ArianeGroup has successfully test-fired its second P120C solid rocket motor, a step forward toward initial launches of the Vega-C light satellite launcher late this year and the Ariane 6 heavy satellite launcher in 2020, the launcher that will ultimately replace the long-serving and successful Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
The P120C rocket motor that will be involved with both the Ariane 6 and Vega-C…
Arianespace, Europe’s long-standing primary launch provider, flew the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard the third…
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian aerospace company Avio have signed a €40 million…
The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, launched on Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
European companies in the space sector have been developing novel technology to find their unique…
Arianespace completed its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Thursday, Dec. 5, with…
Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, has successfully launched on its maiden flight. Liftoff occurred…
On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time,…
The combined Ariane 6 launcher task force, consisting of ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup, has reported…
Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket launched on its penultimate flight Sunday, carrying the THEOS-2 Earth-observation satellite…
The Ariane 5 flew for the very last time on Wednesday, July 5, sending government…
Just over six months ago the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed the much-anticipated Ariane 6…
Arianespace has suffered a failure during Vega-Consolidation’s (Vega-C) first operational launch, which was set to…
The debut of Europe’s new heavy-lift launcher, Ariane 6, has slipped once again, this time…
Boeing, the prime Stages contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program, is working on…
Vega-C, the newest iteration of the European Vega rocket, has launched on its debut flight,…
Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and…
Components for the first Vega-C (Vega Consolidation) rocket are entering launch preparations at the Guiana…
