European CommissionJul 10, 2024

👨‍🚀🚀 3... 2... 1... Liftoff!

Last night, Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, #Ariane6, successfully made its inaugural flight.

Ariane 6 can launch both heavy and light payloads to a wide range of orbits for applications such as Earth observation, telecommunication, meteorology, science and navigation.

It is a key step towards secure and autonomous 🇪🇺 access to #space.

Congratulations to the teams at European Space Agency, National Centre for Space Studies, Arianespace on this success!

📷© ESA

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEJul 10, 2024
@EUCommission Will it be commercially competitive against reusable rockets without any taxpayer subsidy?
Show threadUrwumpeJul 10, 2024
@TimWardCam @EUCommission why should it? That not the goal. The goal is having a European rocket. Do you see any European reuseable rocket, beyond the Ariane 6 successor concepts?
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEJul 10, 2024
@urwumpe @EUCommission Why is that a goal? Just flag waving?
Show threadUrwumpe
@TimWardCam @EUCommission just independence. Why should we exclusively rely on foreign or possibly unreliable service providers?
Jul 10, 2024 at 3:52pmWeb