Spacecraft launchers - Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 at the Fauga-Mauzac testing facilitiesWho are we ?Contact us... Launchers - Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 at Fauga-Mauzac Testing Facilities. The ONERA propulsion laboratory is still in charge of issues related to the Ariane 5 solid boosters and is already undertaking those of Ariane 6..
Onera's space business managers, Patrice Kerhousse and Miranda Musialek, are on hand to show visitors Onera's role on the Graves space surveillance radar, ESA's SSA (Space Situational Awareness) program, and initial work on the next-generation Ariane 6 launcher....
Ariane 5 uses a main engine and two lateral solid propellant boosters.... All known large solid boosters (such as those of Ariane 5 or the American Space Shuttle, for instance) are subjected to acoustic vibrations because of pressure oscillations which could adversely affect performance and payload....
