W związku z kryzysem wywołanym przez Covid-19 inauguracyjny start nie wcześniej niż w 2. połowie 2021.Ariane 6 ne volera que fin 2021Par Vincent Lamigeon le 09.07.2020 à 17h29
Le retard d'Ariane 6 était un secret de Polichinelle. On en connaît désormais l'ampleur. "Nous prévoyons désormais un premier vol au plus tôt au second semestre 2021, a indiqué André-Hubert Roussel, PDG d'ArianeGroup, jeudi 9 juillet devant les journalistes de l'AJPAE (Association des journalistes professionnels de l'aéronautique et de l'espace). Nous continuons d'avancer, mais avec la crise du Covid-19, nous n'avons pas retrouvé l'efficacité de nos travaux d'avant crise." (...)
https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/aeronautique/ariane-6-ne-volera-que-fin-2021_718832ESA confirms Ariane 6 delay to 2021by Caleb Henry — July 9, 2020
This story was updated July 10 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern to reflect an updated translation of ESA Director of Space Transportation Daniel Neuenschwander’s remarks at a July 9 press briefing. WASHINGTON — Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket won’t launch until the second half of 2021 at the earliest, a delay of at least six months, the European Space Agency confirmed July 9.
“While we know that the maiden flight will not take place before the second semester of 2021, we cannot at this moment precisely quantify the delay, and we cannot provide an exact launch date,” Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA’s director of space transportation, said according to an ESA translation of remarks at a July 9 press event provided to
SpaceNews. The French Association of Professional Journalists in Aeronautics, organized the event at ArianeGroup’s headquarters in Paris.
ESA hopes to have greater clarity on the delays in a few months, he said, according to the ESA translation. (...)
https://spacenews.com/esa-confirms-ariane-6-delay-to-2021/