Watch the broadcast for the launch of Ariane 6 Flight VA267, the first mission featuring the four-booster configuration.

On this flight, Ariane 6 delivered 32 satellites for Amazon’s LEO constellation into low Earth orbit.

The contract will examine the performance of ThinKom’s “portable gateway” for use by dismounted forces

At 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit. 

This is Ariane 6’s most powerful version yet. The new three-stage European rocket can be adapted according to each mission with either two or four boosters as well as the length of the fairing – the nosecone that splits vertically in two. This launch was the sixth Ariane 6 flight, the first to fly with four boosters and also the first with the long fairing. 

Ariane 6 in its four-booster configuration, known as Ariane 64, doubles the rocket’s performance

The company developed a collaborative project management platform designed to operate in classified environments

Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where demand outstrips supply, yet customers remain price sensitive.

USSF-87 sends GSSAP payloads and propulsive ESPA ring on fourth Vulcan flight

USSF-87 sends GSSAP payloads and propulsive ESPA ring on fourth Vulcan flight