Launch of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket stopped

The new European Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), a European spaceport near the city of Kourou in French Guiana, South America, on Thursday, March 6 at 17:24 CET for its first commercial mission. This is its second flight, with the first one taking place last July. The launch of the current commercial mission was postponed, but has now taken place.

The first commercial launch of the European Ariane 6 rocket with a military satellite, interrupted Monday at the last moment for a ground anomaly, is now scheduled for Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana, announced Wednesday Arianespace.

Initially scheduled for Monday, 3 March, the launch of the Ariane 6 rocket was postponed for the fourth time due to an anomaly on the ground. Bad news for the French government and the European Union, faced with the difficulty of securing autonomous access to space. Faced with the American competition from SpaceX and its Falcon launchers, will France and Europe be able to regain their space sovereignty?

The launch of the European heavy-duty rocket Ariane 6 has been halted in the short term.

Two important and ambitious space systems should take the next hurdle. However, both take-offs were canceled at the last minute. What is so far known about the background.

The launch of the new European launcher Ariane 6 was cancelled on Monday a few minutes before the scheduled date. Reason was an "anomaly on the ground".