The highest performing version of Arianespace‘s Ariane 6, the Ariane 64, will be used over three years to orbit satellites of the Project Kuiper broadband constellation. Arianespace and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced this unprecedented launch service contract during the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 5. Under the terms of the contract, […]
Ariane 6
The Core + Upper Stage Of The Ariane 6 Now En Route To Launch Site In French Guiana
The Ariane 6 core stage and upper stage are now en route to Europe’s Spaceport — after final assembly at ArianeGroup’s Les Mureaux site and completion of all its functional acceptance tests, the core stage was taken to the French port of Le Havre. The ship then sailed to Bremen, Germany, to load the upper […]