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Europe’s space chief confirms rocket rival to Musk’s SpaceX won’t launch this year – POLITICO
The maiden launch of the European Space Agency’s next generation Ariane 6 rocket system now definitely won’t happen until 2024 at the earliest, the agency’s Director General Josef Aschbacher said Tuesday.
Aschbacher said that the ESA, French space agency CNES and rocket developers Arianespace and Ariane Group “confirm that the inaugural launch is now targeted for 2024.”
As earlier reported by POLITICO, the ESA had wanted to get the heavy launcher system ready for use this year, with full commercial