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@ESA_transport "Rocket ignitions are APP's speciality: their igniters and starts for Vulcain XXX are like shoebox-sized miniature solid-rocket motors filled with a solid fuel that can create a powerful flame with just a small spark. For the upper stage restartable engine Vinci APP provides glow plugs that ignite by mixing oxygen and hydrogen gas. This allows the engine to restart up to four times on each flight"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-10-14T15:28Z 17.1K followers, XXX engagements

"Contract for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission signed at @IAC2025sydney ✍ @esa and @Avio_Group signed a contract for 24-months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-09-29T08:16Z 17.2K followers, 48.1K engagements

"The activities will assess and prepare the requirements the design and the technologies for both the ground and flight segments required for an upper stage demonstrator that in the future could return to Earth and be reused on another flight. 🚀"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-09-29T08:16Z 17.2K followers, 625.5K engagements

"The thrust frames for Vulcain XXX and Vinci are aluminium structures that secure the rocket engines in place ensuring the rocket accelerates in the correct direction as it propels into space far beyond the speed of sound. These frames take about a year to produce from start to finish"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-10-14T15:28Z 17.2K followers, XX engagements

"Couldn't stay up for the launch tonight Watch the highlights with us today 🫰 This stunning picture shows the moment #Ariane6 left the ground at the European spaceport in French Guiana on XX August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 local time). 📸 ESA - S. Corvaja"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-08-13T10:44Z 17.1K followers, 11.5K engagements

"Great things are made in Switzerland not only chocolates 🍫 Swiss technology has given us watches Velcro and even the 'hook-and-loop fastener'. It also contributes XXX% to the Ariane X programme with the help of two Switzerland-based companies @BeyondGravity_S and APCO Technologies"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-10-10T14:35Z 17.2K followers, 7723 engagements

"Ever wondered what parts make up the #Ariane6 launch pad Wonder no more. Here they are not from A to Z but from X to X The ELA4 launch pad plays supports Ariane 6s launches from Europes Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana. High-resolution image available here:"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-08-11T13:16Z 17.1K followers, 22.4K engagements

"The Netherlands home to @esa's technical heart and largest site ESTEC and a contributor to Ariane X The Dutch branch of @AirbusSpace builds the frames that hold the Vulcain XXX and Vinci engines in place. APP from @ArianeGroup provides the igniters aka the flames that set the engines off at liftoff 🔥"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-10-14T15:28Z 17.2K followers, 1499 engagements

"Nazdar #Ariane6 Czechia is not only the birthplace of the first European in space Vladimr Remek but it also contributes XXX% of the total budget of Ariane 6"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-10-03T12:32Z 17.2K followers, 3119 engagements

"The views are unmatched ✨ This is an aerial view of Europe's Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana - our home to the @esa-developed rocket families of Ariane and Vega. XXX km north of the equator rockets gain extra performance thanks to a slingshot effect from the speed of Earths rotation. 🌎🚀"
X Link @ESA_transport 2025-09-26T10:39Z 17.1K followers, 2309 engagements