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Philippe Baptiste, chief executive of the French space agency CNES, supports reducing costs and simplifying the system and supports removing some part of georeturn for exploitation of Ariane 6.
European officials are providing guaranteed financial support of up to 340,000,000 EUR per year for Ariane 6 and 21,000,000 EUR per year for Vega C.
A delay to the Ariane 6 launcher could result in The Exploration Company’s first demo mission being launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2024.
ArianeGroup is developing the Prometheus engine under contract from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Vulcain 2.1 is an upgraded version of Vulcain 2 that powers the core stage of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.
Prometheus development uses extensive new materials and manufacturing techniques intended to reduce costs to about one tenth of Ariane 5’s Vulcain 2 engine.
ArianeGroup’s test facility in Vernon, France achieved first ignition of the Prometheus engine in June 2023.
An early prototype of the Prometheus engine completed a 30-second burn with re-ignition on 2023-10-20, at ArianeGroup’s Vernon test center.
ArianeGroup will expand Prometheus testing by installing a prototype on a test bed modified for liquid methane at the German aerospace agency DLR’s Lampoldshausen test site.
Europe’s space access capacity was reduced to zero with the cessation of Ariane 5 activity.
The inaugural launch of Ariane 6 is planned to occur in 2024, with the exact date to be determined after the long-duration test.
A hydraulics problem in the thrust vector control system of Ariane 6’s core stage caused the long-duration hot-fire test to be delayed from early October 2023.
A short-duration hot-fire test of Ariane 6 was successfully completed on 2023-09-05.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force reports regularly on progress towards the inaugural flight of the new Ariane 6 launcher.
The integration of the new hydraulic group is scheduled for the Ariane 6 launcher specimen, with tests planned for 23 November.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
The test results will contribute to the qualification of the Ariane 6.
The Ariane 6 first flight launch period estimate will be provided after the long firing test is conducted and results are analyzed.
The long-duration firing test for Ariane 6 was initially planned for 3 October in Kourou.
Ariane 6 is designed to succeed Ariane 5 as Europe's heavy-lift launch system.