US EditionEurope's Ariane 64 Heavy Launcher Puts Amazon Satellites in Orbit
- Ariane 64's core stage was assembled in Les Mureaux, west of Paris, ahead of Thursday's sixth Ariane 6 flight and first with a commercial customer.
- Engineers adopted a four‑booster layout to boost LEO capacity to about 21.6 metric tons, more than doubling payload versus two‑booster Ariane 6 flights.
- Manufacturers note the rocket contains roughly 300,000 pieces, with the upper stage built in Bremen, Germany, and shipped to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on a sail-equipped cargo ship.
- The programme's industrial reach ties together 13 European Space Agency member nations and about 600 subcontractors led by ArianeGroup, while Amazon aims to deploy more than 3,200 satellites after launching its first internet satellites in 2025.
- The mission will place 32 Amazon LEO satellites into orbit, with a mission duration of 1 hour, 54 minutes from liftoff to satellite separation.
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Europe launched an Ariane 6 rocket today
The European launch vehicle Ariane 6 has been launched for the first time with four boosters, in its most powerful configuration. The takeoff from the European launch site in French Guiana went smoothly, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The rocket delivered 32 satellites into orbit in a single burst.
For the first time, the new Ariane rocket unfolds its full thrust potential, and a total of 32 satellites fly it into space - a delivery for Amazon chief Bezos. This is a kind of training for the emergency, says a French responsible person. It is about Europe's access to space.
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