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Space launch vehicle imagined on a Gobelins tapestry, ordered by Colbert and drawn by Le Brun, 1664.. Space travel has long been a significant ambition in French culture.From the Gobelins' 1664 tapestry representing a space rocket, [1] to Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and George Méliès' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, space and rocketry were present in French society long ...
In June 2022 it had closed a €10 million Series A funding. [1] In January 2024, the company has raised $30 million for producing it's rockets. [2] [3] In June 2024, Latitude has been awarded €15 million by the French government. [4] It inaugurated its micro-launcher factory in Reims on 19 October 2021. [5]
Ariane is a series of European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character Ariadne . France first proposed the Ariane project and it was officially agreed upon at the end of 1973 after discussions between France, Germany and the UK.
Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider.It operates two launch vehicles: Vega C, a small-lift rocket, and Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket.
In addition to the Ariane heavy-lift launcher, Arianespace also has a portfolio of smaller launch vehicles, including the Soyuz-2 as a medium-lift alternative, and the solid-fueled Vega for lighter payloads. Arianespace uses the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana as its main launch site. [21]
Dark is a space company from Paris, France, specialized in space security and protection, founded in 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It develops an air-launched rocket named Interceptor, intending to capture space debris or spy satellites .
The Resource Module and the launcher would be expended. [9] When launching the Hermes, the Ariane 5 would have had its upper stage replaced by the space plane and an adaptor to mate the vehicle to the main cryogenic stage. The equipment bay of the launcher would also be removed and the spaceplane would perform all guidance and control functions ...
Ariane 2 was a European expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale , while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government's space ...