Launch Vehicles
Ariane 6
Europe
Citation Formats
General Reference
APA Style
BibTeX
Europe's current heavy-lift launch vehicle, developed to restore independent European access to space at lower cost after years of delay, with an upper stage capable of multiple engine restarts for complex multi-satellite and deep-space missions. It flies in two configurations, with either two or four solid strap-on boosters.
Facts
Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 Manufacturer First Flight Date StatusOperational, ramping up flight cadence to take over Europe's institutional launch manifest. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
Operated By
Part Of
Its direct successor in the Ariane launch vehicle family, though built on a new rather than shared airframe.
Sources
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.