on board French Military Satellite

The European Rocket Ariana 6 today brought the French CSO-3 military satellite to space, which is the third satellite in the program of the Musis reconnaissance satellites. The CSO-1 and CSO-2 satellites were successfully launched in 2018 and 2020.

For the Ariana 6 type rocket, this was the second flight, After baptism almost with honors in June last yearor its first commercial. The launch of a rocket from the European space launch in Kourou, French Guyana, was initially foreseen on Monday, but was canceled just before now due to a failing valve. Such errors in the rocket industry are not unusual, very often the launches move for one reason or the other, if they detect any problem, namely the flight cancels that the systems are thoroughly inspected.

The expedition is of great importance for Europe, which has thus consolidated its independent access to space. This is even more important because of the changed geopolitical conditions, the European space sector does not want to depend on American, moreover, it wants to be competitive to be American, where private companies, especially Spacex have been leading in recent years Elona Muskas well as Blue Origin Jeff Bezos. Europe also collaborated with Russia before the war in Ukraine, for example, Soyuze was fired from Kourou.

Ariane 6 is a heavy load -bearing rocket. Its modular and versatile design makes it possible to launch a variety of expeditions or into a low earth orbit or deep universe. The rocket has two versions of Ariana 62, with two side thrusts installed, and Ariana 64 with four. These versions have not been tested so far, and is expected to fly in the middle of this year. The Geostationary Orbit can launch a 4.5-ton satellite with Ariane 62, with a version of 64 heavy 11.5 tonnes, and in a low-fall rail weighs of 10.3 and 21.6 tonnes.

The supporting rate (with the Vulcain 2.1 engine) and the side accelerator operate on solid fuel, and the upper level engine is driven by liquid hydrogen and oxygen. Vinci engine is an innovation of this rocket, it is able to light up to four times in space. This allows the top stage to place the satellites in different rails around the Earth. The upper stage also assumes that when he / she performs a mission – that is, installation of cargo in an orbit – again, or last time, turns on his engine and wipes out and re -enters the atmosphere to burn. In doing so, Europe is realizing its commitment to reducing space trash. Dewesoft's Trbovlje company also participated in the development of the rocket.