🔥 Prometheus, validated through repetition.
Four consecutive ignitions in one sequence: the reusable engine can ignite, shut down and reignite under controlled conditions.
Does repeated testing build confidence in reusable systems?
@esa @CNESFrance @DLren #RocketMakers
Four consecutive ignitions in one sequence: the reusable engine can ignite, shut down and reignite under controlled conditions.
Does repeated testing build confidence in reusable systems?
@esa @CNESFrance @DLren #RocketMakers
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🚀 Une nouvelle étape pour Prometheus !
Le moteur-fusée réutilisable a réalisé plusieurs essais à feu avec succès, fruit du travail des équipes mobilisées en France et en Allemagne 🇫🇷🇩🇪.
Prochaine Ă©tape : les essais de Prometheus Mark 2 Ă Vernon, en France.
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Le moteur-fusée réutilisable a réalisé plusieurs essais à feu avec succès, fruit du travail des équipes mobilisées en France et en Allemagne 🇫🇷🇩🇪.
Prochaine Ă©tape : les essais de Prometheus Mark 2 Ă Vernon, en France.
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⚓ B-Strike 1000 goes naval. At the naval defence exhibition @SalonEuronaval in Paris, ArianeGroup unveiled the next step of its conventional ballistic line-up: the “naval” B-Strike 1000 missile, for deep strike and anti-ship strike with a range of 1000 kilometers. After the n, B-Strike now extends to naval platforms.
#Defence #BStrike #Euronaval
#Defence #BStrike #Euronaval
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Thank you ESA! Prometheus® completed several hot-fire tests at DLR’s P5 bench in Lampoldshausen, with the first combustion chamber made with Cold Gas Spray. Next: Mark 2 in Vernon.
Hot stuff 🔥
The Prometheus reusable rocket engine completed several hot-fire tests at the recently upgraded P5 test bench in Lampoldshausen, Germany.
This round of tests included a new combustion chamber made using cold gas spray, an additive manufacturing process.
📸 LR_en @esa
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🚀 Around 200 m² of an Ariane 64 launcher are coated with Prosial®, a lightweight insulant that helps protect critical areas from the intense heat of launch.
What surprises you most: the protected surface, the low mass or the application on complex shapes?
#RocketMakers sial
What surprises you most: the protected surface, the low mass or the application on complex shapes?
#RocketMakers sial
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Thank you for these kind words, which will mean a lot to our teams. Congratulations to all the @DGA and ArianeGroup teams on this new SyLEx launch. 🚀
Félicitations aux équipes de la DGA & d’@ArianeGroup pour la réussite du nouveau tir exo-atmosphérique de la fusée-sonde française SyLEx, réalisé depuis le site des Landes de #DGAEssaisDeMissiles
➡️La DGA confirme son expertise grâce à des moyens d’essais technologiques de pointe
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Thank you @DGA for the trust and collaboration on SyLEx. Congratulations to all the teams! 🚀
[#Essai🚀] Nouveau succès pour la fusée-sonde SyLEx
La DGA a réalisé avec succès un nouveau tir exo-atmosphérique de la fusée-sonde française SyLEx depuis le site Landes de #DGAEssaisdemissiles
Une étape clé au service de l'innovation technologique & de la dissuasion française⤵️
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🚀 Over 750 Prosial® thermal protection pieces are integrated into each Ariane launcher, helping protect critical systems from the intense heat of liftoff and ascent.
What surprises you most: the number of pieces, the temperatures involved or the level of integration required?
ntServices #Prosial
What surprises you most: the number of pieces, the temperatures involved or the level of integration required?
ntServices #Prosial
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A test bench doesn't always fire up a full engine.
Sometimes it's a chamber. Sometimes an engine. Sometimes a full rocket stage.
Lampoldshausen tests Vinci's combustion chamber. Vernon's BAMOCRY does it all.
Rockets get tested piece by piece. 🚀
#RocketMakers #Civil #TestBench
Sometimes it's a chamber. Sometimes an engine. Sometimes a full rocket stage.
Lampoldshausen tests Vinci's combustion chamber. Vernon's BAMOCRY does it all.
Rockets get tested piece by piece. 🚀
#RocketMakers #Civil #TestBench
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🚀 Up to 2 cm of Prosial® can protect parts of Ariane 6 from the intense heat of launch. This sprayed, lightweight insulant covers about 200 m² of the launcher.
What impresses you most: thickness, low mass or heat resistance?
#RocketMakers #EquipmentServices #Prosial
What impresses you most: thickness, low mass or heat resistance?
