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ArianeGroup and Arianespace have announced that the first commercial flight of the European heavy-lift launch vehicle will take place in the first quarter of 2025.

With the maiden launch of Ariane 6 on 9 July 2024 at 4 pm, European space transportation entered a new era, and Europe regained its autonomy of access to space.

Following the new status report published by the French space agency and ESA a week after the successful combined tests on 23 November, the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 launcher is scheduled to take place between mid-June and the end of July 2024.

After docking for the first time last January, the cargo ship Canopée dropped anchor again at Kourou on Friday, 3 November.

On 23 November 2023, teams from CNES, ArianeGroup and ESA successfully completed the long-duration hot-fire test of Ariane 6’s main stage on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport.

As part of the combined testing campaign, Ariane 6's mobile gantry was retracted on 22 June.

Ariane 6 has achieved a new milestone: the launcher is fully assembled for the first time and installed on its launch pad.