Developed and built by arianegroup for the european space agency (esa), it symbolises successful european space cooperation. Ariane is a series of european civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use The name comes from the french spelling of the mythological character ariadne. An ariane 6 successfully launched a radar imaging satellite nov 4 after european agencies chose to use a larger rocket to ensure an earlier launch. Ariane 6 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.
This launcher is designed to efficiently meet the diverse needs of our customers. Portland, maine — the full moon wasn't the only scene in the sky over maine tuesday evening Around 6 p.m., some saw the exhaust plume from europe's ariane 6 rocket It launched from french guiana today at 4:02 p.m
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