Parmi les nouveautés développées pour Ariane 6, l ensemble des opérations d intégration de la partie haute se feront sur une structure unique, le dock.
autoevolution 20 May 2021, 13:32 UTC ·
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Ariane 6 is one of Europe’s most ambitious space-related projects, somewhat similar to NASA’s Space Launch System. The European Space Agency (ESA) is working with hundreds of companies in various countries, to develop Ariane 6, with the project being led by ArianeGroup, formerly known as Airbus Safran Launchers.
At the same time, ArianeGroup is also developing a next-generation launcher engine, called Prometheus. This project was initiated in collaboration with the French space agency CNES, and was later covered by a contract with ESA, in 2017. The company recently announced that it was awarded a new €135 million ($164 million) contract from ESA, to complete the demonstration of the first 2 engine prototypes and to develop a new version of Prometheus.