The Ariane 6 is the successor model to the Ariane 5, which was in operation from 1996 to 2023. The rocket is intended to ...

While SpaceX managed to get its hulk of a Starship rocket off the ground on Thursday, the upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated ... new rocket replaced the Ariane 5, which made its final flight ...

Last night, the spaceport in French Guyana saw a maiden flight of the highly anticipated Ariane 6 rocket, a successor to Europe’s Ariane 5 which was retired last summer. The launch was ...

Ariane 6, which Arianespace operates on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), is the successor to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired in 2023 after 117 orbital missions. You may like Europe ...

Ariane-5's final mission involved taking two telecoms satellites into space. But, scientists are now having to figure out what to use whilst they wait for the Ariane-6 rocket to be completed.

Ariane 6 is the new European launcher and is intended to carry satellites into space for commercial and government clients. It is the largest European rocket to date and can transport up to 11.5 ...

Meanwhile, the retirement of the Ariane 5 in 2023 and delays to the new Vega-C small-launch vehicle left the continent without independent access to space. Europe was forced to rely on Elon Musk ...

Since the retirement of the workhorse Ariane 5 in 2023, Europe has had little independent access to space, with war in Ukraine cutting Western ties to Russian Soyuz rockets and Italy's Vega C ...

The ArianeGroup says the launch is significant because it "guarantees independent access to space for France and Europe," according to a statement. "Ariane confirms the return of autonomous access ...

It was the latest of several postponements for the rocket as Europe seeks to secure independent access to space amid a shock ... while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023.