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ArianeGroup is expected to oversee casting of the P120C boosters for the Ariane 6 maiden flight in the first quarter of 2021.
The first of the 2017-ordered Ariane 62 launches slipped to 2021 due to a disagreement between ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency that delayed the start of serial production until April 2019.
ArianeGroup is building 15 Ariane 6 rockets: one for the rocket’s maiden flight and 14 in bulk to cover the 2020 to 2023 transition away from the Ariane 5.
ArianeGroup plans to increase the APU run time so Ariane 6 can inject more than 5,000 kg directly to GEO and enable sequential spacecraft separations to reduce collision risk.
ArianeGroup plans to increase the APU run time so Ariane 6 can inject more than 5,000 kg directly to GEO and enable sequential spacecraft separations to reduce collision risk.
Roughly 100 of the 550 people employed at ArianeGroup’s Bremen site are working in the new integration facility.
ArianeGroup and Avio are using booster commonality of the P120C between Ariane 6 and Vega C to increase production scale and lower costs for both rockets.
ArianeGroup aims to build the Ariane 6 at least 40 percent cheaper than the Ariane 5.
ArianeGroup and PTScientists received a contract from ESA on 2019-01-21 to study a proposed lander mission to mine lunar regolith and demonstrate resource extraction viability.
ArianeGroup received the one-year contract from ESA on 2019-01-21 to study a lunar lander mission proposal that would launch by 2025.
ArianeGroup issued a press release on 2018-11-26 announcing the leadership change.
ArianeGroup is working with MT Aerospace on implementing carbon fiber cryogenic tanks and other carbon fiber structures for the Ariane 6 upper stage.