Ariane 6 debut delayed to late 2023
Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 10:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
ESA announced Wednesday that the first launch of the Ariane 6 has slipped again, this time to late 2023. Officials with ESA, prime contractor ArianeGroup and launch services company Arianespace did not give a specific reason for the delay, the latest in a series for a vehicle once set to debut in 2020. They said static-fire testing of the rocket's upper stage is in progress, as well as tests of launch site infrastructure using a vehicle prototype. Those tests will continue to the first quarter of 2023 as ArianeGroup completes assembly of the first flight model of the Ariane 6. Development of Ariane 6 has cost Europe nearly 4 billion euros ($3.9 billion), and ESA plans to seek additional funding at next month's ministerial meeting both for upgrades to the rocket and to increase production.
ESA announced Wednesday that the first launch of the Ariane 6 has slipped again, this time to late 2023. Officials with ESA, prime contractor ArianeGroup and launch services company Arianespace did not give a specific reason for the delay, the latest in a series for a vehicle once set to debut in 2020. They said static-fire testing of the rocket's upper stage is in progress, as well as tests of launch site infrastructure using a vehicle prototype. Those tests will continue to the first quarter of 2023 as ArianeGroup completes assembly of the first flight model of the Ariane 6. Development of Ariane 6 has cost Europe nearly 4 billion euros ($3.9 billion), and ESA plans to seek additional funding at next month's ministerial meeting both for upgrades to the rocket and to increase production.
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