Ariane 5 takes its final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket

Ariane 5 takes its final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket

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On Tuesday July 4, the last Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. As the rocket's red glare fades, Europe will be without a heavy-lift rocket for the first time in decades, with no reusable one in sight. It will be quite an Independence Day for ArianeGroup,…

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