Europe's Ariane 6 stages first commercial launch

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Europe's newest uncrewed heavy launcher blasted off on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit on Thursday in its first commercially operational launch.

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 1:24 p.m.

Ariane 6 is built by ArianeGroup, co-owned by Airbus and Safran.

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