Arianespace Eyes Ariane 6 Launch In 2022 As Rivals Outline Their Plans

Kourou
The new ELA 4 launch site for the Ariane 6 rocket at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Credit: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images
LYON, France—Arianespace is striving to launch the first medium- to heavy-lift Ariane 6 next year, which will see limited overlap with the current Ariane 5 program, chairman and CEO Stephane Israel says. Referring to “the second part” of 2022, he would not be more specific on the target date. “We...

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