Ariane

American  

[ar-ee-an, a-ryan] / ˌær iˈæn, aˈryan /

noun

1. Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.

2. a first name, French form of Ariadne.

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Example Sentences

In 2015, Epstein had entered into a $25 million consulting agreement with the Swiss bank that he negotiated with Ariane de Rothschild, another of Epstein’s associates.

From The Wall Street Journal

A European Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from France's Kourou space base in French Guiana early Wednesday, carrying two Galileo global navigation satellites, according to an AFP correspondent.

From Barron's

Previous Galileo satellites were primarily launched by Ariane 5 and Russian Soyuz rockets from Kourou.

From Barron's

Before the Ariane 6 rocket entered into service in July 2024, the EU contracted with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch two Galileo satellites aboard Falcon 9 rockets in September 2024 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

From Barron's

“We are comfortable with our view that tariffs will have only a modest impact on global trade,” wrote Ariane Curtis, an economist at Capital Economics, in a note to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal