LAUNCH! Arianespace's Ariane 6 launches the VA266 Mission from pad ELA-4 at at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. On Board today's mission were two more Galileo global navigation satellites (33 & 34) launched to a Medium Earth Orbit. | NASASpaceflight.com

Welcome to Space Ariane 6! After years of development Arianespace has launched the Ariane 6 rocket for the first time. Today's ride-share mission for the ESA - European Space Agency launched from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane-4 (ELA-4) launch pad at CSG Centre spatial guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana. On board were 11 deployable payloads for multiple universities and agencies including ESA and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as well as 5 non deployable experiments. 🎥 ESA -

🎥 Europe’s new #Ariane6 rocket powered into space on 9 July 2024 from its launch pad in French Guiana. Check out our launch highlights video! 👀 🔗https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/07/Ariane_6_first_flight_highlights ArianeGroup CNES Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) CSG Centre spatial guyanais | ESA - European Space Agency

🤩 There's no sound, but we can't get enough of this video – 11 minutes of high-definition rocket liftoff. 🚀 Relive last week's #Ariane6 launch in glorious slow-motion and in 4K from all camera angles – from the launch pad to the upper stage in flight. 🔗https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2024/02/Ariane_6_inaugural_launch/July_2024_-_liftoff_footage | ESA - European Space Agency