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  1. 6 Jul 2020

    Hey Kerbonauts! How are your rockets coming along? We at are so curious to see your best Ariane builds and launches in that we decided to do a with some out-of-this-world merch 🚀💫 Read below for info:

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  2. 4 Oct 2020

    If you could choose one rocket to have as a model, which one would you choose? Searching for inspiration what I should build next😄

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  4. Jan 8

    JWST will launch on an ! Definitely one of the most exciting space events in 2021!

  5. 15 Aug 2020

    The first and second stage have separated.

  6. 16 Aug 2020

    This carried the Galaxy 30, MEV-2, and BSAT-4B to Earth-orbit. The Galaxy 30 and MEV-2 (Mission Extension Vehicle-2) were developed by , while the BSAT-4b satellite was developed by the Japanese operator BSAT 🛰🛰

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  7. 22 Jun 2020

    This is a comparison of the Vulcain engine used in the 1st stage of the & rockets. Which engine should be the next?

  8. 3 Aug 2020

    Launch Update👇 🔘 Astra/Rocket 3.1 - Orbital test launch scrubbed, updates soon. 🚀 🔘 Ariane 5 - Launch scrubbed, new launch date announced very soon. 🚀 🔘 Starlink & BlackSky Global Date: Aug 6th 🛰 Launch Time: TBC

  9. 15 Aug 2020

    Europe’s has delivered two satellites Galaxy-30 and BSAT-4B, and the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2), into their planned transfer orbits. There are also four notable updates to the launch vehicle . Read more:

    
On 15 August 2020, Ariane 5 flight VA253 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites Galaxy-30 and BSAT-4B, and the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2), into their planned transfer orbits.

Also on this flight, there were four notable technical modifications to Ariane 5: an onboard autonomous tracking kit called Kassav, vented nose cone from RUAG in Switzerland and new materials for a lighter upper stage and vehicle equipment bay (VEB) – the ‘brain’ of the launch vehicle.

These modifications will continue to be used on all Ariane 5 flights and also incorporated in the upcoming Ariane 6.

Flight VA253 was the 109th Ariane 5 mission.
  10. 6 Oct 2020

    Flight VA251 : Ariane 5 successfully deployed its two satellite passengers : Eutelsat Konnect for and .in’s GSAT-30 – to geostationary transfer orbit.

  11. 15 Aug 2020

    Sunday and rockets, gotta love it ❤🚀

  12. 9 Jun 2020

    Moment | successfully separated from the upper stage of

  13. 5 Jun 2020

    Did you know? India's communication satellite was successfully launched into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by . Stay tuned| Sceince & Technology👍 🇮🇳🇮🇳

  14. Jan 12

    That was really a cool spacecraft! Would have been cool to have Hermes for bringing Astronauts to orbit now. I always have to think about the model with the on top that stands in . Let's see what & will fly in the future :)

  15. Well done those of you who guessed correctly! Any thoughts about which flight this booster was used on?

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  16. 26 Jul 2020

    The mission with was very special for : Both the Ariane 5 upper stage and the Galileo satellites are from Bremen!

  17. 10 Dec 2020

    This minute, exactly 21 years ago at 14:32 UTC on December 10th, 1999 we had lift-off and started our adventure in space! Thank you for the ride!

  18. 18 Nov 2020

    ✨ Dear Santa , now that you've awaken a deep interest in me for a real toy model of the steampunk version, know that I'm a very nice Big Kiddo. Yes, plus this is not a plastic toy, so see how much consciousness I have gathered this year! ✨

  19. 20 Oct 2020
  20. 15 Oct 2020

    fangirling when I saw this retweet!!! for the win!!!! 🇪🇺

  21. 7 Nov 2020

    How about a pretty night shot...

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