Europe’s next big rocket in a nutshell

[@Hanneskitz]

Go ESA! Go Europe! 🚀🌏

[@cartanfan-youtube]

You used the Asia emoji 😭

[@elsebas3167]

@@cartanfan-youtubeLMAO

[@SR-SE7EN]

Great visualisation. Good initiative of taking the space exploration to a normal person in the world. 👍 ESA

[@sananselmospacescienceodys7308]

1:10 "It can fire at will." Why do Europeans hate Will?

[@HanSolo__]

Thank you, ESA for being you.

[@XMarkxyz]

4:20 Earth rotating in the opposite direction

[@TechMasterRus]

You must respect their opinion! For them, it's the direction Earth is rotating in.

[@kedrednael]

Hey there could be ways in which this is correct! Could it be it be we were actually seeing the continents from the backside of the planet, with the front being transparent? Or perhaps the earth is being viewed from a satellite which is orbiting earth in less than a day. The stars are also moving so that makes sense then. Also, you could never see so much of America, Europe and Asia at once.

[@starmanxvi]

@@kedrednael Its not even a globe, its a moving 2D map overlayed onto a circle.

[@starmanxvi]

@@TechMasterRus The Earth rotates eastward no matter where you are.

[@TechMasterRus]

@@starmanxvi Oh, you must also be thinking there are only 2 genders. Come on, it's 21st century, any opinion matters!😂

[@ptonpc]

Here's to many many safe and successful flights

[@MarcosWassem]

4:20 wrong rotation direction

[@jenss.8706]

ESA should know better. I can understand that not everyone in the production pipeline of the video knows about space stuff, but SOMEONE in quality control should have catched that ...

[@xmj6830]

I thought the same, otherwise the rocket would fly above land and you don't want that to happen...

[@LuckyLuke3331]

and earlier on the vieo, strange way to perform a de-orbit burn.... This time, I hope they will not reuse the gidance system from Ariane5 for Ariane6 whitout testing....

[@nesa1126]

Maybe fictional satellite on which is camera is rotating that way?

[@kimgosseye8588]

I just love you ESA !!

[@cdanea]

2:32 Deorbit burn is not retrograde

[@mrsbelcher]

@@cdanea Esa doesn't play KSP

[@mrsbelcher]

Esa doesn't play KSP

[@heyedddie]

For everyone saying Europe should build a reusable rocket. They are working on that. It's the Themis programme. Yes it's a bit late but keep in mind that Ariane 6 was conceived around 2010. Years before SpaceX demonstrated the feasibility of reusable rockets.

[@mortenlund1418]

Also take into consideration the unbelievable war in Ukraine. Lots of plans had to be delayed because of this. There was a somewhat promising plan with the Soyuz rocket. This was a development that lead to cooperation on landing a rover on Mars as a starter. Europe is not a single country. This patchwork of different countries is no benefit to large projects! Neither is a gouvernment known for its ability to react as efficient as a private company which can lay off people, squeeze efficiency to the last drop etc. Good that Europe is cooperating with USA on space projects, amoung many things. Size matters. Everybody is talking about Space X and for a good reason. But with the momentum in China, it might soon be them we all talk about. I cross my fingers for Ariane 6 and beyond. It is worth mentioning that Europe and USA is very often not just duplicating each other. I have many examples of how both parts explore differently to achieve the most of research. Being it helocopters, transport planes, energy or rockets. Europe seems to try an industrializing process taking automation and knowhow from the car industri as a way to reduce costs. It is all very exciting. Best wishes to the Ariane team : )

[@randominternet5586]

I believe Elon begged ESA to go the reusability route. ESA pushed back hard. Arianspace famously chided SpaceX at a conference. ‘’Reusability is a dream” “You shouldn’t be trying to sell things that are unrealistic” Richard Bowles, Arianespace, Singapore. I don't remember what SpaceX said, something like we will see. Ariane 6 is supposed to cost half of Falcon 9 launch cost of $60 million - so $30 million. This is a fantasy number. The cost to customers will be at least F9 cost or more. It's also likely Ariane 6 will need subsidies above this (in the 100's of millions per year - so maybe a few billion over the launch campaign) AND will need to basically force launches to pay maybe 2x what they would need to individually?

