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This photograph shows the takeoff of the European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket from its launch pad, at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. Jody Amiet | AFP | Getty ImagesThe powerful European-built Ariane 6 rocket made its long-awaited liftoff on Tuesday as the region returned to a launch market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. The rocket is a combined effort of about $4.5 billion overseen by the European Space Agency, or ESA, and built by ArianeGroup, an Airbus and Safran joint venture. Delayed debutThe European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket is seen prior to its maiden launch at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. The European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket moves to the launch pad prior to its liftoff at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024.
Persons: Jody Amiet, Elon Musk's, Safran Organizations: European Space Agency, Guiana Space, AFP, Getty, Elon, Elon Musk's SpaceX, ESA, Airbus, Afp, Soyuz, SpaceX Locations: Kourou, French Guiana, Ukraine, Russia, Europe
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket succeeds in debut flight
  + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —The European Space Agency’s member countries have endured a space access predicament as they have waited to have a functioning rocket in their toolbox. Europe’s Vega-C rocket, designed for vaulting small satellites to orbit, has also been grounded since a December 2022 failure. Spectators watch the takeoff of the Ariane 6 rocket from its launchpad at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday. The Ariane 6 rocket is seen prior to its maiden launch at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday. Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, the rocket took off on its inaugural test flight hauling small satellites, experiments and technology demonstrations.
Persons: Safran, Europe’s Vega, Jody Amiet, Josef Aschbacher, , ” Aschbacher, it’s Organizations: CNN, Guiana Space Center, ESA, SpaceX, Arianespace, Airbus, Getty, European Organisation Locations: Kourou, French Guiana, South, France, ArianeGroup, AFP, Elon Musk’s California, Europe, Nemo
Juice Mission Launches to Jupiter’s Moons to Explore Potential for Life The European Space Agency launched its Juice mission to explore the potential for life on Jupiter’s moons. WSJ’s Aylin Woodward explains what will happen on the eight-year journey and what scientists are hoping to learn once the spacecraft arrives. Photo: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images
Juice Mission Launches to Jupiter’s Moons to Explore Potential for Life The European Space Agency launched its Juice mission to explore the potential for life on Jupiter’s moons. WSJ’s Aylin Woodward explains what will happen on the eight-year journey and what scientists are hoping to learn once the spacecraft arrives. Photo: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images
CNN —The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, launched Friday at 8:14 a.m. Toward the end of the mission, Juice will focus solely on orbiting Ganymede, making it the first spacecraft ever to orbit a moon in the outer solar system. The Juice mission was designed to unravel what takes place as Jupiter interacts with its moons, including auroras, hot spots, radio emissions and waves of charged particles. Given the eventual distance between the spacecraft and Earth, it will take 45 minutes to send a one-way signal to Juice.
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