It already has a backlog of launch contracts, but there are worries its design could limit future prospects. Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new rocket is needed ...

Their new Ariane 5 Rocket could launch two three-ton satellites into space. It had more power than anything that had come before. The rocket rose up towards the heavens on a pillar of flame ...

Europe essentially has no launch service currently, after retiring the previous-generation rocket, Ariane-5, in July; and being forced to suspend operations of its medium-lift vehicle, Vega-C ...

A Pegasus XL vehicle can lift 443 kilograms into low Earth orbit for $13.5 million. Launching a heavy satellite will require more lift. An Ariane 5G rocket can launch an 18,000-kilogram satellite ...