For NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to fit into an Ariane V rocket for launch, it must fold up. This graphic shows how Webb fits into the rocket fairing with little room to spare. Disclaimer ...

Predecessor Ariane 5 is no longer in production ... Mr Musk's Falcons because a new rocket is needed for every new launch. Recent days have seen a test model of the Ariane 6 placed on its ...

Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new rocket is needed for every mission, whereas the latest American vehicles are being built to be wholly or partially re-usable.

It follows successful tests on an engineering model of the 62m-tall (203 ft ... after retiring the previous-generation rocket, Ariane-5, in July; and being forced to suspend operations of its ...

Their new Ariane 5 Rocket could launch two three-ton satellites into space. It had more power than anything that had come before. The rocket rose up towards the heavens on a pillar of flame ...

PARIS, December 25. /TASS/. The payload part of the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the James Webb orbital telescope has separated from the rocket, according to the Arianespace online livestream.

A milestone over 22 years in the making. Tuesday saw the Ariane 5 rocket conduct its 100th flight, placing two telecommunications satellites into orbit in the process. The Ariane 5 ...

The European heavy-lift rocket has been launching things like satellites and telescopes into orbit around Earth since 1996. Ariane-5's final mission involved taking two telecoms satellites into space.

After four years of delays for Ariane 6, progress is accelerating: a scale model of the heavy ... Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket aces crucial 7-minute engine burn Ariane 5 launched European ...

PARIS, July 6. /TASS/. The final European Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday. The launch was broadcast on Airanespace, an operator company, YouTube page.

On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career for what was Europe’s first heavy-lift rocket. Nearly ten months later ...

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.