Europe’s Ariane 6 Rocket Arrives at Spaceport in French Guiana

Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket has arrived at its spaceport in French Guiana, ready to launch a diverse range of missions from nine countries and dozens of organizations. The rocket’s versatility will accommodate missions from established players like NASA to students designing their first-ever satellite, with objectives including measuring gamma rays, tracking wildlife, testing self-healing solar cells, and more. The payloads for Ariane 6’s first flight are sourced from commercial companies, space agencies, and universities, each contributing hardware to test and validate their technology in space, ranging from weather measurement on Earth and in the Solar System to studying the Sun and conducting other scientific experiments.