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Ariane 6 is a newly designed heavy-lift launch system intended to succeed Ariane 5.
Ariane 6's upper stage has restart capability, enabling it to support multiple payload missions, including satellite constellations.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force reports regularly on progress towards the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
The chronology of the wet dress rehearsal included a rehearsal of the launch range configured for the inaugural flight of Ariane 6.
The wet dress rehearsal for Ariane 6 included a full countdown to launch, stopping just a few seconds before lift-off.
The targeted launch date for Ariane 6 is 9 July 2024 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Ariane 6's capabilities enhance Europe's navigation, Earth observation, scientific, and security programmes.
Ariane 6 flight model-1 was fuelled on the launchpad and drained of fuel in preparation for launch.
The European Space Agency scheduled a series of media briefings on 2024-06-25 to discuss pre-launch preparations for Ariane 6.
The wet dress rehearsal for Ariane 6 was originally scheduled for 2024-06-18 but was delayed two days.
In November 2023 ESA agreed to provide 340,000,000 EUR per year of financial support for Ariane 6 and Vega C as part of a stabilized exploitation agreement.
The European Space Agency completed a wet dress rehearsal for Ariane 6 on 2024-06-20 at the launch site in French Guiana.
A qualification review of Ariane 6 was completed on 2024-06-14 and remaining issues from that review were closed out the same day, including installation of the payloads and fairing on the rocket’s upper stage.
An unnamed German partner on the Ariane 6 vehicle agreed to implement the 11% price reduction required by the November 2023 agreement.
The November 2023 agreement requires the companies developing Ariane 6 to reduce their costs by 11%.
The European Space Agency and its partners announced a 2024-07-09 launch date for Ariane 6’s maiden flight.
The European Space Agency and its partners scheduled the first Ariane 6 launch for 2024-07-09.
The inaugural Ariane 6 flight will deploy two reentry capsules, one developed by ArianeGroup and the other developed by The Exploration Company.
The European Space Agency revealed the 2024-07-09 Ariane 6 launch date at the ILA Berlin air show on 2024-06-05.