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The first hot fire test of the P120C solid rocket motor development model was performed at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 16 July 2018. The test lasted 135 seconds simulating the complete burn time from liftoff and through the first phase of flight. P120C is the largest carbon-fibre solid propellant booster ever built in one segment, at almost 13.5 m long and about 3.4 m in diameter. The P120C solid rocket motor will power the first stage of the Vega-C launcher and Ariane 6’s P120C strap-on boosters. Ariane 62 is fitted with two P120C strap-on boosters while Ariane 64 has four. Two boosters will be used on Ariane 6’s maiden flight, planned for mid-2020.

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