Europe’s rocket blasts off for first time

Europe’s big new rockets, Ariane -6, have exploded on their first flight.

The vehicle put a clutch in class on a demonstration mission on a demonstration mission on a launching mission from a launchpad in French Guana at 16:00 local time (19:00 GMT).

The crew on the ground in Kurau developed as a rocket – developed at the cost of € 4BN (£ 3.4bn) – increased into the sky.

But after climbing the desired height easily, and releasing several small satellites correctly, the upper stage of the rocket experienced an discrepancy at the end of the flight.

On the computer, the computer decided to shut down the supporting power unit (APU) ahead of time that puts pressure on the propulsion system.

It left the upper stage of the Ariane, which was unable to start the burn that was about to bring it out of the classroom and also established the final function of the mission-to jetison to two re-entry capsules.

The controller was unable to measure the position, but the flight was still declared a success.

“We are feeling relieved; we are excited,” said Joseph Ashbaiker, Director General of the European Space Agency.

He said, “This is a historic moment. A new heavy rocket is not inaugurated every year; it is only every 20 years or perhaps in 30 years. And today we have successfully launched Ariaan -6,” he told reporters.

The aim of the Ariane -6 is a working rocket that provides independent access to European governments and companies from the rest of the world. It already has a backlog of the launch contracts, but there are concerns that its design can limit future prospects.

Like its predecessor, Ariane -5, the new model is spending – every mission requires a new rocket, while the latest American vehicles are being made to be fully or partially reusable.

Nevertheless, European space officials believe that Aria -6 can create a place for itself.

On the surface, 6 looks similar to old 5, but under the skin it exploits state -of -the -art manufacturing techniques (3D printing, friction movement welding, enhanced reality design, etc.), resulting in rapid and cheaper production.

Ariaan -6 will work in two configurations:

• “62” will include two solid-fuel side boosters to raise medium-sized payload
• “64” will have four strap-on boosters to lift the heaviest satellites on the market

The core phase is complementary with each other, or upper, phase that will place the payload in their exact classes above the earth.

This phase has a new ability to stop and resume several times, which is useful when launching large batches of satellites in constellations, or networks.

Re -ignition should also enable the platform to pull itself back to the earth, so it will not become a piece of space junk.

The fact is that the opening flight was unable to display that it would be a disappointment for engineers, but should not organize the Ariaan -6 program.

Martin Sion, Chief Executive Officer of rocket manufacturer Ariangroup Martin Sion said, “A lot of missions do not need to be resumed in microgravity.

“And to be 100% clear, we are ready to launch a second one this year and launch six six next year,” said Stephen Israel, a new rocket marketing company Erianspace.

Inaugural flights are always high danger opportunities. This is not uncommon for any discrepancy or lump sum failure for a new rocket design.

Ariane -5 blew itself after 37 seconds after 37 seconds of leaving the ground in 1996. The loss was placed below for an error in the control software.

But a modified rocket came back to dominate the commercial launch market for the world’s largest satellites.

The dominance was broken only in the 2010s by American entrepreneur Elon Musk and his reusable Falcon -9 rockets.

Falcon flight rates and prices reduce the competition of Arian -5.

Europe is moving towards re -purpose, but necessary technologies will not be in service until the 2030s. And meanwhile, Mr. Musk is presenting Even big rockets The promise to reduce the launch cost is still ahead.

Ariaan -6 enters a very challenging environment, hence.

Lucia Linres, head of the space transport strategy at ESA, said, “We all may have our own opinion. I can only confirm that we have an order book that is full.”

“I think the word goes to customers here: he has said that Ariaan -6 is the answer to their needs.”

There are launch contracts for taking rockets through their first three years of operation. These include another US billionaire, 18 launch for Jeff Bezos, who want to establish a planetarium of internet satellites called Kuper.

The purpose of European authorities is to fly the Ariaan -6 about once a month.

If this flight rate can be obtained, the rocket must be able to install itself, Pierre Lionnet commented from Space Consultancy ASD Eurosperse.

He told BBC News, “First, we need to ensure that there is sufficient demand from European customers – European institutional.

“But this is a matter of pricing. If Falcon -9 is systematically reducing the price of Ariane -6, there will be an issue.”

Ariane -6 is a project of 13 member states of ESA, headed by France (56%) and Germany (21%). 13 partners have promised subsidy payments up to € 340m (£ 295M) per year to support the early stage of Ariane -6 exploitation.

The UK was a prominent player at the beginning of Europe’s Launcher program and remains an ESA member state, but its direct participation in Ariane ended when the Ariaan -4 model retired in 2003.

Some UK companies continue to supply components on commercial basis, and some spacecraft manufactured in the UK will undoubtedly fly on Ariane.