[@hedgehog3180]

@@randominternet5586 When Elon says something it isn't a fantasy but when ArianeSpace, a company with a proven trackrecord of being reliable, states what a launch will cost that's apparantly a fantasy and somehow the cost will be magnitudes higher? Do you have literally any source backing up your bizarre math?

[@HALLish-jl5mo]

@@hedgehog3180SpaceX have THE most reliable rocket in history. Falcon 9 Full Thrust has flown 332 out of 332 missions successfully. Ariane 6, assuming they launch every month as advertised, can’t even match those reliability numbers for 27 years, even if everything goes perfectly. SpaceX has literally more consecutive successful Falcon 9 Full Thrust launches than Arianespace has total launches, successful or otherwise, since they were founded in 1980. Why are you giving Arianespace the credit for a proven track record? Objectively SpaceX has a better one.

[@colonelmoutard28]

@@HALLish-jl5mo you mean block 5? cause there were failures on other blocks

[@yamuis]

Thank you! But why is earth rotating in the wrong direction?

[@nonick969]

3:49 Ariane 6 is also italian. As you said, Boosters are from Vega-c and built in Italy

[@cartanfan-youtube]

Unfortunate

[@xmj6830]

@@cartanfan-youtube Made by Fiat even worse...

[@nonick969]

@@xmj6830 Fiat has nothing to do with this ariane6 lol, what are you talking about

[@nesa1126]

And scientists and engineers eat a lot of pizza so... Italian contribution must be remembered!

[@RuthlessVibesBB]

Si la France le veut elle fait tous toute seul, donc c’est plus français ne l’oubliez pas

[@NOLNV1]

A very good and comprehensive overview!

[@mikebaginy8731]

Exciting developments!

[@valbytaxa95]

When is the upgraded solid booster gonna be ready? They are called P160C right ❤

[@Unbaguettable]

As much as reusability is important, it is true that it only matters if they're launching a lot. Falcon 9 is launching at such an insane rate they need reusability (100+ launches a year). Ariane 6 won't ever be launching at anything even close to that, probably less than 10 a year if even that. Reusability doesn't make sense to them.

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

We cant just build and ship Ariane VI as quicklly as spaceX with Falcon 9 we need to launsch from Guyana as here in europe we care about safty unlike the chiness and if we launsch from europe we would probply drop a booster or 2 onto a town and its also more efficent to launsch from guiana. Ariane biggest hinderance is not cost its the way ESAs launsch inferstrucktur is set up but also what you said is true i just wanted to add this

[@Unbaguettable]

@@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS Yeah you're right, A6 couldn't really launch from Europe (Europe is fine for SSO or Polar orbit, but not GEO, which is kind of what A6 is best at). Though I don't think it's the main problem with A6 - it's a good rocket, there's just a lot better.

[@Rafal_Czyzewski]

Thank you for not including Poland as a contributor to Ariane 6. Not like the hull of that Canopée ship wasn't built in Szczecin, Poland 😐

[@Catbread-w1o]

@@Rafal_Czyzewski siema rafał

[@Catbread-w1o]

Siema rafał

[@wizardgherkin]

Poland cannot into space.

[@rustandmagic]

With "contributors" they mean the 13 member countries (out of 22) involved in the Ariane 6 project, maybe not the best wording, many other countries are contributing to Ariane 6 including Poland

[@MrFranklitalien]

the smart upper stage will be an interesting development of this system

[@MakeScienceLM]

So very nice video!!!🚀

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

Technology is amazing ! Keep up the good work, ESA !

[@jakajakos]

Its time we in Europe invest in reusable rockets as well. This is a cool rocket, but it is already obsolete

[@luigeribeiro]

don't worry, chemical rockets will be obsolete within two decades anyway.

[@gerard5723]

With the number of launches it will have it's not necessary to be reusable. They're developing reusable ones aswell

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Ariane group is making a reusebel rocket a small sat launscher called Maia and eventully Reusebel rockets will replace A VI. Also A VI is not really obsolete with its ride share abillity.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Its not obsolete...

[@CheesyMez]

@@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS reusable rockets are doing ride shares far more than ariane ever will.

[@87solarsky]

A truly diverse rocket!

[@falco3471]

Yesterday's stream managed to keep me excited for hours! Go ESA!❤❤

[@17leprichaun]

WOW! Such a good presentation!! Such a good rocket!!!

