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Vinony's link graph records 811 inbound references to Ariane 6, and connects out to Scout, Mu and Kuaizhou.
It is catalogued under the topic Ariane (rocket family).
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Function
- A62: Medium-lift launch vehicle A64: Heavy-lift launch vehicle
- Manufacturer
- ArianeGroup
- Country of origin
- European multi-national
- Project cost
- € 3.7 billion
- Cost per launch
- A62: €100 million (2024 estimated</span>"}]]}'>est. ) A64: €115 million (2018 estimated</span>"}]]}'>est. )
- Height
- 63 m (207 ft)
- Diameter
- 5.4 m (18 ft)
- Mass
- A62: 530,000 kg (1,170,000 lb) A64: 860,000 kg (1,900,000 lb)
- Orbital inclination
- 6°
- Family
- Ariane
- Based on
- Ariane 5
- Comparable
- Angara A5 Falcon 9 Falcon Heavy H3 Long March 5 LVM3 Soyuz-2 Vulcan Centaur
- Status
- Active
- Launch sites
- Guiana , ELA-4
- Partial failure
- 1 ( VA262 )
- First flight
- 9 July 2024 ( 2024-07-09 )
- Last flight
- 30 April 2026 (most recent)
- No boosters
- 2 or 4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ariane 6 on pad.jpg
- Height
- 62
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- Ariane 6
- first flight
- 2024-07-09
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Encyclopedic overview
Ariane 6 ( French: [aʁjan sis]) is a European expendable launch system developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) and French Space Agency (CNES) and manufactured by a consortium of European companies, led by the prime contractor ArianeGroup. As part of the Ariane rocket family, it is operated by Arianespace, replacing the Ariane 5. The project's primary contributors were France (55.3%), Germany (21%) and Italy (7.6%), with the remaining work distributed among ten other participating countries.
This two-stage rocket utilizes liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (hydrolox) engines. The first stage features an upgraded Vulcain engine from Ariane 5, while the second uses the Vinci engine, designed specifically for this rocket. The Ariane 62 variant uses two P120C solid rocket boosters, while Ariane 64 uses four. The P120C booster is shared with Europe's other launch vehicle, and is an improved version of the P80 used on the original Vega.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ariane 6” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.