This is the final sprint for the Ariane 6 program.
"The
launcher's
first qualifying flight is scheduled for the second quarter of 2022. Until then, we still have several milestones to overcome,"
André-Hubert Roussel, CEO
,
told
Le Figaro.
ArianeGroup, the manufacturer of Ariane 6, which will succeed version 5 of the European rocket, from 2023-2024.
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Once the first successful flight will open a transition period during which Ariane 5 - the last eight units are being assembled - and Ariane 6 will coexist.
From the second half of 2022, Ariane 6 must carry out missions on behalf of its first customers, the telecom satellite operators Eutelsat and Viasat as well as the European Commission.
With the APU, Ariane 6's total versatility is confirmed: it will be able to perform all missions, in all orbits with all types of satellites.
André-Hubert Roussel, CEO of Ariane Group
In mid-May, the program reached a key stage with the qualification of the APU, a small booster engine, which equips the upper stage of Ariane 6. And which makes it possible in particular to propel the rocket from a point to point when deploying constellations, when
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