ESA Studies Doubling Ariane 6 Flight Cadence

launcher being constructed

ESA is considering a higher build and flight rate for the Ariane 6 rocket.

Credit: Arianespace
The European Space Agency (ESA) is assessing the feasibility of hiking the launch cadence for the Ariane 6 rocket to as many as 20 flights per year to address an anticipated shortage of European launch capacity in a few years. “We are looking at 12, 15 and 20 as different scenarios,” ESA Director...
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Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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