"A completely new rocket is not launched often," Josef Aschbacher ... this historic moment when Europe's new generation of the Ariane family lifted off – successfully – effectively reinstating ...

Europe’s newest rocket, the heavy-lift Ariane 6 ... this historic moment when Europe’s new generation of the Ariane family lifted off – successfully – effectively reinstating European ...

At one time, ESA and Arianespace, which operates the Ariane rocket family on a commercial basis, planned a crossover between Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 flights, which were supposed to begin in 2020.

The Ariane family, unfortunately ... In the four-booster configuration, known as Ariane 64, the rocket can launch payloads of around 11,500 kg (25,353 pounds) into geostationary transfer orbit ...

The two-stage rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport ... this historic moment when Europe’s new generation of the Ariane family lifted off — successfully — effectively reinstating ...

PARIS — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off ...

Ariane 6 is built by ArianeGroup, a French aerospace company. It is the latest model in a family of rockets that have been used since the 1970s. The new rocket has a maximum height of 203 feet and ...

Earlier in the day, some 3,200 miles southeast of SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Texas, another rocket, the Ariane 6, achieved a flawless mission on only its second flight, after lifting off ...

Since the agency retired its workhorse Ariane 5 rocket more than a year ago ... to a decision by ESA's 22 nations in 2014 to develop a family of rockets in the face of fierce competition from ...

The rocket’s mission was to deliver the CSO-3 military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 kilometers (500 miles). It was the first commercial mission for Ariane 6 ...