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Ariane is the name of an entire family of rockets that are still being launched today and are not generally known for being unreliable.
by machello13 7y ago
Ariane is the name of an entire family of rockets that are still being launched today and are not generally known for being unreliable.
- ColanR 7y agoLast I heard they were also having a lot of trouble competing with the industry leaders...
- adev_ 7y ago> Last I heard they were also having a lot of trouble competing with the industry leaders... Ariane was the most competitive / succeful private launcher for 20 years even in face of American companies. SpaceX is however currently disruptive them, like every other actor of the industry.
- ColanR 7y agoYa, that's what I heard. After spaceX started doing better than them, they were having trouble because they didn't want to start using reusable rockets.
- bj0 7y agoThey had a successful launch today in fact: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/ariane-5-va-251-mission-status-center/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/ariane-5-va-251-missio...