Video: 00:01:01 On 1 September 2023 ESA's all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle fired its two upper stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate together at German aerospace agency DLR's engine test centre in Lampoldshausen, Germany. The test - of the new Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) - took place on a purpose-built test bench. Vinci, the upper stage engine of Ariane 6 fed by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, can be stopped and restarted multiple times - to place satel...
Video: 00:01:01 On 1 September 2023 ESA's all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle fired its two upper stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate together at German aerospace agency DLR's engine test centre in Lampoldshausen, Germany. The test - of the new Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) - took place on a purpose-built test bench. Vinci, the upper stage engine of Ariane 6 fed by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, can be stopped and restarted multiple times - to place satel...
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