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Opening to Ariane 6 concrete flame trench
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Opening to Ariane 6 concrete flame trench

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Completed by November were Ariane 6's two concrete flame trenches at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana.

Imagine the meteoric force of exhaust gases expelled by four Ariane 6 strap-on boosters and a Vulcain motor ignited at liftoff. These plumes will rush 25 m deep below the launch table and be diverted into the flame trenches by a 600-tonne steel deflector deluged by cooling water fed from the water tower. The exhaust gases will be channelled and expelled away from the launch table via two flame trenches.

  • John Kraus
  • Space Transportation
  • Ariane 6
  • Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) Kourou
  • Testing
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