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The first flight of Ariane 6 took place in July 2024, with the second flight planned for February 2025.
The IRIS² constellation will require 13 Ariane 64 launches, with 10 launches allocated for the LEO High shell and 3 launches for the MEO shell.
The launch of Sentinel-1C marked the resumption of the commercial flight operations of the European Vega-C rockets, complementing the Ariane-6 rockets.
A second Ariane 6 flight was delayed from late 2024 to mid-February.
The Vega C return to flight followed the retirement of Ariane 5 and delays in the introduction of Ariane 6, contributing to a European launcher shortfall that required use of SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for key science and navigation spacecraft.
Europe conducted the first launch of the Ariane 6 rocket in July 2024 and launched Sentinel 2C in September 2024.
Bremen hosts major space companies such as Airbus Defence and Space, ArianeGroup, and OHB.
The RIT2X thruster was developed by ArianeGroup Germany and is one of the largest radio-frequency ion thrusters, using xenon gas for ionization and electrostatic acceleration.
The European Space Agency changed EnVision’s launch vehicle from an Ariane 62 to an Ariane 64 to reduce the time the spacecraft spends in aerobraking at Venus.
Bremen hosts facilities for Airbus, ArianeGroup, and OHB.
ArianeGroup cooperates with U.S. partners on production of the European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
Exotrail’s geostationary spacevan is scheduled to launch on Ariane 6 in 2026.
Arianespace planned a second Ariane 6 flight for late 2024 but the launcher’s first commercial mission slipped into early 2025.
Britain withdrew from European launcher development after the final Europa test flight, missing opportunities in the successful Ariane program.
Arianespace Chief Executive Stéphane Israël expected the Ariane 6 launch to take place in December as recently as September 2024.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency were working toward a December 2024 launch for the Ariane 6 rocket.
On 2024-11-08, Arianespace set the Ariane 6 launch to 2025-01-01 and specified a window from mid-February.
Arianespace is working on final preparations to the launch facilities in French Guiana to support the upcoming Ariane 6 launch and subsequent launches.
Arianespace projected the next Ariane 6 launch to take place in the first quarter of 2025, from mid-February.
Avio operates a facility in French Guiana that hosted Ariane 6’s inaugural launch in July.