Ariane 6 first flight was planned to bring OneWeb satellites in space.
If they can't launch them, I wonder what will be the payload of the first Ariane 6.
If they can't launch them, I wonder what will be the payload of the first Ariane 6.
Ariane 6 was a response to Falcon 9 first generation, and they designed it to compete with a Falcon 9 from 4 years ago, Falcon 9 is a different beast now.
Even launching 2 huge satellites is not gone work because there are fewer of those launches, and Falcon Heavy is getting a bigger fairing that could do that too.
Seems to me its more of a jobs program that claims 'national security' as a reason.