The near-term plan for the European Launcher Challenge is for ESA to select companies for service contracts to transport ESA ...

Credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE-ArianeGroup/Optique vidéo du CSG - P PIRON WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 launched a reconnaissance satellite for the French military March 6 on the second flight of the ...

The ESA believes the Ariane 6 launch marks the end of the crisis. However, space expert Martin Tajmar from the Technical University in Dresden, Germany, noted that the vehicle may not be up to the ...

ESA has officially kicked off a competition to support new launch vehicles, but the winners, if any, won’t be known for at ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane-6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 6, 2025. RONAN LIETAR / AFP Nine months after its maiden flight in July ...

ESA had originally aimed to launch the Ariane 6's second mission last year ... Satellites in sun-synchronous orbit cruise over patches of the planet at the same local solar time each day, meaning ...

ESA had aimed to launch the Ariane 6's second mission last year but ... Satellites in sun-synchronous orbit cruise over patches of the planet at the same local solar time each day, meaning they ...

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled ...

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward in its first commercial flight this week. It successfully launched a CSO-3 French military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch Monday, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called ... ensure its own security," ESA space transportation director ...

The high-profile mission comes as Europe seeks to strengthen its defences The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana ...