Europe's Ariane-6 rocket launches | BBC News

Europe's big new rocket, Ariane-6, has made its inaugural flight.

The vehicle will launch out of French Guiana on a demonstration mission to put a clutch of satellites in orbit.

Developed at a cost of €4bn (£3.4bn), Ariane-6 is intended to be a workhorse rocket that gives European governments and companies access to space independently from the rest of the world.


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[stubronstein]

There's a heavy version of this, the Ariane Grande.

[RealUlrichLeland]

The European space agency is separate from the European Union, so the UK is still involved in this project, although France is the most involved

[josefelixaranda]

Ariane 6 is going to be a significant progress in comunications and science .Congratulations to the European Space Agency.

[taylorrichardson]

Bravo, la France, French spécial site in French Guyana, well done!!!!

[pratapterang]

Congratulations European Space Agency 🎉

[Callimo]

Flat earthers crying and throwing up in the hallway right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Congrats to all the physicists that made this launch happen! Noice :D

[frankhoffman]

American here. I'm happy to see democracies doing good things in space technology. The Ariane 5 was a great, reliable platform. Hoping for the same for this new rocket. It looks like a good start.

[Greenpoloboy]

Props to the brave cameraman recording from the rocker

[jasonthewatchmansson]

Does anyone remember when the commentary on a launch would focus on the launch vehicle, the stages of the launch, and the incoming telemetry? Instead, we have "OMG! We're on the verge of tears! Oh, what a moment! Ooooh!"

[OmnoWombo]

Love the overlay on top of the rocket! Professionals at work 👍

[franckozzy]

They don't mention that Ariane 6 is equipped with engines that can be switched off and on during the mission, so that it can place satellites at different orbits. That is a major feature.

[pk]

Elon musk be like: how do you not make it blow up 😢

[Mythteller]

Now it's time for ESA manned orbital mission😉

[Steven-voee]

Congrats ESA, Arianespace, Airbus and Safran!

[starmanxvi]

While it is a shame that they aren't even pursuing at least Vulcan-Centaur style reuse where just the engines get recovered, this is still an amazing achievement for European space exploration!

[Yasharvl]

Congratulations to ESA and to the crew of Ariane 6 programme!

[HuzaifaAli-mmdf]

The content is a cut above the rest. Keep setting the bar high!

[boris]

Imagine if it landed in the middle of my town.

[ocker]

Ariane 6 project was given the green light before SpaceX managed to perfect the re-use of the first stage Falcon 9. ESA was dismissive as were the other legacy American launch providers. Now ESA is trying to modify the Ariane 6 platform to have a second stage that can be re-used. Meanwhile they are preparing a test for a re-usable rocket platform similar to Falcon 9.

[cicada]

Ariane 6-Making old technology new again😂😂😂