This is how we transport rockets 🚀 #shorts
🛳️ Now that’s a space ship.
🚀 Have you ever wondered how we transport rockets?
All the elements that make up Ariane 6 are manufactured in mainland Europe and then transported by this ship, named Canopée.
It is the first custom-built transporter to use sails, reducing emissions and saving on fuel by up to 30%, and on this trip, it travels for 10 days covering over 7000 km to reach Europe’s Spaceport in French Giuana.
The hybrid-propulsion vessel is 121 m long and has 37 m tall sails. Canopée rotates continuously between stop-offs to load each Ariane 6 stage and other parts and ship them across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe’s spaceport.
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#ESA #Ariane6 #Rocket
How long does it take to build a rocket like Ariane 6?
I hope everyone who reads this has the most perfect day ever!🎉
Wow Cool 👍
I love the "Ariane 6 on board" text
And I am tracking this bad boy via AIS. Looking forward to a lot of launches! ❤
Yarrrr we back my scallywags
Well, seeing all the different origins of a Rocket, it is safe to say, Ariane is truly a daughter of Airbus (and Safran)
Why am I more intrigued by the ship then the actual rocket?!
give a bed to this guy, he's falling asleep
Amazing ship!
Damn, that's awesome!
Great way
Sailing Ships: "You (humanity) could not live with your own failure (climate change). Where did that bring you? Back to me."
(Not my original meme)
Fun fact: Canopee can also carry ANY types of space probes, satellites, and rocket parts aside from ariane 6. Even the Orion's European Service Module (ESM).