Arianespace launch thread

[tater]

These are always weird for where to post:

 

[tater]

 

[RealKerbal3x]

Yay, they'll be ready to compete with Falcon 9 after it's been retired!

Also, that contract is absurdly small for what it does. €33 million is ~$40 million, or less than the cost of a single Falcon 9.

[YNM]

I mean, they'd have learned a lot by then.

 

But how about the not-as-reusable Ariane 6 ? Or is it canned entirely ?

[tater]

Live in 11 hours.

[Starhelperdude]

I live near a place where most if not all of ESAs engines are tested

[tater]

About to go live

Some stupid animation trying to make this coverage interesting.

 

[tater]

s2 lit

[insert_name]

The recent break between ariane 5 launches has been revealed to be related to an issue with vibrations from the faring separation mechanism, JWST may be delayed due to the backlog that occurs from this.

https://spacenews.com/ariane-5-issue-could-delay-jwst/

 

[tater]

Live in 6 hours.

[tater]

Launched.

Bailed on coverage because so very awful.

[tater]

 

[tater]

Vega apparently worked. Was not willing to watch their awful coverage.

[RyanRising]

1 hour ago, tater said:

Vega apparently worked. Was not willing to watch their awful coverage.

They actually did show some tracking shots of the rocket this time! But still mostly animation and talking heads.

[SuperFastJellyfish]

Ariane 5 launch stream just started:

 

[SuperFastJellyfish]

About 6 minutes to launch.

[tater]

 

 

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

On 12/15/2020 at 11:26 AM, tater said:

 

They need to take a page out of the Chinese playbook. 

[tater]

https://twitter.com/ArianeGroup/status/1469377663185960964?s=20

 

 

[tater]

 

 

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

On 5/12/2021 at 8:24 PM, insert_name said:

The recent break between ariane 5 launches has been revealed to be related to an issue with vibrations from the faring separation mechanism, JWST may be delayed due to the backlog that occurs from this.

https://spacenews.com/ariane-5-issue-could-delay-jwst/

 

At first I forgot to look at the date stamp on this and was alarmed; now I see it was prophetic.

[tater]

 

 

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[Beccab]

9 minutes ago, tater said:

 

 

Is that flight hardware or just testing/pathfinders?

[tater]

The linked page says there will be an engine test, so even if a pathfinder of a sort, it is functional.

Edited January 4, 2022 by tater