Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1637 followers · 1526 posts · Server techhub.social📆 Sep 5, 2023 #Aschbacher would not commit to a launch date during the first half of 📆 2024 if all went well with the tests.
#Ariane 64 was supposed to cost $126 million 💰. At present, a #Falcon9 rocket, which is roughly comparable in lift capacity, has a base price of $67 📉 million 💶 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/no-firm-date-on-ariane-6s-debut-and-no-public-talk-on-prices-either/2/
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1578 followers · 1364 posts · Server techhub.socialWhy isn't there a single mention of #Ariane at @EUSPA ? 🤔🙄 https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/Ariane
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1576 followers · 1349 posts · Server techhub.social
📆 August 8, 2023 #ESA 🇪🇺 : #Ariane 6 hits another delay 🥱 https://www.politico.eu/article/esa-confirms-ariane-6-rocket-launch-slips-to-2024/
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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🇪🇺 #ESA's decision not to broadcast live video of the #Ariane 6 hold-down test-firing easily contrasts with #NASA, which provided live coverage. Like the Ariane 6, NASA's #SLS is a #publicly funded venture. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/esa-still-seems-shy-about-sharing-news-on-ariane-6-rocket-testing/
#Esa #Ariane #NASA #sls #publicly
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1566 followers · 1346 posts · Server techhub.social🇪🇺 #ESA's decision not to broadcast live video of the #Ariane 6 hold-down test-firing easily contrasts with #NASA, which provided live coverage.. Like the Ariane 6, NASA's #SLS is a #publicly funded venture. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/esa-still-seems-shy-about-sharing-news-on-ariane-6-rocket-testing/
#Esa #Ariane #NASA #sls #publicly
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1565 followers · 1343 posts · Server techhub.social@michaelgemar Like #Ariane, #Starliner, #Vulcan, #DreamChaser, #NewGlenn ?
#Ariane #starliner #vulcan #dreamchaser #newglenn
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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#Forbes 📆 Jun 23, 2023 "#Amazon says half of the 3,236 #satellites 🛰️ will be up above us by 📆 2026" - but who will #launch 🚀 them ? 🤔 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2023/06/23/project-kuiper-how-amazon-will-drape-the-world-in-satellites/
• #BlueOrigin / #NewGlenn : no news / tests yet
• #Ariane 6 is years late (again)
• #ULA's #Vulcan is late, dependent on #BE4 engines
#forbes #amazon #satellites #launch #blueorigin #newglenn #Ariane #ula #vulcan #be4
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1475 followers · 1201 posts · Server techhub.social🇫🇷 #LeMonde 📆 July 05, 2023 The 117th #launch will end a 27-year history, distinguished by over 80 successes.With 100 launches planned in 📆 2023, #SpaceX's #Falcon 9 rocket will carry out almost as many launches as #Ariane 5 did in its entire career 📊. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/european-union/article/2023/07/05/space-the-difficult-transition-to-ariane-6_6043561_156.html
#lemonde #launch #SpaceX #falcon #Ariane
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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Last #Ariane 5 launch 📆 Jul 6, 2023 00:00 MESZ - they still dream of the past : "#Arianespace is the world’s leading #satellite #LaunchCompany. Founded in 1980, it deploys a family of three launchers – #Ariane, #Soyuz and #Vega" - and what's left ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWIKtG5HKbk
#Ariane #arianespace #satellite #launchcompany #soyuz #vega
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1476 followers · 1200 posts · Server techhub.socialLast #Ariane 5 launch - they still dream of the past : "#Arianespace is the world’s leading #satellite #LaunchCompany. Founded in 1980, it deploys a family of three launchers – #Ariane, #Soyuz and #Vega" - and what's left ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWIKtG5HKbk
#Ariane #arianespace #satellite #launchcompany #soyuz #vega
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1417 followers · 1143 posts · Server techhub.socialWhich reason got the 45% which voted for #ArianeSpace to believe they would do better in the future than with #Ariane 6 ?
