Fifth launch, fifth success for Ariane 6, which has just placed two new Galileo satellites into orbit

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-europe-s-ariane-6-rocket-puts-eu-navigation-satellites-in-orbit

2 Comments

  1. Who fucking cares it’s not reusable because ESA claimed reusability was impossible and now they are doomed to spend 3-5x as much as they should be on launches for a generation.

    This success is actually a failure as if this rocket didn’t work, they’d have to go back to the drawing board and would end up with a reusable system like SpaceX, blue origin and China are working on.

    Such a typical European attitude. Celebrate mediocrity.