[@trs4u]

There's no point beating anyone up about "reusable" unless they've got a business plan that needs frequent+regular 'space-trucking'. Starlink's service vehicles - because that's what they are - are paid for by Starlink, they're an unavoidable ongoing cost to be controlled; that's why they're so cheap when they're used for other people's launches. Nobody else's rockets are being matched to fully-predictable forever budgets. Paying the extra to build reusability in for something that might never be used (that's how unpredictable non-routine spaceflight is) can't make it past accountants. You're not going to be able to match SpaceX without a make-money proposition to pay for your own space trucks. Juggling nuclear waste for 10,000+ years at national-security level is presumably not cheap? Ask the nuclear industry to truck their waste away - preferably before Musk offers to do it.

[@polishkerbal6920]

Finally, someone intelligent

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

Also they started the design a long time ago

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

@polishkerbal6920, where?!?

[@dannywastaken]

I disagree with that self limiting self defeating attitude. You're plugging blackberry phones over iPhones and claiming that it's fine, because your blackberry is fine and that's what you've always used. We're simply past that point in history. In 2023, 90% of mass to orbit was on a partially reusable Falcon 9. China were crashing rockets just this week trying to copy SpaceX. China have no need of "hype". Rocketlab are doing it. Electron are doing it. ISAR in germany are using off the shelf parts to make their rockets cheaper. There is no market for an expensive single use 1980's style rocket that wastes tax payers money. Unfortunatly for security, we must do it anyway but I don't have to be happy about it.

[@Qsxnja]

build an reusable rocket pls

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@Qsxnja what for?

[@starmanxvi]

@@AmonTheWitch launching things into space for cheaper, while also not dumping massive hunks of metal into the ocean.

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@starmanxvi that's kinda ironic to say considering how many starship parts we got in the ocean

[@neithere]

​@@AmonTheWitchnothing compared to how much will *not* be thrown there per kg of payload.

[@Unbaguettable]

@@AmonTheWitch i mean, ariane 5 has dumped a lot more metal in the ocean than spacex ever will

[@wojciechtyszer496]

i love this rocket!

[@MsUbersoldat]

If it can't land and be reused, it's too expensive. Try again ESA

[@kevinh22]

Ariane 6 is amazing!! Thank you for the information. GO ESA! 💙🚀

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

The informative information is informing informatively on the rocket info.

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

And now the confusion is confused becouse it got confused

[@kevinh22]

@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx hahahahaha I just saw that I put it wrong I'm sorry

[@Cray-wilder]

Very good video¡ but why no mention the capacity launch thrust engine's and ¿

[@Pygmy-Hunters]

Ariane 6 launches with four boosters, scheduled for next year, will be able to transport 11.5 tons to geostationary orbit and 21.6 tons to low Earth orbit. Ariane is superior to the Angará-A5 rocket in tons to geostationary orbit.

[@randominternet5586]

Isn't the cost of this rocket something like $150M+ per launch (minimum)? Not terrible, but SpaceX and Starship should be competitive.

[@yuuwa_rblx]

Cool video!! But second stage doing prograde burn to deorbit kind of threw me off lol

[@ANDR0iD]

Are there any plans for reusable rockets?

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Yes, for more information visit our website. www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Full_ignition_for_ESA_s_reusable_rocket_engine

[@TTT111]

How many of Ariane 6 rocket's parts are reusable?

[@trs4u]

The propellant kind of is?

[@tecmons]

0, this rocket has not reusable, but experiment with the prometheus reusable booster are on projet for 2030's

[@MinerBat]

the boosters are refurbishable, there are plans to make a reusable booster in the future but that is still a while away

[@thisisnotajoke]

4:15 The Earth is rotating in the wrong direction 😂

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I note the use of a narrator with an American accent. Was this deliberate, to slight the British? Nice rocket, I’m sure it’ll work well as per Ariane 5. The latter did a beautiful launch of the JWST. And yet the technology is already obsolete, and launch costs are high.

[@ti994apc]

Its ESA's new old school rocket?

[@WilliamMacLeod-en3pm]

Why are their heads so small?

[@ch1llspace]

I'm surprised it took them this long to develop a restartable upper stage, but better late than never I guess.

