Updates Ariane 6 Updates

[GLS]

Booster separation!

 

[GLS]

Fairing separation!

 

[GLS]

Now in a steep climb...

 

[GLS]

2º stage now firing!

 

[GLS]

Really cool onboard views
Still need better microphones, though.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yes, the telemetry view could also get modernized a bit, but at the same time, I like the classic Jupiter look.

 

[GLS]

Vinci burn complete, now in orbit!
On the onboard view, looks like something fell off the vehicle a little before shutdown...

 

[Urwumpe]

Could still be ice.

 

[GLS]

Could still be ice.

Went back (@+17:56) and indeed it looks like ice.

 

[Piorun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1810758897940189395

 

[Piorun]

Photos taken during early ascent - the boosters did their part!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1810760519583748525

 

[francisdrake]

The second stage is now in coast phase.

If the animation is correct, its rotation rate is much slower than a Centaur upper stage.
The Centaur rotates once every 2 min, and reverses its rotation after half of the coast phase.
Here the rotation seems to take much longer.

Both stages rotate to avoid single-side heating of the propellant in the tanks, and to stabilize their axis without using RCS thrusters.

 

[GLS]

2º Vinci burn underway!

 

[GLS]

... and shutdown!

 

[GLS]

First batch of sats being deployed!

 

[Urwumpe]

And success! If it now makes it to the deorbit maneuver, its 10/10

 

[GLS]

And success! If it now makes it to the deorbit maneuver, its 10/10

Calm, there is still some payloads to deploy.

 

[Urwumpe]

Calm, there is still some payloads to deploy.

So I should celebrate that much like France in the semi-final?

 

[GLS]

So I should celebrate that much like France in the semi-final?

I don't have the "soccer disease", so that one flew right over my head...

 

[Urwumpe]

I don't have the "soccer disease", so that one flew right over my head...

I would have had a very hard time today, if Germany won that quarterfinal, so in a sense, I am lucky that we didn't get the penalty because of the handplay....