage

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YPSat witnesses ISTSat-1 & 3Cat-4 CubeSats deployment from …

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Black body experiment on Ariane 6 captures Pale Blue Dot

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Black body experiment on Ariane 6 captures Pale Blue Dot
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PariSat school experiment sends back stunning Earth pics

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PariSat school experiment sends back stunning Earth pics
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Up close and personal: Ariane 6 liftoff from the launchpad

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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: We did it!

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YPSat looks back to Earth from atop Ariane 6
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YPSat: the view from Ariane 6

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    Ariane 6 first flight highlights

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    Ariane 6 hot-fire timelapse

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    Ariane 6 launch animation

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    Ariane 6 at Europe's Spaceport

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    Ariane 6 at Europe's Spaceport
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    Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

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    Vulcain 2.1 hot firing

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    Vulcain 2.1 hot firing
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    25 years of Ariane 5

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Faces of Ariane

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Fabienne with Ariane 5
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Faces of Ariane 6: Fabienne

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Michel signing the Ariane 6 first flight fairing
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Faces of Ariane: Michel

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Caroline during combined test for Ariane 6
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Faces of Ariane 6: Caroline

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Franck at Ariane 6 launch zone
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Faces of Ariane 6: Franck

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Wafaa during Ariane 6 upper part transfer
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Faces of Ariane 6: Wafaa

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André
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Faces of Ariane 6: André

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Tina Buechner da Costa
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Faces of Ariane 6: Tina

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Aline Decadi at control centre
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Faces of Ariane 6: Aline

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Ariane 6

Overview Ariane 6: a European cooperation Ariane 6: what's it made of? The engines of Ariane 6 Shipping rockets: Ariane on board Assembling Ariane 6 for launch Ariane 6: the launch zone Ariane 6: designed with sustainability in mind

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Ariane 6 first passengers

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Artist's view of Ariane 6 – Flight Model-1 just the logos
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Flying first on Ariane 6

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YPSat-1 camera
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Ariane 6 launches: YPSat ‘the witness’

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CURIE in cleanroom with students
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Ariane 6 launches: NASA’s radio detective CURIE

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Ariane 6 launches: Robusta-3A for weather and radiation

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ISTSat-1 ready to be baked
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Ariane 6 launches: is it a plane? Aircraft spotting with IS…

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OOV-Cube wide
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Ariane 6 flies OOV-Cube: Internet of (wild) Things

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Ariane 6 launches: Exolaunch’s EXOpod Nova

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Deployment test of the 3Cat-4 L-band antenna inside the thermal vacuum chamber
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Ariane 6 launches 3Cat-4: reflecting on Earth

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A prototype of the vacuum printer onboard Orbital Matter’s Replicator CubeSat
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Ariane 6 launches: Replicator – 3D printing in open space

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PariSat during electromagnetic testing
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Ariane 6 launches: PariSat, physics in space after school

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SIDLOC during integration
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Ariane 6 launches SIDLOC: opening up tools for safer space

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SpaceCase SCX-01
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Ariane 6 launches: the case for SpaceCase SC-X01

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Ariane 6 launches RAMI: the interplanetary deployer

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GRBBeta in orbit - visualisation
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Ariane 6 launches GRBBeta: small satellite, big astrophysics

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Ariane 6 launches Curium One: space for all

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Nyx Bikini artist impression
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Ariane 6 launches: splashdown for Nyx Bikini

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Ariane 6 launches LIFI: light-speed secure communications

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Lore at ESA's Cubesat Support Facility
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Ariane 6 launches Peregrinus: students take on the Sun

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