revealing the intended launch date for Ariane 6 at ILA 2024

Ariane 6’s first flight target launch date is set for June 5, 2024, at the Berlin airshow, ILA.

CEOs of CNES, ArianeGroup, ESA, and DLR Walther Pelzer are pictured from left to right: ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General Toni-Tolker Nielsen, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR Walther Pelzer, and CEO Martin Sion of ArianeGroup.

Europe’s latest heavy lift launch vehicle, Ariane 6, has replaced its highly successful Ariane 5 predecessor. Ariane 6, which is agile and modular, can launch many missions on distinct orbits in a single flight thanks to its reignitable upper stage.