Europe's Ariane 5 rocket launches final mission

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STORY: Date: July 5, 2023

Europe's Ariane 5 rocket launches its 117th and final mission

deploying two military communications satellites

Ariane 5's retirement leaves European nations with a vacuum in autonomous access to space

for the first time in more than four decades

Its successor Ariane 6 has been hit by technical delays and may not debut until 2024

and tensions with Moscow over Ukraine mean Europe has lost access to Russia's Soyuz launcher