🚀We are #RocketMakers. Pioneers engineers building the most modular launchers. With Ariane 6, we weave a connection between Europe & space.
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Jun 12
How cold do you think Vulcain® 2.1's liquid hydrogen is before ignition?
Let us know what you think and find out in the thread 👇
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Jun 12
How cold do you think Vulcain® 2.1's liquid hydrogen is before ignition?
Find out in the post below 👇
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-120°C
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-250°C
33 votes • Final results
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Jun 12
❄️ -250°C.
That’s the temperature at which liquid hydrogen is stored before powering Vulcain® 2.1 at liftoff.
Cold enough to freeze air itself.
#RocketMakers #Civil #Vulcain21Engine
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Jun 11
Four P160C boosters.
Ariane's heaviest payload to date.
VA269 is set to showcase the next evolution of Ariane 6.
#RocketMakers
🚀 Le 17 juin, #Ariane6 volera dans sa version la plus puissante !
Pour la 1re fois, Ariane 64 décollera avec 4 nouveaux boosters #P160C et emportera la charge utile la plus lourde jamais lancée par une fusée Ariane : 36 satellites @Amazonleo 🛰️
đź“… 13h53 (Paris)
#VA269 #CNES
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Jun 10
🚀 How tall is the P160C booster?
Find out in the thread 👇
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21 votes • Final results
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Jun 10
âś… 14.5 metres.
At 14.5 metres high, the P160C is the tallest European solid booster developed in the P80–P120C–P160C lineage.
🚀 What matters most when scaling up a rocket booster: thrust, propellant mass, burn time or structural design?
#RocketMakers #Civil #P160C
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Jun 9
🚀 What you see on launch day is only the final step.
Before powering Ariane 6 at liftoff, Vulcain® 2.1 goes through assembly, integration and testing.
From workshop to launch pad, every step matters.
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Jun 9
🔍 Behind every Ariane 6 launch:
- Assembly
- Integration
- Testing
- Ignition
A journey that transforms thousands of parts and operations into the power needed to leave Earth.
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Jun 8
🚀 How long does a P160C burn after liftoff?
- 67 seconds
- 97 seconds
- 137 seconds
- 177 seconds
Let us know what you think in the poll below 👇
#RocketMakers #Civil #P160C
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Jun 8
How long does a P160C burn after liftoff?
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67 seconds
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97 seconds
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137 seconds
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177 seconds
77 votes • Final results
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Jun 9
âś… 137 seconds.
The P160C delivers thrust for more than two minutes after liftoff, supporting Ariane 6 and Vega-C during the first phase of flight.
🚀 What do you think most influences a booster's burn time: propellant mass, thrust level, launcher size or mission requirements?
#RocketMakers #Civil #P160C
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Jun 5
The road to VA269 begins.
Looking forward to Ariane 6's next mission.
#RocketMakers
Jun 5
🚀 Mark your calendars.
On June 17th, Ariane 64 will launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit.
This will be the first Ariane 6 flight equipped with four P160C boosters, increasing its payload capacity from 32 to 36 satellites on a single launch.
đź•’ Launch window:
- 07:53 - 08:22 (Washington, D.C.)
- 08:53 - 09:22 (Kourou Time)
- 11:53 – 12:22 (UTC)
- 13:53 - 14:22 (Paris time)
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA269
@Amazonleo @ArianeGroup @esa @CNES @EuropeSpacePort
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Jun 4
Space capabilities rely on much more than launchers.
They are built on the expertise, technologies and industrial infrastructure that support Europe’s long-term ambitions in space.
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Visite de la RP sur le site @ArianeGroup des Mureaux, acteur essentiel de l'accès souverain a l'espace 🌌
Le spatial est essentiel pour la défense : la France et l'Europe sont au rendez-vous
#Ariane6 #space #espace
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Jun 2
🚀 More propellant. More performance.
P160C represents the next evolution of solid propulsion for Ariane 6.
Soon.
#RocketMakers #Civil #P160C #P120C
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May 31
Some stages are built for space.
Others are built for art.
This week, both came together beneath the silhouette of Ariane.
🎶✨Merci #CercleFestival2026
Pendant 3 jours, le CNES et l’ESA sont allés à la rencontre d’un nouveau public avec la Cupola CNES × ESA.
56 000 festivaliers.
15 000 visiteurs dans la Cupola.
Merci à @esa, @Cercle et à toutes celles et ceux qui ont participé !
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May 30
From technology to discovery, missions like PLATO help expand our understanding of the Universe. Ariane 6 will play its part in carrying this ambitious mission into space.
May 29
Découvrez l’excellent documentaire de Hugo Lisoir consacré à la mission PLATO de l’ @esa , qui partira à la recherche de mondes semblables à la Terre autour d’autres étoiles 🌟
Grâce à ses 26 caméras, PLATO étudiera des milliers d’exoplanètes et nous aidera à mieux comprendre notre place dans le cosmos 🚀
@esascience
@ESA_Plato
youtube.com/watch?v=vC4PzuMC…
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May 29
🚀 Some engines move vehicles. Others launch rockets.
Motorcycle, car, truck, aircraft… and Vulcain® 2.1 all rely on propulsion, but not at the same scale.
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May 29
Vulcain® 2.1 powers Ariane 6 through one of the most demanding phases of flight: liftoff.
A different scale of propulsion engineering.
đź’¬ Which comparison surprised you the most?
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May 29
🚀 From manufacturing to launch preparation, another key step for Europe’s next-generation weather monitoring capabilities.
Meteosat Third Generation’s (MTG) second imaging satellite, MTG-I2, left Thales Alenia Space’s clean rooms in Cannes during the night. The satellite was then transported to the port of Nice, before heading to French Guiana to prepare for a launch scheduled for this summer!
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