Ariane 6 Study Launched
By Michael A. Taverna
PARIS — Astrium will lead a 15-month, 10-company study intended to identify basic concepts for a Next Generation Launcher to replace Europe’s Ariane 5.
The €10 million NGL project, commonly known as Ariane 6, aims to come up with a basic configuration that could be approved for preliminary definition at the next European Space Agency ministerial summit in late 2011-12. France ...
