Success
Metop-SG A1
Earth Science
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 62
SSOorbit
First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Replay
Flight Timeline
- T-00:07Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+02:15SRB Separation
- T+03:32Fairing Separation
- T+07:42Stage 2 Separation
- T+07:50SES-1
- T+54:27SES-2
- T+1:04:00Payload Separation
- T+1:58:00SES-3
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Mission details
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
Apr 3, 2014 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#7,026
ASA Mission
#321
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#327
Designator
2025-172
Launch Window
NET
Aug 13, 2025, 12:37 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
- Aug 13, 2025, 3:06 AM
Satellite solar array deployed.
Source - Aug 13, 2025, 1:44 AM
Spacecraft separation and signal acquisition.
Source - Aug 13, 2025, 12:39 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Aug 13, 2025, 12:08 AM
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
Source - Aug 12, 2025, 11:06 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Jul 28, 2025, 8:04 AM
Adding launch day and time and setting GO
Source - Jan 28, 2025, 1:12 PM
Targeting August 2025
Source - Oct 10, 2024, 10:59 AM
NET September 2025.
Source - Dec 15, 2023, 2:04 AM
NET Q2 2025.
Source - Nov 21, 2022, 8:00 PM
NET Q1 2025
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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
Aug 12, 2025, 9:37 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903