06 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
...supporting the ISS in exchange for German support of Europe's Ariane rocket program. In December 2014, France and Germany had... to which Germany would play a larger role in the future Ariane 6 rocket in exchange for France returning to its mid-1990s ...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
... operators and opening the door to new opportunities.” ArianeGroup, which is the lead contractor for Europe’s Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launcher families, is already a leader in state-of-the-art propulsion technologies and the Arclight’s customisable...
29 December 2021
Success so far means JWST has enough fuel to extend its science lifetime, NASA say
...by the telescope is largely due to the precision of the Arianespace Ariane 5 launch, say the team. Not only was JWST’s launch trajectory...was already in the correct attitude after separation from the Ariane 5 second stage, the solar array was able to ...
24 January 2016
ESA to Invest in Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser
...launch of the Dream Chaser inside the fairing of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket. “There is a memorandum of understanding not only...said. “The idea is to have Dream Chaser also launched with an Ariane. We have checked and that is possible. There is already a ...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
... pounds ($2 million), and have been awarded to the following companies: Airbus Safran Launchers, prime contractor for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 rockets; Deimos Space UK, associated with Firefly Space Systems (USA); Lockheed Martin (USA); Orbital ATK...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... can carry only two-tonne class communication satellites. Those with a higher mass have to be launched by Arianespace’s Ariane-5 rocket from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana. Thereafter, there are any number of missions relating...
