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At 16:45 GMT\/17:45 CET\u00a0the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off\u00a0from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana\u00a0on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is Ariane 6\u2019s most powerful version yet. The\u00a0new\u00a0three-stage\u00a0European rocket\u00a0can be adapted according to each mission with either two or four boosters as well as the length of the fairing\u00a0\u2013 the nosecone that splits vertically in two. This launch was the sixth Ariane 6 flight, the first to fly with four boosters\u00a0and also\u00a0the first with the long fairing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ariane 6 in its four-booster configuration, known as Ariane 64, doubles the rocket\u2019s performance compared to the two-booster version that has flown five times including the inaugural flight in 2024. The P120C boosters used by Ariane 6 are one of the most powerful one-piece motors in production in the world.\u00a0Flying with four boosters takes Ariane 6 to a whole new class of rockets.\u00a0With the extra thrust from two more boosters Ariane 6 can take around 21.6 tonnes to low Earth orbit, more than double the 10.3 tonnes it could bring to orbit with just two boosters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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