#P120C

They see me rollin' ..... #Ariane6 #CSG #ESA #P120C pic.twitter.com/E4nnlUFH3B

Discover the journey of the motor #P120C, which successfully passed its first test firing! pic.twitter.com/0uFzk2z3AP

Watch the latest on the #Ariane6 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport. #P120C SRM and the @Ariane6 core stage mockups are used to test the machinery (e.g. cranes, dollies) that will eventually handle the real rocket. @esa @esa_sts @Arianespace @ArianeGroup @CNES @Sentinel_Dronepic.twitter.com/boPS6qHzyX

This second successful test of the #P120C is a major step in the development of the future European launchers, Ariane 6 and Vega-C! pic.twitter.com/xO0nC2GHCe

4500 kN thrust go Vrooom in Kourou 7. Oct 2020: 2nd hotfire test of the #P120C solid rocket motor, which is at the same time the first stage of #VegaC and one of the 4 #Ariane6 boosters. With a 132 s burn-time the P120 chews through 1 tonne of propellant every second.@esa_stspic.twitter.com/pgK13X3Mmy

#Avio has 5 sites in Italy, France and French Guiana, and employs around 850 highly-qualified people, about 30% of whom work in research and development. The first qualification model of the #P120C, was static fired on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. pic.twitter.com/1FywzLlr8L

How to transport and handle an #Ariane6 solid rocket motor? Tests at @EuropeSpacePort let us validate these industrial tools on an inert mock-up before doing it on the real booster. We call this motor the #P120C and it will also be used as the first stage of #VegaC @vega_stspic.twitter.com/5YFdMNcfg9

All three engines developed to power Europe’s future @Ariane6 rocket have completed extensive tests – the #P120C solid rocket motor for the boosters, the #Vulcain 2.1 core stage engine and the #Vinci upper stage engine https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/All_engines_for_Ariane_6_complete_qualification_tests …pic.twitter.com/TVRJH7K5rG

The nozzle is attached to the #P120C full-scale model solid rocket motor for #ariane6 and #VegaC.pic.twitter.com/cxFq1IqNvV

Only a few months of work left on the @esa_sts @Ariane6 launch site, tests have begun to ensure Europe's Spaceport is ready for its new launcher . This pic shows transport of a #P120C booster section... actually a mock-up filled with water! (: ESA/CNES/Arianespace) pic.twitter.com/mla5z8UIkp

Things are shaping up at the @Ariane6 launch pad at the European #Spaceport! Recently, tests began using mock-ups of #P120C boosters to trial how they’ll be transported ( @ArianeGroup @Arianespace @esa @CNES @Sentinel_Drone)pic.twitter.com/BQKYocwi74

... and I watched the #VA244 #Ariane5 launch with #Galileo navsats built by @OHB_SE and the first test firing of the #P120C solid rocket motor for #Ariane6 and #VegaC launchers from the Jupiter 2 control room at #CSG! Great memories! #VS22 #Soyuz #O3b #SESnetworkspic.twitter.com/Cj0ugBxu3Q

More pics of the first Ariane 6 P120C booster's aft skirt, due to ship to Kourou in October, pictures via @ArianeGroup #Ariane6 #P120C #CSG #ESApic.twitter.com/q36OR6cFlQ

CNES CSG is reporting that the 3rd and final P120C test fire is planned in the coming weeks (Nice BEAP shot of the previous test attached, via @Sentinel_Drone ) #P120C #Ariane6 #VegaC #CSG #ESApic.twitter.com/LPS3oHXFOh

The development model of the #P120C rocket motor was transferred from the integration building to the test stand in June to prepare for the first static hot firing later this week at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou VegaC #Ariane6 http://esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation/Highlights/Largest_rocket_motor …pic.twitter.com/87AaTZcZmq

Great view of the final hot-firing test yesterday for the second qualification model of the #P120C solid rocket motor, configured for @Ariane6 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/10/Hot_firing_of_Ariane_6_s_P120C_motor …pic.twitter.com/eCG4TsFEA7

Footage from today's hot firing of the #P120C solid-propellant motor at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana - now flight-worthy for #VegaC next year and #Ariane6 from 2020 - follow @esa_sts for updates https://youtu.be/B4r_1db6xYo pic.twitter.com/b2sEuFtKWf

#P120C test in close up: filled with 142 tonnes of solid propellant, this engine burned for 130 seconds (about tonne a second!), delivering a maximum thrust of about 4500 kN in simulating liftoff and the first phase of flight! https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Final_hot_firing_proves_P120C_booster_for_Ariane_6 …pic.twitter.com/BNoPo9k3ZO