European heavy-lift rocket deploys French military reconnaissance satellite, marking a pivotal moment for Europe's space autonomy.

The rocket lifted off at 13:24 local time (17:24 CET) from the Kourou launch site in the French overseas department of French Guiana, according to the European space company Arianespace. The flight ...

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft disintegrated soon after launch on Thursday, but thousands of miles away another new rocket ...

However, Europe might not be able to replace SpaceX altogether. Ariane 6, unlike SpaceX rockets, is not reusable. And while Europe is fostering private companies with reusable, light-lift rockets, it ...

its predecessor Ariane 5 retiring in 2023, Russia pulling its Soyuz rockets and an accident that grounded the smaller Vega-C launcher for two years. But between Vega-C resuming flights in December and ...

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 ...

Europe's Ariane 6 launcher is to carry out its first commercial mission Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space.

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The anticipated launch of Ariane 6, Europe’s first commercial space mission, was on Monday postponed just minutes before its scheduled departure because of an unspecified “anomaly” on the ground, ...

Since the retirement of the workhorse Ariane 5 in 2023, Europe has had little independent access to space, with war in Ukraine cutting Western ties to Russian Soyuz rockets and Italy's Vega C ...