WHEN AMAZON BADLY NEEDED A RIDE, EUROPE'S ARIANE 6 ROCKET DELIVERED

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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in South America at 11:45 AM EST on Thursday. The rocket's four boosters generated more than 3.4 million pounds of thrust as it hauled 32 spacecraft to low-Earth orbit for Amazon's satellite broadband constellation. The successful test demonstrates the European Space Agency's ability to deliver the most demanding large-scale constellation missions. The next Ariane 6 launch, to be announced in the coming weeks, will carry another set of Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.