Ariane 6 at Europe's Spaceport

At Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Ariane 6 facilities are becoming a reality featuring a new launch pad, assembly building and mobile gantry. Inside the assembly building, the core and upper stages of Ariane 6 are integrated horizontally resulting in a faster and more simplified assembly process. In the mobile gantry, the launcher is erected and the side boosters are added. Finally, the fairing with the payload is placed at the top of the launcher.

Ariane 6 will soon launch for the first time, marking a new chapter for European space.

Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

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[paucolome]

Ariane 6 is beautiful holy shit, as an European I didn't even know we had an space program. Hope ESA gets more attention than it currently gets

[gerardogavilan]

What a great accomplishment of European spatial technology!

[brainmind]

The Ariane 5 and 6 are the most elegant-looking rockets imo. Maybe Starship will change that, though.

[anguskeenan]

I’m really disappointed that the UK did not take part in this, it would have been one of our crowning achievements in the EU partnership before it needed

[abelgarcia]

Ariane 6 will be obsolete by the time it is finished!

[skyhiker]

Which leader was it that said Ariane 6 is D. O. A. (DEAD ON

[trihasta]

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[trihasta]

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