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ESA Reveals Timeline for Final Push to Maiden Ariane 6 Flight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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TLDR:

June 18 : wet dress rehearsal

Launch: first two weeks of July

Tentative date to be announced during ILA airshow between 5-9 of June

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[–] Buzztiger@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

It's been too long since we had an operational European launcher. I hope Vega C and A6 are available and reliable by the end of the year. There is quite a queue of new missions, several of them already had to be launched with SpaceX.