Ariane 6: Launchpad testing

It has been an exciting and busy summer for the European Space Agency, with development and testing of its new Ariane 6 launcher. At Europe’s spaceport in, French Guiana, a test model of the launcher’s central core was assembled for the first time. Ariane 6 is the first Ariane rocket to be assembled horizontally, which is simpler and less costly than more traditional vertical assembly. Then, the rocket was moved to its launchpad and placed upright in the massive mobile gantry for combined tests, to validate the compatibility between all components of the complete launch system. Soon more testing will be done on Ariane 6’s upper stage at a purpose-built @DLRde facility in Lampoldshausen, Germany.

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[paulrichardson]

The booster separation is going to be so satisfying.

[Stonewall]

European Space program has been able to put many people to work on one goal and that’s the adventures of space travel.Thank you the information my favourite space site.

[HowToSpacic]

It will be sad to see the Ariane 5 go but I can’t wait to see the Ariane 6 fly

Also Ariane space if you’re reading this please make better streams we want to see the rocket not bunch of clueless talking heads

[MarsChroniken]

Awesome! Can't wait to see A6 rise!

[havebunnywilltravel]

It will be so cool to see Ariane 6 launch

[masterchief_draw]

Lets goo. Cant wait to see Ariane 6 launch

[tecmons]

I can't wait the first liftoof :) or the first static test :)

[henridaboville]

En regardant ces vidéos, je suis si fier d’être européen ! 💪🇪🇺

[flxdrv]

such a sleek looking rocket. It will look amazing on the launchpad!

[mariadaluzmoutinho]

Estes lançamentos são um gáudio aos nossos olhos...significam conquistas!!

[Gibson-dswi]

It's here, Ariane 64 booster seperation will look more familiar to the Korolev Cross, i wanna see Ariane 6 launch

[AronAron-yt]

On white tank is ready for launch the ariane 6 is ready to go

[jeanpierrebernard]

Dommage que ce ne soit pas traduit en Français

[johnbowyer]

Not entirely independent, though. There are still NO plans to have humans sent up on European designed and built rockets. This needs to change if Europe really wants to be independent and also for its own security too.