Ariane Next
Orbital recoverable launch vehicle of the European company ArianeGroup / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ariane Next[2]—also known as SALTO (reusable strategic space launcher technologies and operations)[3]—is the code name for a future European Space Agency rocket being developed in the 2020s by ArianeGroup. This partially reusable launcher is planned to succeed Ariane 6, with an entry into service in the 2030s. The objective of the new launcher is to halve the launch costs compared with Ariane 6. The preferred architecture is that of the Falcon 9 rocket (a reusable first stage landing vertically with a common engine model for the two stages) while using an engine burning a mixture of methane and liquid oxygen. The first technological demonstrators are under development.
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Function | Partially reusable launch vehicle to low Earth orbit |
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Manufacturer | ArianeGroup |
Country of origin | Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Size | |
Stages | 2 |
Associated rockets | |
Comparable | Falcon 9 |
Launch history | |
Status | Under development |
Launch sites | Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana |
First stage | |
Powered by | 7-9 Prometheus engines[1] |
Propellant | LOX / methane |
Second stage | |
Powered by | 1 Prometheus engine[1] |
Propellant | LOX / methane |