Successful complete hot-fire test of the Ariane 6 core stage on its launch pad

On September 5, 2023, teams from ArianeGroup, the French Space Agency (CNES), and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully carried out a complete Ariane 6 launch sequence on its launch pad, at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, concluding with a hot-fire test of the launcher’s core stage and start-up of the Vulcain 2.1 engine.

Read the detailed Ariane News.