{"id":802705,"date":"2026-06-17T09:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802705"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:16:38","slug":"first-ariane-6-liftoff-with-most-powerful-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802705","title":{"rendered":"First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe&#8217;s Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe&#8217;s largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon&#8217;s Leo constellation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The debut of the four new boosters based on the P160C solid-propellant rocket motor allowed 36 satellites to be launched, four more than the two Leo launches Ariane 6 had delivered before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u202fAriane 6 is Europe\u2019s heavy-lift\u202flauncher and a key element of ESA\u2019s efforts to ensure autonomous access to space for Europe\u2019s citizens. The new P160C boosters\u202fincrease considerably performance, payload capacity and competitiveness, allowing for more satellites to be launched, further elevating the future of Europe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b83nTg3vnAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2026\/06\/First_Ariane_6_liftoff_with_most_powerful_boosters?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe&#8217;s Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe&#8217;s largest and most powerful rocket launched 36&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=802705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/802706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}