How Europe Designed and Evolved The Ariane Rocket Over Last 4 Decades

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The first launch of the Ariane 1 happened on December 24th 1979, starting a long and successful career as the worlds most popular launch vehicle for Geostationary spacecraft. The design evolved through 5 major generations with the Ariane 6 set to fly in 2020 and eventually replace the Ariane 5.

Further Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)
http://www.b14643.de/Spacerockets_1/West_Europe/West_Europe.htm
https://what-when-how.com/space-science-and-technology/ariane-rocket-program/

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8 Comments

  1. I have to imagine Ariane 6 is getting a big design review to make it reusable. ESA has always been after than commercial $$$ and with spaceX in the game you need multi use rockets.

  2. Scott can Ariane fly safe? Should the James Webb Space Telescope go up on an Ariane rocket? Two Vega failures and Ariane 5 problems. It does not sound good for a 41 year old Ariane.

  3. Scott can Ariane fly safe? Should the James Webb Space Telescope go up on an Ariane rocket? Two Vega failures and Ariane 5 problems. It does not sound good for a 41 year old Ariane.

  4. The aluminum 2nd stage must explain the cover that falls off at liftoff. Aluminum absorbs water vapor so it needs to be covered and kept dry. The Space Shuttle OMS pods had covers built into the Rotating Services Structure that pumped warm dry nitrogen over the the pods.

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