[@gmazelli]

Can't believe, on a space vid animation, to see the Earth rotate backwards 😢

[@carnaxilos]

Who do we europeans need to bother in our governments to make sure that the ESA receives the budget that it deserves to unite our european soil by joint space exploration? Maybe exactly what european society needs to get one step closer to the United States of Europe and the rebirth of our roman/european empire. Only together we will stay relevant in this century. The future is europe! Make Europe Great Again! ❤ Edit: guys stop blaming ESA for lagging behind. The reason whole europe loses relevance is not the fault of our scientists and engineers... it is our politics. And our separatism and nationalism. Want patriotism? Project it on Europe. That would be a start. We are being destabilized by all global powers. Because not a single one of them is interested in a new emerging power, a sovereign european state. We are a threat to their world order. We will only find relevance in unity! We have the economical capabilities, the talented people heck with french guyana we even have a better space port than the muricans. So the only thing that is in europes way to the old days of glory are we, the germans, the dutch, the french, the italians, the spanish and many many many more that are not less important. Only if we can accept subordination under our new european flag, only then we will succeed.

[@sokolum]

Rocket isn’t reusable, what’s so great on this rocket. Engine isn’t full-flow staged combustion cycle engine and still uses hydrogen, ESA uses 1980’s technology and wants compete with the new startups, no change. they lost their game.

[@castor2401]

2:48 Luxembourg be like😶‍🌫🙈❌

[@randycoppola2069]

Cape Canaveral, Florida in the house

[@razidan3293]

04:15 earth is rotating in the wrong direction 😭

[@emhome924]

Reusability will not be done by state institutions, because they don't need to operate for profit. Its your money they use so why care about cost.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

I am sure ESA is looking very closely to what SpaceX is doing. Development of new rockets are long processes, especially with so many different countries involved. I can only assume the task was to build something that is more powerful then the Ariane V and that the Ariane VI should be able to deliver large payloads to the moon and beyond. Certainly that is the next focus of ESA after the ISS is decomissioned in the next decade. That said they must meet budget and reliability standards. Would they been able to build something reusable that is able to get large payloads to the moon within budget, and dont fail at the first tries?

[@NorthernChev]

Ariane 6: “Versatile, Modular, European, Reusable”… *violent record scratching sound Wait… what?

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

They never said it was reusebel

[@NorthernChev]

@@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS /facepalm. NS, Sherlock. That's the POINT.

[@le_biblioteker9191]

Passenger ??? are you planning something ?

[@goodfodder]

Sorry I can’t say I am impressed, 1960s tech with little innovation

[@philosotree5876]

An American narration for a European video? What's going on there?

[@goodfodder]

@@philosotree5876 outsourcing

[@87solarsky]

@@philosotree5876 Funny, since the Americans think it's great when Richard Attenborough narrates their documentaries...

[@philosotree5876]

@@87solarsky good point

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Love how the comments cant be exited about a non reusebel rocket and know nothing about the european space Programm and say europe isnt developing reusebel rockets despite it doing exactly that ever heard pf Maia ? Yeah i didnt think so

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

@@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS Also, even if overall worse then SpaceX alternatives there are many use cases for Ariane6

[@LemonsRage]

It's sad to see that ESA is still on single-time use rockets...

[@tecmons]

the next Ariane Rocket can be partially reusable and already on study (Ariane NEXT), with the Prometheus reusable methane boosters

[@jonnekjonneksson]

@@tecmons Ariane 6 designed way back in time when reusable environment wasn't yet active.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Then they were working on an old design anyway, and should have started anew. Booster reuse is now well over ten years a proven reality. A point for immediate action could be the strap on boosters. If they make them reusable liquid fuel boosters, the whole rocket would also be safer to launch crew. Solid boosters can't throttle or restart; they're always one-way, and too risky for crew flight. 🚀🏴‍☠️🎸

[@TechMasterRus]

0:22 It's a point in South America, not Europe. Why is it?

[@tecmons]

The European spaceport is located in French Guiana, a territory that has belonged to France (since colonial times), so it is 100% European.

[@jonnekjonneksson]

Because there (French Guiana) is the launch site of European Space Agency. Wikisearch for more info.

[@Totorino933]

This point is the Kourou space center in French Guiana. That's where European rockets are launched.

[@TechMasterRus]

@@tecmons hmm, so they must give this place back to natives and pay them reparations? Rather than launch rockets from there and spoil ecology. Colonial time is over.

