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ArianeGroup entered 2025 having completed just a single flight of its Ariane 6 rocket following an anomaly during its inaugural flight.
ArianeGroup completed the inaugural flight of its SyLEx suborbital vehicle in 2025 under a contract with France's Directorate General of Armaments.
The maiden flight of the SyLEx system carried an experimental payload developed by ArianeGroup for technological integration and demonstration.
MT Aerospace announced a major contract with ArianeGroup for the delivery of key components for 27 Ariane 6 rockets, covering flights 16 to 42.
Prior to the new contract awarded on 21 October 2025, Réaltra had delivered five VIKI systems for use aboard Ariane flights.
MaiaSpace, an ArianeGroup subsidiary, is developing a small launch vehicle with a reusable first stage powered by the Prometheus engine and is working toward a first launch likely starting with an expendable first stage as soon as next year.
MaiaSpace, an ArianeGroup subsidiary, is developing a small launch vehicle with a reusable first stage powered by Prometheus and is targeting a first launch possibly starting with an expendable first stage as soon as next year.
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 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 and the joint team including ArianeGroup, Arianespace, and the French space agency CNES expect the Ariane 6 inaugural launch to take place in the first two weeks of July.
Neither ArianeGroup nor the European Space Agency have announced a specific launch date for Ariane 6's inaugural flight.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between June 15 and July 31, 2024.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between 15 June and 31 July 2024.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the inaugural launch of Ariane 6 between 15 June and 31 July 2024.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between mid-June and end of July 2024.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between mid-June and the end of July 2024.
ArianeGroup plans parachute and abort tests and scheduled hop testing with the demonstrator to continue until 2025-04-01.
ArianeGroup built a half-sized mock-up demonstrator with two seats and a tentative control panel design that was displayed at Space Tech Expo Europe.
Testing of a two-meter-tall, 100-kilogram jet engine-powered SUSIE demonstrator began in October with its first ignition at ArianeGroup’s site at Les Mureaux.
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.