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_no_alternative
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whistle_in_the_dark
#arianespace #Ariane #Esa #spacecompany #launchcost
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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Seems #ArianeSpace still got a good #marketing strategy. They apparently convinced 45% of their (#tax) "shareholders" their new (unlaunched, 21 t to #LEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6) vehicle is worth 40% more per flight 🚀 than the competitor who offers (at least) the same reliability (17-50 t to #LEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy) https://techhub.social/@spaceflight/109625314033526191 🤔
#arianespace #marketing #tax #Leo #Ariane #falcon #SpaceX #Esa
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1409 followers · 1105 posts · Server techhub.socialHow should #ESA 🇪🇺 proceed with #Ariane ?
“The real question is about finding the appropriate answer to foreign competition, meaning that #Europe needs to decide to schedule #Ariane 6's retirement before its maiden flight” https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-arianespace-rocket-space-race/
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1402 followers · 1056 posts · Server techhub.social#Politico 📆 May 23, 2023 a full hot fire 🔥 test of #Ariane's Vulcain engine will only take place in July; there are also problems with software development 🐞 run by #France’s 🇫🇷 #SpaceAgency #CNES. The #rocket had initially been scheduled to first fly in 📆 2020. https://www.politico.eu/article/josef-aschbacher-space-europe-ariane-6-rocket-risk-delay/
#politico #Ariane #france #spaceagency #cnes #rocket
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1391 followers · 1034 posts · Server techhub.social#ESA 📆 October 2022 Josef Aschbacher said that the #Ariane 6 would launch by the fourth quarter of 📆 2023. #OHB 📆 May 10 2023 "I am getting more and more confident we will see the first launch of Ariane 6 early #next year" 🥱😴 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/05/ariane-6-update
📆 July 2020 "#ESA delays #Ariane 6 launch to the second half of 2021" https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/esa-ariane-6-second-half-2021
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1391 followers · 1034 posts · Server techhub.social#ESA 📆 October 2022 Josef Aschbacher said that the #Ariane 6 would launch by the fourth quarter of 📆 2023. #OHB May 10 2023 "I am getting more and more confident we will see the first launch of Ariane 6 early #next year" 🥱😴 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/05/ariane-6-update
📆 July 2020 "#ESA delays #Ariane 6 launch to the second half of 2021" https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/esa-ariane-6-second-half-2021
Eye · @grb090423
4 followers · 24 posts · Server toot.communityESA's Week in images: 01-05 May 2023.
#ESA #space #ISS #Ariane #Hubble #Algeria #GalacticJellyfish
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images_01-05_May_2023
#esa #Space #iss #Ariane #hubble #Algeria #galacticjellyfish
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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#Payload mass to Low #Earth Orbit (#LEO), Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, Trans #Lunar Injection and #Mars Transfer Orbit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Launchers.png
#Ariane #Falcon #Vulcan #Centaur #Starship. #LaunchCost for the latter two aren't known yet. #LVM3 (10t #LEO) 🇮🇳, #H3 (6,5 t #GTO) 🇯🇵 aren't shown
#payload #earth #Leo #lunar #Mars #Ariane #falcon #vulcan #Centaur #starship #launchcost #lvm3 #h3 #gto
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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Countries capable of launching #SpaceRockets as of 📆 July 2022. From 📆 July 2023, #ESA 🇪🇺 is out https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/agency/upcoming/48
Picture : :ccby: :cc_nd: https://www.statista.com/chart/27792/countries-capable-of-launching-space-rockets/
#spacerockets #Esa #Ariane #vega
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1340 followers · 979 posts · Server techhub.socialThe #EU 🇪🇺 is having to seek assistance 🙏 to launch new versions of its navigation #satellites 🛰️ because the #Ariane 5 rocket, developed by #France 🇫🇷-based #ArianeGroup and launched from French #Guiana, is to be retired in the next months.
The deployment of its replacement, #Ariane 6, has been delayed. Only #SpaceX's #Falcon 9 🚀 and #ULA's #Vulcan system❓ are up to the job of sending the EU's #Galileo #satellites 🛰️ into #orbit. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-elon-musk-replace-stalled-france-rocket-galileo-satellite
#eu #satellites #Ariane #france #arianegroup #guiana #SpaceX #falcon #ula #vulcan #galileo #orbit #european #spaceflight