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MT Aerospace completed its first full-scale prototype storage tank for the Ariane 6 programme in July 2020.
ArianeGroup has contracted MT Aerospace to deliver key components for 27 Ariane 6 rockets, covering flights 16 through 42.
Arianespace placed an order with ArianeGroup in May 2019 for the manufacturing of the first series-production batch of 14 Ariane 6 rockets.
The new contract with MT Aerospace covers the operational phase of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket and focuses on the industrial ramp-up of the launch system.
MT Aerospace supplies components for the cryogenic storage tanks and metallic structures of both the upper and core stages of the Ariane 6 rocket.
The launches of the first 14 Ariane 6 rockets were anticipated to occur between 2021 and 2023.
ArianeGroup aims to support up to ten launches per year with the Ariane 6 rocket.
MT Aerospace provides around 10% of the entire Ariane 6 launch vehicle.
MT Aerospace provides structural elements for the Vulcain engine bay and the forward and aft sections of the solid boosters for Ariane 6.
MT Aerospace warned in August 2020 that delays to Ariane 6’s inaugural flight would massively impact the company.
Including the qualification model for the inaugural flight, MT Aerospace has been contracted to produce components for 15 Ariane 6 rockets.
MT Aerospace is responsible for producing carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic tanks to store liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for the Ariane 6 Vinci upper-stage engine.
Germany’s heavy-lift needs will continue to be met by the Ariane 6 program.
The SATCOMBw-2 constellation was launched aboard Ariane 5 rockets in 2009 and 2010.
The first flight of the Ariane 64 rocket was initially expected to occur before the end of 2025.
Arianespace has two additional Ariane 6 flights planned for 2025.
The first Ariane 6 flight planned for 2025 will carry a Sentinel Earth observation satellite for the European Union’s Copernicus constellation.
Arianespace has not yet completed a launch of an Ariane 64 rocket.
Arianespace plans to conduct several Ariane 64 flights in 2026.
Arianespace has been awarded the contract to launch two SATCOMBw Stufe 3 satellites for the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) using two Ariane 6 rockets.