{"id":1206784,"date":"2023-11-28T07:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206784"},"modified":"2023-11-28T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:38:37","slug":"seven-minute-hotfire-test-moves-europes-ariane-6-rocket-closer-to-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206784","title":{"rendered":"Seven-minute hotfire test moves Europe\u2019s Ariane 6 rocket closer to flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Exhaust plumes from the Ariane 6 rocket’s main engine rise above the launch pad in French Guiana. (credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace\/P. Piron<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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The European Space Agency (ESA) declared success after an Ariane 6 rocket fired its core stage engine in French Guiana for seven minutes on Thursday, clearing one of a handful of remaining hurdles before the new launcher can lift off on its first test flight.<\/p>\n

The Ariane 6’s inaugural launch, now scheduled for next year, has been delayed repeatedly since ESA approved the new rocket for development in 2014. The test-firing of the Ariane 6 main engine on a launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in South America last week was the most significant test not yet accomplished on the rocket’s preflight checklist.<\/p>\n

The test lasted 426 seconds\u2014a little more than seven minutes\u2014while a full-size test model of the Ariane 6 rocket remained on its launch pad. In order for the rocket to actually take off, it would need to light its four strap-on solid-fueled boosters. That was not part of the plan for Thursday’s test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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