Success
VA266Galileo L14 (FOC FM33 & FM34)
Navigation
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 62
MEOorbit
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Replay
Flight Timeline
- T-00:07Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+02:14SRB Separation
- T+03:30Fairing Separation
- T+07:39MECO
- T+07:45Stage 2 Separation
- T+07:53SES-1
- T+18:43SECO-1
- T+3:38:49SES-2
- T+3:40:41SECO-2
- T+3:55:30Payload Separation
Links
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#7,158
ASA Mission
#324
Pad Launch
#5
Location Launch
#330
Designator
2025-302
Launch Window
NET
Dec 17, 2025, 5:01 AM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Ariane 62 Specs
The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.
Length
63 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
530 t
Thrust
10,370 kN
LEO Capacity
10,900 kg
GTO Capacity
5,100 kg
SSO Capacity
6,450 kg
Launch Cost
$85M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2024
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 12d
Total Launches
5
Successful
5
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Jul 9, 2024
Social Flight Log
- Dec 17, 2025, 10:52 AM
Launch success.
Source - Dec 17, 2025, 8:05 AM
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
Source - Dec 17, 2025, 5:02 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Dec 17, 2025, 4:38 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Nov 20, 2025, 9:38 AM
Updating Galileo FM numbers, adding launch date and time, and setting GO.
Source - Jul 16, 2025, 7:05 AM
NET December 2025
Source - Oct 12, 2023, 3:06 PM
NET 2025
Source - Jan 8, 2022, 8:48 AM
Adding the launch
Source
Ariane Launch Area 4
ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.
Total Launches
7
Orbital Attempts
7
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 12d
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Dec 17, 2025, 2:01 AM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903