ESA cancels planned upper stage upgrade for Ariane-6

The first Ariane-6 rocket launch in 2024 It appears that back in 2025 but only revealed recently the European Space Agency (ESA) canceled the planned upper stage upgrade for Ariane-6, dubbed Icarus, that the rocket’s builder ArianeGroup had been developing. This decision has now been confirmed by ESA. The decision appears to have been partly because of a desire to