[@TechMasterRus]

@@tecmons So it's a territory occupied by French regime, I got it.

[@nutopia7700]

2:32 Seriously ESA ? OK it is for general public but this is so sad to see ridiculous orbital mechanics from you...

[@mattfgln]

Not reusable. A waste of money. Make it reusable and it will be somewhat competitive

[@Mija-ox4sk]

Want to throw hate, because it's a non reusable new rocket, but I will be seeing if this is a path goes to anywhere. Good luck Ariane 6!

[@AnthemUnanthemed]

to be completely fair, this has a much greener footprint than spacex because they didnt waste a bunch of components and didnt really crash as much as spacex did. Spacex who mind you, still dont have a fully reusable rocket that can be used to make it make sense, as they still dont meet roi because of limited uses

[@tecmons]

Ariane 6 is arriving as a matter of urgency to replace Ariane 5 and ensure that Europe retains independent access to space. Ariane 7 will very probably be reusable, because esa is working on new methane-fuelled Prometheus engines that will be reusable. You also have the Italian Vega launcher, fired from the same space centre, but it has some reliability problems.

[@basbekjenl]

Good but can we reuse those parts or is everything still single use? Since it wasn't mentioned I can guess the answer but I really expect a new modern rocket to have some amazing cost saving methods like either reuse, ease of production or using minimal custom parts. ESA doesn't need it's own version of the SLS. Hope this project does well but I also hope we try our best.

[@carnaxilos]

They do try their best within politics and budget of EU.. i also want us to increase our efforts and compete better on a global level... but this is impossible with a fractured far from semiunited european union... its not like money falls from heaven for the ESA

[@carnaxilos]

If you want ESA to become the speartip of humanity then you need to make one sovereign country out of europe and make space exploration a doctrine in a new european constitution but right now this still fails because of "muuuh nationalism separatism"

[@basbekjenl]

@@carnaxilos I think it is hilarious that you think so but hey go on spread the word of your believes. Maybe one day you find likeminded individuals who will make it happen for you.

[@carnaxilos]

@@basbekjenl what do you think is the problem then?

[@basbekjenl]

@@carnaxilos The problem is wasteful spending, but your solution to eliminate that waste is as I mentioned hilarious. I do not believe uniting Europe would result into additional funding for the ESA. If the ESA would showcase a cost cutting method they could get the funding for it, invest money to save money is much more appealing to those who determine budgets than ideological "For the good of man kind we must do everything within our power." Much of the budget is wasted on short sighted, short term solutions to problems that would be much better served with a longer-term solution however long term is unpopular since you have to invest a lot up front and you gain the benefits after much time. ESA needs to show how that investment is going to save money in the long term, only after the people allocating budget can understand the return of that investment in their terms will they allocate for those kinds of projects. But that's just my thoughts on the matter since you asked, I'm no expert. I'm no one important who can sign off on anything, I'm just someone sitting at home amused and annoyed at the wasteful behaviours of others while lamenting the state of what has become acceptable these days. Seriously I am no expert, I smile to hide my frustration like any other and I appologize if my amusement caused you frustration in return.

[@NeonsStyleHD]

ESA videos are so dumbed down. It's like they assume the only ppl who watch them are children. Cartoons, characters. Give us a break ESA. Most of us are not children!

[@theendlessvoid7124]

The average person knows very little about space, and virtually nothing about how rockets and orbits work.

[@CreamyBone]

Is it a single use rocket that falls in the ocean and then is left there?

[@tecmons]

yes

[@oskar9245]

impressive! reusability-plans?

[@udobenliedivana]

This is already obsolete. It’s about time a private launcher to emerge with reusable rockets and new technologies.

[@peterfireflylund]

@@udobenliedivana several private companies in Europe are working on it.

[@leer663]

Ariane 6 is EOL sadly. I hope Ariane can work on a Falcon 9/Heavy rival immediately. Do we know what plans are in place to remain competitive?

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Ariane is making reusebel rocket starting with the small sat launcher Maia next year and there are also other plans for big reusebl rockets like Ariane VII

[@azelok8324]

The THEMIS program is an ESA test of reusability, it should begin hop this year or the next. Aside, a lot of European new space is also developing reusability (Maia for Ariane, Zephyr for Latitude, RFA etc). Ariane NEXT (or 7) is expected around the 2030s and should be reusable!

