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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.
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 is developing the Prometheus engine under contract to the European Space Agency (ESA).
ArianeGroup conducted a full ignition test of an early Prometheus prototype on 22 June 2023 at its test facility in Vernon, France with a 12-second burn.
ArianeGroup is the prime contractor for both Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 and leads an industrial network of more than 600 companies, including 350 SMEs.
ArianeGroup indicated that, if funded at the ministerial, a Susie technology demonstrator could be ready by 2025.
Themis is a reusable launch vehicle demonstrator being developed by ArianeGroup with support from the European Space Agency to test vertical takeoff and landing technologies.
ArianeGroup received a €50 million agreement from the European Space Agency to continue development of the PHOEBUS super-light carbon composite upper stage demonstrator.
ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace will develop, build, and test the carbon composite PHOEBUS demonstrator in two steps.
ArianeGroup will undertake assembly and testing of the PHOEBUS demonstrator using components manufactured by MT Aerospace.
ispace’s first lunar mission lander was undergoing final assembly at an ArianeGroup facility in Germany and was planned to launch from the United States on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
ispace’s first lunar mission is planned for 2022 and the lander for that mission is undergoing final assembly at an ArianeGroup facility in Germany.
ArianeGroup is supplying key propulsion components for ispace’s Series 1 lunar lander, which is planned for launch on its first mission in the second half of 2022.
ArianeGroup is developing Prometheus, a low-cost oxygen-methane reusable engine, under a contract with ESA.
ArianeGroup is preparing final tests for the upgraded heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket ahead of an inaugural launch targeted for 2022.
ArianeGroup is ramping up production of the Ariane 6 flight model and plans to complete the flight model early next year.
ArianeGroup is ramping up production of the Ariane 6 flight model and plans to complete the flight model early next year.
ArianeGroup manufactures the Ariane 5 upper stage and is the prime contractor for the development and construction of the European Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launch vehicles.
ArianeGroup employs 550 highly qualified employees at its Bremen site, of whom about 100 are producing components for Ariane 6 in a building equipped with industry 4.0 manufacturing process and integration technologies.
ArianeGroup received a €33 million contract from the European Space Agency to begin the first development phase for the Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator.