- Le rocheret pour le vol inaugural d'Ariane 6 est parti du port spatial de Kourou, situé dans le territoire d'outre-mer français, la Guyane française.
- L'expert en espace de l'Université technique de Dresden, Martin Tajmar, qui n'est pas impliqué dans le projet Ariane, a loué le vol malgré l'échec de l'essai de ré-allumage de la partie supérieure de Bremen.
- L'industrie spatiale européenne a rejoint d'autres nations qui dépendent des voyages spatiaux pour surmonter certains défis durant le lancement, comme le montre le commentaire de Tajmar sur Elon Musk et SpaceX.
- L'Europe attendait avec impatience le lancement du premier vol d'Ariane 6 dans le domaine de la science, de nombreux chercheurs et entreprises dans diverses parties d'Europe, y compris Bremen, attendaient la ré-entrée réussie de la partie supérieure.
Fusée européenne - Malgré l'absence d'allumage : Le vol d'Ariane réussi pour l'expert
Despite the failure of the re-ignition attempt in the upper stage of Bremen, Martin Tajmar, the space expert from TU Dresden, considers the maiden flight of Ariane 6 a "great success". The rocket took off from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Tuesday. The flight proceeded smoothly at first, and the carrier rocket brought several satellites into space. However, the upper part, which was installed in Bremen, was supposed to reignite and essentially re-enter the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. Since the re-ignition failed, this upper stage now remains in space.
"It's a great surprise that so little didn't work", evaluates Tajmar the incident. In total, the rocket had 17 payloads on board, i.e., approximately satellites. According to the expert, everything went according to plan with 15, but not with the two re-entry experiments.
Some things like this re-ignition cannot be tested properly on Earth, explained Tajmar, because there is a gravitational force here and not up there. "Then the fuel swings around a bit - things we didn't foresee". Of course, there is no one in space to intervene.
The first launch of the previous rocket, the Ariane 5, was a complete disaster, reminded Tajmar. "The second start was a mess, the third flight went somewhat better". This time it went much better.
"Probably everything will work on the second flight of Ariane 6", estimates Tajmar. "Even in America, Elon Musk starts Space X rockets to learn. Because even he knows: You can't test everything on the ground, you test it in flight".
