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Ariane 6 woodcut poster design by Studio Dias.
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. It will have the flexibility to launch both heavy and light payloads to a wide range of orbits for applications such as Earth observation, telecommunication, meteorology, science and navigation. Ariane 6 will be available in two versions depending on the performance required: a version with two boosters, called Ariane 62, and Ariane 64 with four boosters.This woodcut shows Ariane 6 with four boosters.
More on Ariane 6: www.esa.int/ariane