Exceptional convoy: the payloads and launch adapter for the first Ariane 6 flight were moved from the payload preparation facilities to the encapsulation hall at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 3 July 2024.
Ariane 6 is Europe’s new heavy lift launch vehicle replacing its extremely successful predecessor, Ariane 5. Modular and agile, Ariane 6 has a reignitable upper stage allowing it to launch multiple missions on different orbits on a single flight.