These vehicles were designated Ariane 5 GS. The GS variant used the improved ECA-style solid rocket boosters and upgraded second stage of the G+ variant, but use of the original Vulcain engine on ...

On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took ... For the first time, the central core and boosters for Ariane 6 have been delivered to the pad at the ELA-4 launch complex in Kourou, French ...

and a liquid-fuelled core-stage that uses an improved version of the Ariane 5's current Vulcain engine. But then two or four solid-fuelled boosters will be added, depending on how heavy the ...

And so, since the Ariane 5's final flight last July ... Two variants of the Ariane 6 are planned: one with two strap-on boosters, the Ariane 62, and a more powerful version, the Ariane 64 ...

The European Space Agency is ready to put together the first Ariane 6 rocket, and has declared the campaign to get it into orbit is under way.… A Friday post from the agency revealed that the ...

With the Ariane 5 retired before the Ariane 6 was ready ... The bottleneck to higher flight rates is the production of the solid boosters, two or four of which are needed for each Ariane 6 ...

The upper stage is based on technologies already developed for Ariane 5 ME. These include the re-ignitable Vinci engine, which enables a wide range of missions with its flexible shutdown and ignition ...

The rocket will take payloads into orbit more cheaply than its predecessor, Ariane-5. The ESA is expecting to make up to 11 launches a year.

Ariane 6 successfully deployed nine cubesats to orbit about 65 minutes after liftoff, as planned, including the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat. Following ...

Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new ... The "62" will incorporate two solid-fuel side boosters for lifting medium-sized payloads The "64" will have four strap ...

While visually similar to Ariane-5, the new rocket boasts cutting-edge ... Ariane-6 boasts two configurations: Ariane-62: Featuring two solid-fuel boosters for medium-sized payloads.