[@S1nwar]

a very unambitious rocket. whats even the advantage over ariane 5?? wasting development money for same LEO and GTO masses...

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

@@S1nwar cheaper, lower emissions, can carry more stuff

[@YourFavOnline_Dietitian]

Go ESA next is a reusable rocket

[@jonssonchrister2418]

👍

[@skeelo69]

Is it re-usable ?.

[@tecmons]

no, but, the future Ariane 7 can be, but in the 2030's ESA try the Prometheus Reusables booster for Ariane 6

[@JemandNiemand-r4f]

New rocket worse than what a company could do ten years ago!😂

[@fevsea]

We'have to make do with what we've got, and it's something to be proud off, but at this point anything non-reusable is no longer enough. The amount invested on the Ariane program makes it easy to fall for the sunk cost fallacy, but if we really want to be consistent (and competitive) with EU values, efforts should be pivoted to reusability programs. I'm not really familiarized with this area so the'y might as well already be doing exactly that, or maybe it's all an intricate web of politics and EU-style bureaucracy that makes pivoting a futile effort.

[@AmonTheWitch]

most rockets are made for specific purposes, this is about space exploration not space tourism 🥱

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

@AmonTheWitch And how does that have to do with the problem of the rocket being not very competitive in current times?

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@ImieNazwiskoOK are you dyslexic?

[@tecmons]

ESA is working on prometheus methane engines that will be reusable.

[@k1dicarus]

​@@AmonTheWitch Every rocket manufacturer that isn't working on a reusable rocket right now is just wasting money for their tax payers. Be it Chinese, American or European. Falcon9 is dominating the launch market and Starship will (when its out of development in some years) burry any none reusable launch system.

[@treefarm3288]

Why isn't a rocket new in 2024 reusable?

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Becouse it wasnt designed to be reusebel lets go over the parts Boosters are solid so they can only be reused like the shuttle did becouse once lit they cant be turned off,the core is a sustainer so it is light for 8 minutse stright and gets really speedy and far away the only way to reuse it is probaply like ULA wants to reuse Vulkans engine section oh and the engines are basickly dead after a 8 minute firing, and vinci is a orbital stage which is really difficult to bring back in 1 piece. Also A VI will only fly 8 times max per year for resebillity you need flight rate which dosnt exist when your have 1 main customer ESA and mayby you launsch for NASA a few times or mayby ride share 2 commercial GEO sats once in a life time. So A VI is set up in a way where reusebeillity is difficult and for its flight rate is not needed .

[@adamcrookedsmile]

first successful reusable launcher flight was in 2015. We in Europe are lagging at least 10 years behind probably 15 years.

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

Europe has highly criminal left wing governments - for example like in germany. They are going back to mule-karts.

[@MrAlanCristhian]

Go Ariane 6. Ignore all ignorant tech bros that think that reusability is the only path to the future.

[@LemonsRage]

Explain to me why a reusable rocket is worse then a non reusable rocket?

[@SvenPiper]

Reusable rockets are the future.

[@MrAlanCristhian]

​@@LemonsRage ​ @LemonsRage As Elon Musk said, reusability only makes sense if you do a lot of launches per year. Also, Peter Beck said that. Ariane 6 will be launched 1 or 2 times per year. The absolute maximum will be 8 per year.

[@grahamcook9289]

Only someone on the European tax-payer funded gravy train would say such nonsense.

[@subnet001]

Maybe the reason we only launch so few times is because it's prohibitively expensive. Maybe it's prohibitively expensive because the launch vehicle is disposable.

[@peter_althoff]

Let us all remember Mr. Richard Bowles from Ariane Space and how he ridiculed SpaceX at the Satellite Industry Forum in Singapore 2013. Guess he isn't laughing anymore. 🤡🤡🤣

[@budyn1412]

"Expandable" is all you need to know.

[@Papershields001]

@@budyn1412 tell that to ULA who sold 80 flights of Vulcan.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Expandable, that means scalable, costumizable to the needs of the mission and the mission profile. 🚀🏴‍☠️🎸

[@joelmulder]

Expendable, you mean. All I know now is that you’re bad at English 😅

[@rick_sa]

Hola, soy Ricardo Salinas Jiménez de México y tengo la unificación de las fuerzas fundamentales. Con superconductividad en el vacío, materia radiante , tubos de rayos catodicos y magnetismo para viajes interestelares. /\=E Termodinámica ,es lo que realmente le dice a la materia como moverse

[@FrequentFlyer815]

Why not make ot reusable?

