US EditionEurope's Ariane 6 rocket puts EU navigation satellites in orbit
- From Kourou, Europe's new Ariane 6 launched two Galileo satellites into orbit Wednesday, deploying them about 14,000 kilometres above Earth and increasing the constellation to 34 satellites.
- Loss of Soyuz access and earlier delays pushed Europe to restore independent launch capacity; the ESA said adding spares will improve Galileo's robustness to guarantee 24/7 navigation to billions.
- The rocket launched at 2:01 am local time from Kourou spaceport, marking Ariane 6's fourth commercial mission since single-use rockets entered service last year.
- The ESA said the successful launch reinforces Europe's resilience and autonomy in space, while the EU notes Galileo is four times more accurate than GPS with up to one-metre precision.
- Before Ariane 6's first commercial flight this year, ESA contracted SpaceX to launch two Galileo satellites, as Josef Aschbacher said, `We have to really catch up and make sure that we come to the market with a reusable launcher relatively fast.
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After years of dependence and uncertainty, space Europe has just taken a key step. On Wednesday night, the Ariane 6 rocket succeeded in its fourth commercial flight by placing two satellites
The rocket successfully completed its fourth commercial flight on Wednesday 17 December, "an important step in the rise of space Europe", congratulated Arianespace's executive president.
Ariane 6 took off on Wednesday from the space centre in Kourou, French Guiana, with two satellites from the European Galileo programme, a fourth flight...
Ariane 6 simmered in the heart of the dark night of Kourou (Guyane), at 6 a.m. Paris time. A little later, it dropped more than 23,000 km above our heads two satellites. They will be used to strengthen Galileo, the GPS of the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) . - Relive the moment!Watch the replay of # Ariane6 lifting off on mission #VA266, carrying SAT 33 and SAT 3…
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