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7/9/2024
Arianespace’s assessment indicates that Ariane 6 could carry some OneWeb satellites in 2027 but could not deploy a complete OneWeb constellation in 2027.
HummingSat micro-geostationary satellites will have a launch mass of around 1,000 kilograms.
The DESIR initiative is an acronym for Démonstrateur des Éléments Souverains en Imagerie Radar and Demonstrator of Sovereign Radar Imaging Elements.
Arianespace will offload Ariane 6 at port, bring it to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and integrate Amazon Leo payloads with the launch vehicle.
The upcoming Ariane 6 heavy-lift launch is the first heavy-lift launch on Amazon Leo’s 2026 manifest.
Thirty-two satellites are slated to ride to low Earth orbit on an upcoming Ariane 6 launch for Amazon Leo.
Canopée will tour several European ports to load Ariane 6 stages and components before heading to French Guiana for the launch campaign.
The three LISA satellites are scheduled to launch in 2035 on an Ariane 6 rocket.
The Arianespace hybrid industrial cargo ship Canopée departed from Bordeaux, France earlier this month transporting Ariane 6 rocket components for Amazon Leo’s first mission.
Amazon Leo’s first Ariane 6 mission is currently slated for February 12.
LEOSat planned a constellation of 84 broadband satellites in low Earth orbit.
Ariane 6 development has suffered significant delays and the vehicle’s first launch, once planned for 2020, has slipped to 2023.
Meteorologists will use data from the Arctic Weather mission to improve weather forecasts around the world.
A final review of the Ariane 6 launch system was completed after four weeks of intensive work.
The two solid rocket boosters for the Ariane 6 were moved into place on the launch pad in French Guiana.
Thales Alenia Space in Belgium is the supplier for the Ariane 6 family and for the flight safety system that suspends a launch if the rocket deviates from its trajectory to protect people and property.
The TVAS for Ariane 6 control the launcher trajectory and move the nozzles of the P120C booster rockets, the main cryogenic stage (Lower Liquid Propulsion Module - LLPM), and the restartable upper cryogenic stage (Upper Liquid Propulsion Module - ULPM).
The electronic units will provide the electronics that power and control the thrusters of each Ariane 6 stage and the booster rockets to maintain attitude after launch.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract on Thursday 15 January to supply 179 electronic units for 27 Ariane 6 launchers.
Thales Alenia Space in Belgium has more than fifty years of experience in space transportation dating to the early 1970s and has developed and manufactured thousands of components and systems for the European launcher portfolio including Ariane 1 through Ariane 5 and now Ariane 6.