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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Laëlla Marimoutou
Video: 00:02:23
They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Laëlla Marimoutou is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting some of the people that make up this dream team.
ArianeGroup’s Laëlla Marimoutou works on quality assurance for Ariane 6. As Launch System Quality Assurance Deputy Laëlla ensures the rocket is ready for liftoff. Improvement is infinite and quality is inspiring.
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Ariane 6 first flight tracking infographic
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Space Team Europe: Ariane 6 launch pad operations are GO
Video: 00:09:44
With the transfer and standing up of Ariane 6’s central core and the integration of its two solid-fuel boosters, all stages of the first Ariane 6 rocket have been transferred to the launch pad in French Guiana – marking the beginning of operations.
While the qualification of the launcher and launch system has been underway here, on the European continent, the final tests have been carried out on the upper stage at the German Aerospace Centre’s (DLR) test facility in Lampoldshausen, Germany.
And, many of the elements that will make up the second, third, fourth, up to sixth flights are already being prepared in various integration facilities. Space Team Europe is not only prepping for the historic inaugural flight but also those to come over the next years – critical for Ariane 6’s customers.
The latest Campaign Readiness Review is over, and status meetings are being held every evening to ensure every element is ready for launch: the rocket, the launch pad, teams and procedures for every stage of operations.
There are so many elements to launching, and qualifying, a rocket: the very careful transport of all its parts using novel vehicles and technologies, many test phases on the launch pad, pressurisation of the tanks, batteries charged, preparing the fluids systems, checking the lines are clean, and on and on.
Next, it’ll be time for Ariane 6’s upper part which contains the many payloads and protective fairing.
In just a matter of days, Europe’s new rocket will be fully integrated on the launch pad and ready for flight, guaranteeing Europe’s access to space and meeting the demands of commercial and institutional markets. “Our order book is full”.
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Ariane 6 fairing closure
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Ariane 6 first flight payloads moved to the encapsulation hall
Image: Ariane 6 first flight payloads moved to the encapsulation hall
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Boost!
Video: 00:02:33
ESA supports Europe's space transportation visionaries and entrepreneurs through Boost! This video shows just some of the companies that have received co-funding from ESA’s Boost! programme: Orbex with its Prime launcher, D-Orbit offering orbital transportation and precise payload delivery with InOrbitNow, Skyrora’s XL launcher, HyImpulse’s SL1, ForgeStar from SpaceForge preparing for manufacturing in microgravity and returning them to Earth, Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher, Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA One and PLD Space’s Miura.
Space is open for business – space transportation gets you there!
With its Boost! programme, ESA is boosting commercial initiatives that offer transportation services to space, in space, and returning from space. The programme also supports Member States implementing national objectives for spaceports, testing facilities and more.
To achieve this, ESA nurtures industrial entrepreneurship and stimulates growth and competitiveness within the privately led and funded space sector in Europe via Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support programme.
This programme also supports ESA Member States in implementing national space transportation objectives in the field of spaceports, testing facilities and associated services.
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Ariane 6 infographic: participating states
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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Martin Bourdel
Video: 00:02:39
They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Martin Bourdel, Cost Engineer at ArianeGroup,l is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting some of the people that make up this dream team.
From the Paris area in France, Martin has taken part in Vega and Ariane 5 rocket operations but switched to the Ariane 6 development programme when he had the opportunity to see a launch system come to life. The development world for a launcher is different than the operational phase each with its own challenges. Martin’s work focusses on programming, in particular the control bench for the avionics of the Ariane 6 – the rocket’s ‘brain’.
Stay tuned for more from #SpaceTeamEurope: an ESA space community engagement initiative to gather European space actors under the same umbrella sharing values of leadership, autonomy, and responsibility.
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Ariane 6 infographic: first passengers
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Ariane 6 infographic: at a glance
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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Aline Decadi
Video: 00:03:47
They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Aline Decadi is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting some of the people that make up this dream team.
Working for ESA, Aline Decadi is Launch System Dependability and Safety Lead engineer on Ariane 6 meaning her role is to predict what could go wrong at any moment to protect the people working at Europe’s Spaceport. Passionate about space with an international career in spacecraft and rockets, Aline is also a happy motorcyclist.
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Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components and payload with two boosters – white background
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Artist's view of the Ariane 6 components with two boosters – blue background
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