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Europe recently launched the expendable Falcon 9 competitor, Ariane 6, but is the race already over? “In 2014 Ariane controlled 30-40% percent of the market.” But reusability was not taken seriously by ArianeGroup, and now SpaceX has replaced the European behemoth as undisputed launch market leader.


The road from the drawing board to the launch pad had been long and humbling for Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket

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