🤩 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

June 4th - on this day in 1996, ESA - European Space Agency conducted the first launch of its Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle. The payload consisted of four 1,200 kg Cluster satellites, which were intended to conduct research into the Earth's magnetosphere. 37 seconds after liftoff from CSG Centre spatial guyanais, the rocket veered off course and began to disintegrate, prior to being destroyed by the Range Safety Officer. The reasons for the failure were multiple embarrassing software errors

Ariane 5 has delivered two satellites, JCSAT-17 and Geo-Kompsat-2B, into their planned transfer orbits. Learn more: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane_5_s_second_launch_of_2020 Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace, Photo Optique Vidéo CSG | ESA - European Space Agency

🚀 Falcon 9 vs. Ariane 6 – Ein unfairer Vergleich? 🛰️ Raumfahrt sie verändert sich rasant. Im neuen Podcast „Raumfahrtgeschichten“ sprechen Journalistin Franziska Bechtold und Historiker Christian Klösch über Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft der Raumfahrt – international und in Österreich. 🎧 Folge 1: Falcon 9 vs. Ariane 6 Zwei Raketen, zwei Philosophien: Wie schlägt sich Europas neue Ariane 6 gegen die bewährte Falcon 9 von SpaceX? Ist der Vergleich überhaupt fair – oder braucht Europa ein