First Commercial Flight of Ariane 6 Launched

CSO-3 Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit

Mar 06, 2025

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Ariane 6, the new European heavy-lift launcher operated by Arianespace, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana earlier today. The rocket carried the CSO-3 satellite on behalf of the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French space agency (CNES), for the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).

“With this success,…

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