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  • FINALLY! Starship's Next Giant Leap [22:19]

    06/20/2026 10:13:54 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies
    YouTube ^ | June 20, 2026 | Marcus House
    SpaceX may have just dropped its biggest hint yet about what comes after Starship Flight 13. Indeed, FINALLY! Starship's Next Giant Leap may be here as the new filings point toward an Orbital Return Demo that could mark the next major milestone on the road to full reusability. With that work continues at Starbase on Pads 1 and 2, the Gigabay, and future launch infrastructure. Elsewhere this week, we cover Falcon 9 launches carrying BlueBird satellites, Starlink, and another classified NRO mission, Cargo Dragon’s return from the International Space Station, Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander preparing for launch, Ariane 6’s impressive...
  • Blastoff! Ariane 6 rocket launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite [8:52]

    08/12/2025 11:13:14 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 3 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 12, 2025 | VideoFromSpace
    The powerful Ariane 6 launched the Metop-SGA1 weather satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Aug. 12, 2025. Credit: Arianespace. Blastoff! Ariane 6 rocket launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite | 8:52 VideoFromSpace | 2.02M subscribers | 1,327 views | August 12, 2025
  • BREAKING! Ariane 6 Sufferers Anomaly - Press Conference

    07/09/2024 3:24:38 PM PDT · by Morgana · 48 replies
    The Launch Pad ^ | July 9, 2024 | The Launch Pad
    Ariane 6 has suffered an Anomaly in orbit, and is currently stuck in orbit.
  • Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast)

    07/09/2024 11:10:01 AM PDT · by NorthMountain · 24 replies
    Eurpoean Space Agency ^ | 09JUL2024 | N/A
    Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oFpOJaIYc
  • Chasing SpaceX, Europe Endorses Ariane 6

    01/16/2015 11:21:46 PM PST · by Vince Ferrer · 3 replies
    InnerSpace ^ | 12/3/2014 | Stewart Money
    This is not how you design a rocket : ESA Ministerial Meeting Seeking a defense against the market disruption being wrought by SpaceX and its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters, European space ministers voted yesterday to formally endorse the Ariane 6 project. The move came after Germany dropped its long running call to proceed with the Ariane V ME before moving on to a new booster. Hours after the meeting, the new industry partnership Airbus Safran, which will build the new booster, was formally announced. The Ariane 6 will come in two configurations. Both will feature a cryogenic two...