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Ariane 6 inaugural flight press conference

Video: 00:45:00 Replay of the press conference held in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA, ArianeGroup, CNES and Arianespace representatives providing updates on the first mission of Ariane 6.  Access all the replays from the launch event .   Access all the launch campaign footage in broadcast quality .   To source

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Ariane 6 first launch

Video: 03:33:02 Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.  This inaugural flight, designated VA262, is a demonstration flight to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane […]

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Ariane 6 first liftoff

Video: 03:04:20 Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.  This inaugural flight, designated VA262, is a demonstration flight to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane […]

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Ariane 6 takes flight

Image: Ariane 6 launches to the sky on 9 July 2024. Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket, it is designed to provide great power and flexibility at a lower cost than its predecessors. The launcher’s configuration – with an upgraded main stage, a choice of either two or four powerful boosters and a new restartable upper stage […]

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Ariane 6 takes flight

Image: Ariane 6 launches to the sky on 9 July 2024. Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket, it is designed to provide great power and flexibility at a lower cost than its predecessors. The launcher’s configuration – with an upgraded main stage, a choice of either two or four powerful boosters and a new restartable upper stage […]

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The Young Professional Satellite – From Theory to Reality (episode 2)

Video: 00:14:53 In the second episode of this docu series, we take a closer look into what it took to build ESA’s Young Professional Satellite (YPSat). YPSat’s mission objectives are to capture the key moments of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight and take in-orbit pictures of Earth and space. To achieve this, the satellite requires the […]

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Highlights from ESA’s first open day in the UK

Video: 00:02:54 On Saturday 29 June, thousands of visitors made their way to ESA’s European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), as part of the very first ESA open day to be held in the UK.  ECSAT is located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire and the ESA open day formed part of […]

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Ariane 6: Europe’s next big rocket in a nutshell

Video: 00:05:13 Ariane 6 is the newest rocket in a series that has, for five decades, been launching Europe towards the stars. Building on all the knowledge, expertise and technology developed over the years, Ariane 6 will be versatile, modular, and European. Guaranteeing Europe’s access to space for the next years, Ariane 6 in two […]

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Earth from Space: Madeira

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured a rare, cloud-free image over the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic Ocean. To source

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EarthCARE offers a sneak peek into Earth’s energy balance

Offering a foretaste of what’s to come once it is fully commissioned, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has returned the first images from its broadband radiometer instrument. These initial images offer a tantalising glimpse into the intricacies of our planet’s energy balance – a delicate balance that governs our climate. To source

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