And Europe currently has no operational rocket at its disposal.
The launch was the 117th and final flight for Ariane 5. Arianespace will now focus on the development of Ariane 6, which likely won't fly until next year.
"It is a success for 'Team Europe' tonight with this last and final Ariane 5," Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël said on the company's live webcast of the launch soon after deployment. You can watch the entire launch stream, as it happened, in the embedded video below.The final launch of Ariane 5 also poses a problem for Europe's space industry.
Europe currently has no other operational rocket at its disposal. The continent's Vega-C rocket is still grounded after aOn July 1, with Arianespace preparing for the final launch of Ariane 5, ESA had to turn to SpaceX to launch its dark matterBefore it can launch Ariane 6, Arianespace must perform a hot fire test on the rocket's upper stage, and flight software qualification tests, and it has also yet to assemble the entire rocket on the launch pad.
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