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Hey @ArianeGroup I always wonder, what is meaning of "Ariane" in ArianeSpace?

That's a good question, it's the French for Ariadne from Ancient Greek mythology. She delivered Theseus with a thread to come back home safely. Ariane launchers are the reliable thread linking Europe to space.

Gotcha! THANKS!!

There's often an Ancient Greek/Roman mythology story underneath most of our products' names, for instance, do you know the name of our next engine?

The Vinci engine for the Arianne 6 upperstage? Or am I thinking about the wrong one here

The next, next one then. (Vinci was chosen for another reason)

So then it has to be Vulcain 2.1 i suppose?