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Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards

Europe's largest solid-propellant rocket motors

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

Ariane 6 VA263 liftoff

Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards - before Space Rider update

Ariane 6 Central Core being transferred from the launcher assembly building to the launch pad

Fit for service: Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator

Radar mission takes to the skies

Silver Journeys – Space Rider woodcut poster

Silver Journeys – Vega-C woodcut poster

Silver Journeys – Ariane 6 woodcut poster

Moving Sentinel-1C to Vega-C's Vampire payload adapter

Artist impression of Sentinel-1C in the Vega-C launcher

Vega-C blueprint

The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite captured this image over Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 2 September, just ahead of the Sentinel-2C launch.

Last Vega with Sentinel-2C on the launch pad

Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower

Ariane 6 blueprint

Omega: Subscription-based space mobility service gets a boost

Black body experiment on Ariane 6 captures Pale Blue Dot

PariSat school experiment sends back stunning Earth pics

Ariane 6 science-after-school experiment sends back striking snaps

Ariane 6 cuts a vertical path up, up and away

Ariane 6 defies gravity in breathtaking first flight

The first Ariane 6 rocket soars to the sky

Ariane 6 takes flight

Ariane 6 takes flight

Ariane 6 takes flight

Ariane 6 from above in the final hours before liftoff

Ariane 6 sees 'first light' as mobile gantry is rolled back before fuelling begins

Ariane 6 revealed as nine-story mobile building rolls back from the launch pad

Ariane 6 the day before launch

Ariane 6 the day of launch

Ariane 6 first flight timeline

Ariane 6 first passengers – with names

Ariane 6 who makes what infographic

Ariane 6 first flight tracking infographic

Ariane 6 fairing closure

Ariane 6 first flight payloads moved to the encapsulation hall

YPSat checked in for Ariane 6 flight

Ariane 6 infographic: participating states

Ariane 6 infographic: first passengers

Ariane 6 infographic: at a glance

Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components with two boosters

Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components and payload with two boosters – blue background

Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components and payload with two boosters – white background

Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components with two boosters – blue background

Ariane 6's boosters are connected to the rocket's central core

Transporting second booster for first Ariane 6

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