An iconic moment in the launch of Ariane 6: the rocket’s gantry opens to leave it in the open air on the Kourou Space Centre’s launch pad, in French Guiana, a few hours before its first commercial flight to put a military satellite into orbit. Following several postponements, Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6 is scheduled to blast off from a spaceport in Kourou at 13:24 (16:24 GMT) Monday. IMAGES