{"id":21656,"date":"2024-07-09T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-ariane-6-on-deck-for-its-maiden-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:57:22","slug":"this-week-in-launch-ariane-6-on-deck-for-its-maiden-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-ariane-6-on-deck-for-its-maiden-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Launch: Ariane 6 on deck for its maiden launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following a double header by SpaceX later today, tomorrow Arianespace and the European Space Agency are ready to attempt its first launch of its Ariane 6 rocket. After years of delays and issues, the rocket has finally made it to the launch pad.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • July 8 (Monday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | T\u00fcrksat 6A | 5:20 P.M. ET\n
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      • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 9-3 | 7:46 P.M. PT\n
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        • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • July 9 (Tuesday)\n
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          • ESA\/Arianespace | Ariane 6 | Demo Flight | 2:00 P.M. ET\n
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            • ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • July 12 (Friday)\n
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              • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-4 | 4:20 A.M. ET\n
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                • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Arianespace and ESA ready for launch<\/h2>\n

                  ESA is planning to launch its new rocket, the Ariane 6, from French Guiana in South America. Built for ESA by Arianespace, the rocket has been long delayed, a norm for most rockets.<\/p>\n

                  On board will be a frenzy of smallsats that will host tech demos and small scale experiments but the key mission of the flight will be to make sure Ariane 6 works.<\/p>\n

                  Ariane 6 is replacing the now retired Ariane 5 as ESA\u2019s heavy lift launcher. For quite some time now, ESA has been left without a launcher, with Vega running into reliability issues, Soyuz support being pulled by Russia over sanctions, and Ariane 5\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n

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