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Europe’s first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The glitch they experienced is trivial on the scale of the larger picture.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, for the maiden flight of a rocket, it went incredibly smoothly. Well done Arianespace and ESA! Europe has an operational launch vehicle again!