The more powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a group of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit on the vehicle’s inaugural launch Feb. 12.

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Amazon announced its first LEO maritime broadband reseller agreements Feb. 10, as it prepares to deploy another batch of satellites this week on the inaugural flight of Europe’s Ariane 64 rocket.

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Arianespace will begin launches for its largest commercial customer in February as it works to ramp up its flight rate and attract additional business.

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A Vega C rocket launched a South Korean satellite Dec. 1 as responsibility for the launches prepares to shift from Arianespace to Avio.

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An Ariane 6 successfully launched a radar imaging satellite Nov. 4 after European agencies chose to use a larger rocket to ensure an earlier launch.

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Arianespace has confirmed that the first flight of the more powerful version of the Ariane 6 rocket has been delayed until next year.

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Arianespace is weighing options to increase the launch rate of the Ariane 6 rocket beyond 10 per year if government and commercial demand supports it.

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Launch companies are reiterating plans to sharply increase flight rates to meet growing government and commercial demand, even as some fall short of earlier projections.

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An Ariane 6 successfully launched a European weather satellite with an Earth science hosted payload Aug. 12 in the third flight of that vehicle.

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A Vega C rocket successfully launched five imaging and Earth science spacecraft late July 25.

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While Arianespace is committed to moving to its peak launch rate of the Ariane 6 “as soon as possible,” it may take several years to do so.

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A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty.

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The successful second flight of Europe’s Ariane 6 has become an opportunity for European officials to highlight the need for “strategic autonomy” in space.

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An Ariane 6 launched a reconnaissance satellite for the French military March 6 on the second flight of the European rocket.

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As Arianespace prepares for its first commercial Ariane 6 launch, it is projecting a manifest for the vehicle backloaded to the second half of the year.

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A Vega C successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Dec. 5 in the rocket’s first flight since a failure nearly two years ago.

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European officials say the Vega C rocket is ready for its return to flight next week despite a technical issue that will delay the launch of an Earth science satellite by at least a day.

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BREMEN, Germany — Exotrail’s geostationary spacevan is set to ride aboard Ariane 6 in 2026, in a boost for European space mobility capabilities. Arianespace announced the contract for launch on […]

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The second flight of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket, and its first commercial mission, has slipped from December to no earlier than mid-February, Arianespace announced Nov. 8.

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A second successful test of a redesigned rocket motor clears the way for Europe’s Vega C rocket to return to flight nearly two years after a launch failure.

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Companies that are fielding new launch vehicles are now facing the challenge of scaling up operations to meet the continued high demand for them.

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European officials say a software change should correct a problem on the inaugural Ariane 6 launch in July that prevented the rocket’s upper stage from performing a final maneuver.

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The final flight of the original version of Europe’s Vega rocket successfully placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit Sept. 4.

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The European Space Agency and its partners have announced a July 9 launch date for the first Ariane 6 rocket.

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