The New Ariane 6 Heavy Lift Rocket is Finally on the Launch Pad, But Won't Liftoff Until Late 2023 By Nancy_A
The officials at the briefing did not give details of the reasons behind the latest delay other than describing them as “technical challenges.”was initially conceived in the early 2010s to be a replacement the workhorse Ariane 5, which is no longer in production.
Ariane 6 was developed at a cost of just under 4 billion euros and was originally planned for its first launch in July 2020. However, the project has been hampered by several delays; the most recent delay was due in part work-related issues during the Covid-19 pandemic.On October 12, the fully assembled 60-meter -tall prototype of the Ariane 6Teams hope to begin tests to will validate the entire system including the rocket, the launch pad, and shared electrical, fluid and mechanical systems.