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Ariane 6 rocket blasts off on first commercial mission
Gulf News
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 6, 2025, carrying the CSO-3 satellite of the French government's armament agency DGA.AFP
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully completes first commercial launch
AeroTime News
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March 7, 2025
The Ariane 6 rocket masterminded by the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally achieved a successful lift off from its launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s newest rocket was originally scheduled to launch three days...
Ariane 6 launches French spysat on second flight
SpaceNews
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March 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 launched a reconnaissance satellite for the French military March 6 on the second flight of the European rocket. The Ariane 6 lifted off from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 a.m. Eastern on a...
Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying French military satellite
Voice of America
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March 6, 2025
PARIS — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off smoothly from the European spaceport in Kourou,...
Europe's Ariane 6 stages first commercial launch
Channel News Asia
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March 6, 2025
Europe's newest uncrewed heavy launcher blasted off on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit on Thursday in its first commercially operational launch. The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport in...
Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches for 2nd time ever, sending French spy satellite to orbit (video)
Space.com
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March 3, 2025
Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket just launched for the second time ever. The Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today (March 6) at 11:24 a.m. EST (1624 GMT; 1:24 p.m. local time in Kourou), carrying a French spy...
Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying a French military reconnaissance satellite
Associated Press
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March 6, 2025
PARIS (AP) — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off smoothly from the European spaceport in Kourou,...
Europe's Ariane 6 lifts 1st commercial flight
Xinhua News Agency
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PARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Europe's latest heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, has successfully completed its first commercial launch, placing a satellite in orbit, Arianespace announced on Thursday. The launch took place at 16:24 GMT from Kourou, French...
Europe's new rocket blasts off
The Express Tribune
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March 7, 2025
KOUROU: Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 blasted off on its first commercial mission Thursday, carrying with it the continent's hopes of bolstering its security and independent access to space. After several delays including a last-minute...
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket all set for March 6 lift-off
The News International
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PARIS: With a valve fault halting Monday’s launch just 30 minutes before take-off, Arianespace has rescheduled Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket to blast off on Thursday from French Guiana, carrying the French military’s CSO-3 satellite in a mission vital...
First commercial launch of Europe's Ariane 6 carrying French...
Modern Ghana
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Europe's Ariane 6 launcher is to carry out its first commercial mission Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space. After several postponements, the launch of the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite launcher Ariane 6...
Arianespace resets Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launch date to March 6
GEO TV
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March 5, 2025
PARIS: A faulty valve stopped Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket from launching on Monday, but Arianespace has now set a new date of Thursday for the mission from French Guiana, when it will carry the French military’s CSO-3 satellite into orbit as part of...
Arianespace calls off 2nd-ever launch of Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket
Space.com
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March 3, 2025
Europe's powerful new Ariane 6 rocket will not fly today (March 3) after all. The Ariane 6 had been scheduled to launch a French spy satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today at 11:24 a.m. EST (1624 GMT; 1:24 p.m. local time...
Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Called Off Minutes Before Launch Due To "Anomaly"
NDTV
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March 3, 2025
Kourou: Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off on Monday due to an "anomaly" on the ground. It was the latest of several postponements for the rocket as...
Europe back in space with new satellite launcher
EurActiv
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March 3, 2025
Europe is back at independent space launches, with the first commercial flight of the European Ariane 6 launcher set for lift-off today at 17:24 CET from Kourou, French Guiana. Since the retirement of Ariane 5 in July 2023 and the end of Europe’s...
First commercial mission of the European rocket Ariane 6, postponed
AeroTime News
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March 3, 2025
The launch of the European rocket Ariane 6, which was planned for 1.24pm local time from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed due to a reported “anomaly on the ground”. The launch was meant to be the first commercial...
Europe's Ariane 6 set for first commercial blast off
RTE Ireland
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March 1, 2025
After several postponements, Europe's Ariane 6 launcher will carry out its first commercial mission on Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space. The launch from the Kourou base in French Guiana is key to Europe's...
European satellite launcher set for first commercial blast off
Business Recorder
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March 1, 2025
PARIS: After several postponements, Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher will carry out its first commercial mission on Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space. The launch from the Kourou base in French Guiana is key to...
European satellite launcher set for first commercial blast-off
South China Morning Post
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March 1, 2025
After several postponements, Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher will carry out its first commercial mission on Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space. The launch from the Kourou base in French Guiana is key to Europe’s...
PLD Space and the privatization of Europe’s Space Sector
Novobrief
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May 14, 2025
When the Miura 1 launched in October 2023 from the Médano del Oro launch base in Huelva, Spain, it marked an unprecedented milestone in Europe’s space race: it was the first rocket fully developed and launched by a private company on the...