ARIANE 6 rocket

For Orbiter 2016

Important:
NOT for Orbiter 2024
An adapted version will be uploaded soon as possible.
This is a French version. An English version is available on Orbit Hangar.

This add-on is designed to be installed in addition to the KOUROU CSG Centre Spatial add-on v 5.1
But this addon is not mandatory !(see explanations below)


DESCRIPTION:
Here is the new European Ariane 6 rocket in its 6.2 version (with 2 boosters) as it was for the inaugural flight (v 262) on July 9, 2024.
Currently this add-on is only in French. In the next update (planned for next March or April) there will be an English version.

The payloads carried by this rocket are provided :

- 9 small satellites (cube sat)
- 4 experiments (fixed on the platform)
- 2 reentry test capsules

You can do the first mission of this rocket either in automatic mode (you just have to watch) or in manual mode.

INSTALLATION:

1) Just extract the "zip" file into the main root folder of your Orbiter.
If some files need to be overwritten, give permission.

2) Installing the KOUROU CSG Centre Spatial v 5.1 add-on is recommended, but not mandatory.
It is beter to install this before the Ariane 6 rocket...
Dont'forget to create the link (Create symbolic links) in OrbiterLaunchpad

RECOMMENDED ADD-ONS:

OrbiterSound version 5 for Orbiter 2016 (essential)
http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?page=download

Jarmonik's D3D9 Graphics Client (highly recommended)
https://swww.orbiter-forum.com/resources/d3d9-for-orbiter-2016.5493/

KOUROU CSG v 5.1 to have all the buildings and launch zones of the Kourou Space Center.
http://francophone.dansteph.com/?page=addon&id=261

FRENCH GUIANA SURFACE TILES
To update some Kourou tiles and add Cayenne-Rochambeau tiles as well as many areas of French Guiana.
http://francophone.dansteph.com/?page=addon&id=278&language=english

Note:
This add-on is designed to work even if the KOUROU CSG Space Center add-on is not installed.
If you install my "Ariane 6" add-on over my "Kourou-CSG" add-on, some files will be overwritten.
Don't worry, files are the same (assembly tower, mast, assembly building, etc.)
These last elements are not updated, same for the ground texture. Their appearance is very different from what they are (in reality) today.
I have planned, in a second step, to make an update for the ELA4 site because I made it a long time ago, when this site was only at the project stage.
So be indulgent about the realism of this area.

Some essential modules are included in this add-on :
- Spacecraft4 by Vinka
- Multistage2015 by Fred18
- VesselBuilder by Fred18

All the details and explanations of the mission are in the manual located in the folder .../Doc/Ariane6.
But sorry, it is still in French...
Don't forget to "create the links" see page 14 of the doc

UPDATE (Feb 2025):
The list of updates is here:
http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/?topic=14897

FUTURE UPDATES:
- Improved surface tiles of the ELA4 area (grass - but also tar - have been growing since a long time)
- The launch mast (the one provided is not conform to reality)
- The Assembly building (same)
- The launch platform, lightning pylons, flues, etc...