Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by matthieu_bl » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC

Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]
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Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by _bernd » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

I will definitely start to read this out loud to my 5 year old. He will love it. Thanks for sharing your finding.

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by goku12 » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC

_bernd wrote: post #2

I will definitely start to read this out loud to my 5 year old. He will love it. Thanks for sharing your finding.

Just FYI. Almost every launcher that offers commercial services has such a user manual. I was involved in preparing one such manual. A collection of these manuals can be quite entertaining for 5 year olds. You should be able to easily find them from the websites of the respective companies or agencies.

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by _bernd » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC

goku12 wrote: post #3

_bernd wrote: post #2

I will definitely start to read this out loud to my 5 year old. He will love it. Thanks for sharing your finding.

Just FYI. Almost every launcher that offers commercial services has such a user manual. I was involved in preparing one such manual. A collection of these manuals can be quite entertaining for 5 year olds. You should be able to easily find them from the websites of the respective companies or agencies.

Thanks for the tip. I only knew about old manuals of the space shuttle.

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by kevin_thibedeau » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 1:19 AM UTC

_bernd wrote: post #2

I will definitely start to read this out loud to my 5 year old. He will love it. Thanks for sharing your finding.

Have an LLM rewrite it in Seussian verse.

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by hliyan » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC

I think the Spacecraft Interfaces section (starting page 84) is the bit that might interest HN readers. It describes (to potential customers) the dimensions of the payload bay, electrical and comms interfaces available, conditions the payload must be able to tolerate (vibration, temperature etc).

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC

Is there any sign of political pressure in Europe around its space programme? Or is it going to be stuck in Ariane space for another generation?

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by themafia » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC

_bernd wrote: post #4

goku12 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just FYI. Almost every launcher that offers commercial services has such a user manual. I was involved in preparing one such manual. A collection of these manuals can be quite entertaining for 5 year olds. You should be able to easily find them from the websites of the respective companies or agencies.

Thanks for the tip. I only knew about old manuals of the space shuttle.

NTRS is an amazing resource for that:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search?q=shuttle&page=%7B%22from%22:0,...

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by jsrcout » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC

Docs like this make playing space engineer so much more fun.

Re: Ariane 6 user's manual [pdf]

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Post by gostsamo » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #7

Is there any sign of political pressure in Europe around its space programme? Or is it going to be stuck in Ariane space for another generation?

The issue is that Europe does not have the market for a reusable rocket and though there are a few initiatives for creating one, the current policy is for maintaining launch capability for only a few satellites yearly. If the EU decides to make One Web truly massive, things might change.