CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoFarewell, Ariane 5! Europe's workhorse rocket launches 2 satellites on final missionwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkFarewell, Ariane 5! Europe's workhorse rocket launches 2 satellites on final missionwww.space.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareheyspencerb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIs anything replacing it?
minus-squarecryball@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAriane 6 is supposed to replace it, but it’s not yet ready. Earliest estimates are for early 2024, but it has been delayed multiple times before, so that is not set in stone either. Soyuz is also not an option since feb 2022.
minus-squaredrvedder@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAriane 6 first flight is scheduled for Q4 2023 but is likely to to take place in early 2024 Wiki.
Is anything replacing it?
Ariane 6 is supposed to replace it, but it’s not yet ready. Earliest estimates are for early 2024, but it has been delayed multiple times before, so that is not set in stone either.
Soyuz is also not an option since feb 2022.
Ariane 6 first flight is scheduled for Q4 2023 but is likely to to take place in early 2024 Wiki.