ESA's Ariane 6 Rocket Launches Cubesats To Orbit In Debut Flight

European Space Agency debuts its workhorse Ariane 5 successor, Ariane 6 on Tuesday(July 9). It lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 1901 UTC, carrying 9 cubesats. The two-stage rocket is built by the French company ArianeGroup and operated by its subsidiary Arianespace on behalf of ESA