#RocketMakers #EquipmentServices #Prosial
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The P120C nozzles pivot and help steer Ariane 6 during its first 130 seconds of flight, in exhaust gases reaching 3,000°C. Designed at ArianeGroup’s Le Haillan site. 🔥
#RocketMakers #Civil #Ariane6
#RocketMakers #Civil #Ariane6
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Rocket engines aren’t all tested in the same place. 🗺️
A few examples:
Vernon: PF50 (Vulcain 2.1), BAMOCRY (combustion chamber, engine or full stage)
Kourou: BEAP (solid boosters, vertical)
Lampoldshausen: Vinci, with DLR
Where did you think they were? đź‘€
A few examples:
Vernon: PF50 (Vulcain 2.1), BAMOCRY (combustion chamber, engine or full stage)
Kourou: BEAP (solid boosters, vertical)
Lampoldshausen: Vinci, with DLR
Where did you think they were? đź‘€
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🚀 44 metallic tiles coated with Prosial® help protect the Vulcain® 2.1 engine from the extreme thermal loads of Ariane 6 liftoff.
What impresses you most: the temperatures, the thermal protection, or the precision of the integration?
#RocketMakers #EquipmentServices #Prosial
What impresses you most: the temperatures, the thermal protection, or the precision of the integration?
#RocketMakers #EquipmentServices #Prosial
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🚀 Prometheus® pairs liquid oxygen with methane, enabling more compact stages and supporting the development of reusable launch systems.
What matters most for the future of rocket propulsion: lower costs, easier operations, reusability or performance?
#RocketMakers #Civil #Prometheus
What matters most for the future of rocket propulsion: lower costs, easier operations, reusability or performance?
#RocketMakers #Civil #Prometheus
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🚀 A single Prometheus® engine is designed to be reused up to 5 times, with multiple ignitions possible during a mission and across successive flights.
Which aspect of reusability impresses you most: durability, multiple ignitions or cost reduction?
#RocketMakers #Civil #Prometheus
Which aspect of reusability impresses you most: durability, multiple ignitions or cost reduction?
#RocketMakers #Civil #Prometheus
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Ordinary fabric in, rocket-grade carbon fibre out. ArianeGroup is the only manufacturer of Xrayon®, made in a ~10m furnace, patiently transformed step by step. 🚀
#RocketMakers #Civil
#RocketMakers #Civil
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In space, every kilogram counts. ArianeGroup builds composite structures, stacked carbon layers + aluminium honeycomb, rigid, lightweight, built at Le Haillan. 🚀
#RocketMakers #Civil
#RocketMakers #Civil
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Ariane 6’s 10th flight is on the horizon. 🚀
ARIANESPACE is preparing VA271, with 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard an Ariane 64, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is currently targeted for no earlier than November 23.
#Ariane6 #RocketMakers #Civil
ARIANESPACE is preparing VA271, with 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard an Ariane 64, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is currently targeted for no earlier than November 23.
#Ariane6 #RocketMakers #Civil
🚀 VA271 – LE-04 : Ariane 6's 10th flight is on the horizon!
Arianespace is preparing to launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard Ariane 64 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is currently targeted for no earlier than November 23.
This will be the fourth Ariane 6 bringing the total number of satellites launched by Arianespace for the constellation to 136, upon successful completion.
For this mission, Ariane 6 will fly in its most powerful configuration, with four P160C solid rocket boosters.
Another step in Ariane 6's operational ramp-up and our continued partnership with Amazon to help bring connectivity to more people around the world.
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6
@AmazonLeo
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🚀 The launch window is set.
The launch window is now confirmed for Ariane 6's next mission, dedicated to the launch of the MTG-I2 satellite.
Liftoff is scheduled for August 27, 2026, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, within the following window:
- 16:10 – 18:40 :10 – 19:40 (Kourou)
- 20:10 – 22:40 (UTC)
- 22:10 – 00:40 (Paris - August 28)
Launching aboard Ariane 6, MTG-I2 will strengthen Europe's next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite system, providing enhanced imagery for the early detection of severe storms, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
Designated VA270, this mission will be Ariane 6's fourth launch of the year and its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit.
The launch campaign is underway. Stay tuned.
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA270 #MTGI2
@eumetsat @esa @Thales_Alenia_S @ArianeGroup @CNES #csg
The launch window is now confirmed for Ariane 6's next mission, dedicated to the launch of the MTG-I2 satellite.
Liftoff is scheduled for August 27, 2026, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, within the following window:
- 16:10 – 18:40 :10 – 19:40 (Kourou)
- 20:10 – 22:40 (UTC)
- 22:10 – 00:40 (Paris - August 28)
Launching aboard Ariane 6, MTG-I2 will strengthen Europe's next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite system, providing enhanced imagery for the early detection of severe storms, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
Designated VA270, this mission will be Ariane 6's fourth launch of the year and its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit.
The launch campaign is underway. Stay tuned.
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA270 #MTGI2
@eumetsat @esa @Thales_Alenia_S @ArianeGroup @CNES #csg
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