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Upper Composite Mounted onto the First Ariane 6 Flight Model

Consists of Fairing and Payloads for the Mission

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Tom Patton
Jun 20, 2024
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The Ariane 6 upper composite, which consists of the fairing and the payloads for the first flight, have joined the rest of the launcher on the launch pad. Integration of the upper composite is the final step in the launcher assembly process.

For several weeks, teams from ArianeGroup and Arianespace, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space ag…

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