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Europe’s “best answer” to competition from SpaceX slips again, will cost more – Ars Technica
The Ariane 6 was designed to be more cost effective to fly.

Enlarge/ Artist’s view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters.
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European space officials announced late last week that the debut of the Ariane 6 rocket will be delayed againthis time until the second quarter of 2022.
This large rocket, which has a roughly comparable lift capacity to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster, was originally due to launch before the end of 2020. In May of this year, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Space Agency acknowledged…
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