Rideshare | Ariane 6 Maiden Flight | June 15 to July 31
Quote from Andrew Parsonson on May 2, 2024, 9:36 amThe boosters are in the process of being mated to the integrated first and second stack at the Ariane 6 ZL4 launch pad in French Guiana. Once the boosters are in place, the next major step will be the integration of the payload stack.
The boosters are in the process of being mated to the integrated first and second stack at the Ariane 6 ZL4 launch pad in French Guiana. Once the boosters are in place, the next major step will be the integration of the payload stack.
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Quote from Andrew Parsonson on March 18, 2024, 11:09 amESA have just released an updated list of the payloads that will fly aboard the maiden Ariane 6 flight - https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Flying_first_on_Ariane_6
Update payload manifest:
- SpaceCase SC-X01 - ArianeGroup - Reentry capsule
- Bikini Capsule - The Exploration Company - Reentry capsule
- PariSat - Garef Aerospatial - Experiment
- Peregrinus - Sint-Pieterscollege - Experiment
- LIFI - OLEDCOMM - Experiment
- SIDLOC - Libre Space - Experiment
- YPSat/Eye2Sky - ESA - Experiment
- OOV-Cube - RapidCube - Cubesat & deployer
- Curium One - Planetary Transportation System - Cubesat 12U & deployer
- RAMI - UARX Space - Deployer 12U
- ExoPod NOVA - ExoLaunch - Deployer 16U
- ISTSAT - ESA Education Office/University of Lisbon - Cubesat 1U
- 3Cat4 - ESA Education Office/Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Cubesat 1U
- GRBBEta - Spacemanic - Cubesat 1U
- ROBUSTA-3 - CSUM - Cubesat 3U
- CURIE - NASA - Cubesat 2x3U
- REPLICATOR - RIDE!space / Orbital Matter - Cubesat 3U
- Ride!6U - RIDE!space
ESA have just released an updated list of the payloads that will fly aboard the maiden Ariane 6 flight - https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Flying_first_on_Ariane_6
Update payload manifest:
- SpaceCase SC-X01 - ArianeGroup - Reentry capsule
- Bikini Capsule - The Exploration Company - Reentry capsule
- PariSat - Garef Aerospatial - Experiment
- Peregrinus - Sint-Pieterscollege - Experiment
- LIFI - OLEDCOMM - Experiment
- SIDLOC - Libre Space - Experiment
- YPSat/Eye2Sky - ESA - Experiment
- OOV-Cube - RapidCube - Cubesat & deployer
- Curium One - Planetary Transportation System - Cubesat 12U & deployer
- RAMI - UARX Space - Deployer 12U
- ExoPod NOVA - ExoLaunch - Deployer 16U
- ISTSAT - ESA Education Office/University of Lisbon - Cubesat 1U
- 3Cat4 - ESA Education Office/Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Cubesat 1U
- GRBBEta - Spacemanic - Cubesat 1U
- ROBUSTA-3 - CSUM - Cubesat 3U
- CURIE - NASA - Cubesat 2x3U
- REPLICATOR - RIDE!space / Orbital Matter - Cubesat 3U
- Ride!6U - RIDE!space
Quote from Andrew Parsonson on January 31, 2024, 1:36 pmUpdate on the investigation into the aborted Ariane 6 upper stage test: "Technical investigations are still ongoing concerning the test abort that occurred after two minutes of the upper stage hot-fire test on the Vinci engine (HFT-4) that was performed on 7 December 2023. Based on the results of the analysis performed, we can confirm that the launch period for the Ariane 6 inaugural flight is unchanged."
Update on the investigation into the aborted Ariane 6 upper stage test: "Technical investigations are still ongoing concerning the test abort that occurred after two minutes of the upper stage hot-fire test on the Vinci engine (HFT-4) that was performed on 7 December 2023. Based on the results of the analysis performed, we can confirm that the launch period for the Ariane 6 inaugural flight is unchanged."
Quote from Andrew Parsonson on January 31, 2024, 11:22 amA commenter on LinkedIn has shared that the Ariane 6 core stage and upper stage for the maiden flight will arrive in French Guiana on 21 February 21 at 3 pm local time.
A commenter on LinkedIn has shared that the Ariane 6 core stage and upper stage for the maiden flight will arrive in French Guiana on 21 February 21 at 3 pm local time.
Quote from Andrew Parsonson on January 30, 2024, 10:01 pmPayload - Customer/Organisation
PariSat - Garef AerospatialPeregrinus
Peregrinus - Sint-Pieterscollege
SIDLOC - Libre Space
ESA YPSat Eye2Sky - ESA
CuriumOne - PTS
OOV-Cube - TU Berlin
3Cat4 - ESA Education Office / Technical University of Catalonia
ISTSAT - ESA Education Office / University of Lisbon
GRBBeta - Spacemanic
SpaceCase SC-X01 - ArianeGroup
Payload - Customer/Organisation
PariSat - Garef AerospatialPeregrinus
Peregrinus - Sint-Pieterscollege
SIDLOC - Libre Space
ESA YPSat Eye2Sky - ESA
CuriumOne - PTS
OOV-Cube - TU Berlin
3Cat4 - ESA Education Office / Technical University of Catalonia
ISTSAT - ESA Education Office / University of Lisbon
GRBBeta - Spacemanic
SpaceCase SC-X01 - ArianeGroup
