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Ariane 6 is the latest rocket in a long history of launchers to fly from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – demonstrating the power of multinational cooperation for over five decades.

First Ariane 6 launched: 9 July 2024 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana 16:00 local time (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST).

Previous Ariane 6 launch: 17 June 2026, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, 09:21 local time (13:21 BST, 14:21 CEST), Ariane 6 with four P160C boosters, third flight for Amazon Leo constellation, VA269.

Next Ariane 6 launch: 27 August 2026, Meteosat Third Generation-Imager 2 (MTG-I2)

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Build your own Ariane 6 rocket with ESA!

06/08/2024 14996 views 103 likes

Ariane 6 takes flight for the first time

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Ariane 6: post-launch update

31/07/2024 8889 views 68 likes

YPSat looks back to Earth from atop Ariane 6

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YPSat-1: the view from Ariane 6

11/07/2024 9583 views 31 likes

The first Ariane 6 rocket soars to the sky

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space

09/07/2024 46350 views 212 likes

header image for Julio Monreal portrait

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Portraits of Ariane 5: No.6, Julio Monreal

08/07/2024 721 views 0 likes

Ariane 6 key visual

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Ariane 6 launch: how to watch and what to look out for

04/07/2024 101159 views 117 likes

Santa Maria station

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Tracking Ariane 6 as it soars over the Azores

04/07/2024 6576 views 50 likes

Lore at ESA's Cubesat Support Facility

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Ariane 6 launches Peregrinus: students take on the Sun

03/07/2024 2807 views 10 likes

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Ariane 6 launches LIFI: light-speed secure communications

28/06/2024 4767 views 13 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 21 June 2024

21/06/2024 1210 views 3 likes

Ariane 6 before wet dress rehearsal

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Ariane 6 pre-show: wet dress rehearsal complete

21/06/2024 7315 views 29 likes

Nyx Bikini artist impression

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Ariane 6 launches: splashdown for Nyx Bikini

21/06/2024 8228 views 23 likes

Ariane 6 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport

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Ariane 6: the launch zone

19/06/2024 3273 views 10 likes

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Ariane 6 launches Curium One: space for all

18/06/2024 5157 views 15 likes

GRBBeta in orbit - visualisation

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Ariane 6 launches GRBBeta: small satellite, big astrophysics

14/06/2024 5867 views 16 likes

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Ariane 6 launches RAMI: the interplanetary deployer

12/06/2024 3175 views 8 likes

Fabienne with Ariane 5

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Faces of Ariane 6: Fabienne

07/06/2024 1955 views 7 likes

SpaceCase SCX-01

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Ariane 6 launches: the case for SpaceCase SC-X01

06/06/2024 5247 views 27 likes

Ariane 6 key visual

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Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July

05/06/2024 18580 views 88 likes

Vinci engine qualified in tests

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The engines of Ariane 6

05/06/2024 13195 views 36 likes

Michel signing the Ariane 6 first flight fairing

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Faces of Ariane 6: Michel

02/06/2024 1895 views 9 likes

SIDLOC during integration

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Ariane 6 launches SIDLOC: opening up tools for safer space

30/05/2024 3740 views 20 likes

Caroline during combined test for Ariane 6

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Faces of Ariane 6: Caroline

24/05/2024 1858 views 10 likes

PariSat during electromagnetic testing

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Ariane 6 launches: PariSat, physics in space after school

23/05/2024 2086 views 6 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 21 May 2024

21/05/2024 3246 views 14 likes

Franck at Ariane 6 launch zone

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Faces of Ariane 6: Franck

17/05/2024 2334 views 6 likes

A prototype of the vacuum printer onboard Orbital Matter’s Replicator CubeSat

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Ariane 6 launches: Replicator – 3D printing in open space

16/05/2024 4943 views 13 likes

Ariane 6 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport

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Ariane 6: designed with sustainability in mind

15/05/2024 3486 views 10 likes

Deployment test of the 3Cat-4 L-band antenna inside the thermal vacuum chamber

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Ariane 6 launches 3Cat-4: reflecting on Earth

08/05/2024 2353 views 11 likes

Wafaa during Ariane 6 upper part transfer

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Faces of Ariane 6: Wafaa

03/05/2024 2485 views 9 likes

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Ariane 6 launches: Exolaunch’s EXOpod Nova

03/05/2024 2562 views 19 likes

Completing Ariane 6 propulsion elements on the launchpad

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Start of the first Ariane 6 launch campaign

26/04/2024 5937 views 42 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 26 April 2024

26/04/2024 1244 views 8 likes

Tony dos Santos with Ariane 5 on the launch pad

Portraits of Ariane 5: No.5, Tony dos Santos

26/04/2024 744 views 3 likes

YPSat

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Young Professionals’ YPSat-1 headed to Ariane 6

25/04/2024 1187 views 4 likes

OOV-Cube wide

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Ariane 6 flies OOV-Cube: Internet of (wild) Things

23/04/2024 2410 views 16 likes

André

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Faces of Ariane 6: André

18/04/2024 2402 views 8 likes

ISTSat-1 ready to be baked

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Ariane 6 launches: is it a plane? Aircraft spotting with IS…

16/04/2024 2613 views 20 likes

Tina Buechner da Costa

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Faces of Ariane 6: Tina

12/04/2024 4352 views 24 likes

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Ariane 6 launches: Robusta-3A for weather and radiation

09/04/2024 3676 views 24 likes

Aline Decadi at control centre

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Faces of Ariane 6: Aline

05/04/2024 4016 views 18 likes

CURIE in cleanroom with students

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Ariane 6 launches: NASA’s radio detective CURIE

02/04/2024 3289 views 13 likes

YPSat-1 camera

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Ariane 6 launches: YPSat-1 ‘the witness’

26/03/2024 4595 views 25 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 22 March 2024

22/03/2024 1241 views 5 likes

Artist's view of Ariane 6 – Flight Model-1 just the logos

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Flying first on Ariane 6

14/03/2024 24245 views 102 likes

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Portraits of Ariane 5: No.4, Camilla MacMillan-Hughes

08/03/2024 561 views 3 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 22 February 2024

22/02/2024 1431 views 9 likes

Ariane 6

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Goodbye, Ariane 6 test model

14/02/2024 2790 views 5 likes

Ariane 6 main stage departure

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First Ariane 6 flight model ships to Europe’s Spaceport

12/02/2024 4165 views 33 likes

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Ariane 6 joint update report, 31 January 2024

31/01/2024 2408 views 19 likes

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