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The launch window times are all wrong in the article! From this ESA page : "Ariane 6 is scheduled to launch on 9 July 2024, with a launch window from 15:00-19:00 local time at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (19:00–23:00 BST, 9 July 20:00–10 July 00:00 CEST)." Frankly, I think all launch...

Maybe I'm mistaken, but surely a "detonation wave continuously rotating" means this has no discrete detonations at all - i.e. it will sound like any other rocket engine. The detonation is - by design - perpetually spiralling inside the engine, so the exhaust and thrust (and noise) will be constant.