ESA Ministerial Conference to Focus on Ariane 6, ISS, Exploration and the Evolution of ESA , SpaceRef Business “The next ESA Ministerial Conference will take place this Tuesday in Luxembourg. At the top of the agenda is Europe’s future access to space with a modular Ariane 6 intended to be meet the changing demands of the satellite industry as well as being more price competitive.”

Ariane 6, ESA “In November 2012, European Ministers responsible for space, meeting in Naples, Italy, approved the start of preparatory activities for Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The objective of Ariane 6 is to maintain guaranteed autonomous access to space for Europe, while minimising exploitation costs and suppressing any support to exploitation.” Baseline configuration selected The selected ‘Multi P linear’ concept is based on a lower ‘composite’ of four […]