Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major ...

A troubled European rocket critical to the continent’s goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk’s SpaceX thundered off a ...

A European rocket launched from French Guiana — not the American rocket launches the same night — was likely the source of ...

An Ariane 6 successfully launched a European weather satellite with an Earth science hosted payload Aug. 12 in the third ...

As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Europe's Ariane 6 rocket sent a weather and climate satellite to orbit on Tuesday night. The Ariane 6 took ...

The Ariane 6’s predecessor, Ariane 5, flew its final voyage in July 2023, ending the rocket’s 27-year run. Europe’s Vega-C rocket, designed for vaulting small satellites to orbit, has also ...

Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, is poised to lift off for the first time tomorrow, as the continent looks to build out sovereign access to space and ensure European ...

Instead, the Ariane 6 will now be about four years late and compete against a new generation of rockets with varying levels of reuse and cost competitiveness—including Rocket Lab's Neutron ...

Arianespace is planning four to five Ariane 6 launches in 2024 followed by eight in 2025 before reaching its full planned rate of nine to 11 annually in 2026, he said, though depending on demand ...

Europe's upcoming Ariane 6 rocket, though designed to be expendable, could one day sport a reusable engine, according to Patrick Bonguet, head of the Ariane 6 program at ArianeGroup.