Europe Bets On Small Launcher Competition

Aerial view of rocket launching

Latitude is designing its Zephyr launcher for a 100-kg payload to low Earth orbit.

Credit: Latitude
Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has been a place for cooperation. The Ariane family of launchers has been the outcome of such joint action since the 1970s. For the latest iteration—the medium-to-heavy-lift Ariane 6—the European Space Agency is working with an industrial network spanning...

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