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Ariane VI is really difficult to reuse the boosters can only be paracuted down the core is a sustainer and gets really far from the pad so only smart likw Vulkan centaur reuse would make sense but then Vulcain would need to be modified to be reusebel and you need to make the engine section detachebel and vinci is in orbit which is really difficult to reuse . So answer becouse Ariane id designed in a way that makes resebillity difficult but Europe is working on reusebl rockets like the small dat launcher maia

[@rocketdyneF1]

That’s fine but in comparison to SpaceX flacon heavy, is it cheaper to launch?

[@TheWigem]

"Unable to send humans into orbit."

[@spirit123459]

- I don't get it. Why are they confessing? - They're not confessing. - They're bragging.

[@Roxarr1]

No reusability? You really want to lose in the space race europe...

[@badrinair]

Building an obsolete rocket and calling it next generation is not great. If you have to repeat the words deorbit and reduce orbital debris in a 5-minute video clip shows that there is not much to talk about. There are so many talented engineers in Europe, but lack of vision to challenge companies like SpaceX

[@TheBazzo333]

The cost to send 1kg of material to space with Ariane 6 is $4'700. The cost to send 1kg of material to space with Falcon 9 is $2'720, with Falcon heavy a mere 1'500. Yeaahhh go Europe. Another EU-sponsored success.

[@michaelhamon886]

Obsolète , comme la Vulcan centaur, avant même son vol inaugural. Et pour compenser cette lacune et préserver une autonomie européenne, le programme est largement financé par l'impôt.

[@realworlddudedude6836]

Too late, too expensive, and too uninnovative. Stop wasting the money of European people!

[@astronotics531]

It's not European. It's French. Developed by Centre national d'études spatiales and manifactured by ArianeGroupe (a French company).

[@ladydustin7811]

Arianegroup is as much German as it is French. Many companies from other European countries contribute. It is a fallacy to call it a French rocket. Cnes, to Wich you are referring is a the French Space Agency who is the owner of the spaceport. This are 2 different things.

[@staticmin3]

It is an expensive waste of money launches will be propped up by tax payers dollars.

[@tord1508]

ESA: can barely scratch together a rocket from the 50's "but at least we ship it by a monstrous sail-assisted boat

[@ILikeAlotofThings-SLS]

Didnt know Ariane VI Was like 50s rockets i mean there were so many heavy lift rockets in the 50s like the Jupiter C or Vanguard or Atlas or Thor delta

[@rippedtopshelf6806]

Not reusable. That's ridiculous.

[@Dassilon]

Ugly design of human characters

[@team-steinbaer]

Ariane 6 will be... ... not reusable

[@AmonTheWitch]

oh noo... anyway

[@Hanneskitz]

But European... more important. Proud of ESA.

[@kedrednael]

@@Hanneskitz I am European and I love space travel and ESA. But to me re-usability is more important that 'being European'. SpaceX did landing test with their grasshopper prototype 10 years ago... Now they are the most launching, most reliable, cheapest launch provider ever.

[@skeelo69]

I guess SpaceX is a dirty word here 😂😂😂

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@skeelo69 you mean the company responsible for delaying the Artemis mission?

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

@AmonTheWitch, really? But why are they doing that? Why do SpaceX delay Artemis-2?!? Will they land on the Moon without Artemis? If it takes so long to get a 2nd SLS off the ground, then the 3rd one wont get on the pad before the next decade. But NASA ordered already; they must pay all these senate rockets, which just reminds me of a better possible use for them... 🚀🏴‍☠️🎸

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx Artemis 3 will be delayed because of spacex not 2, 2 is unrelated, just ensuring everything works beforehand.

[@CharlieZenenour]

A european space agency in south america. Some things never change.

[@a_display_name]

versatile. single use. modular. good range. oki 👁👄👁

[@xxseesxx9234]

proven and uninspiring

[@VincentJayapaul]

Thank you, beyond NASA, there's ISRO, but.to.the.genralpublic..now.opens,. a very New up-front opening..my, best wishes and prayers.. update me please.

[@tecmons]

Yes, the Indians will soon be able to send their own men (Vymonauts) into space via the Gaganyaan programme.