Success
Maiden Flight
Test Flight
European Space Agency(ESA)Multinational
Ariane 62
LEOorbit
Maiden Flight of the Ariane 62 launch vehicle, carrying ten cubesats, two deployers, five experiments, and two reentry capsules.
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-5:26:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-5:06:00Stage 2 LH2 Load
- T-00:07Ignition
- T+00:00Booster Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+02:16Booster Separation
- T+03:39Fairing Separation
- T+07:35MECO
- T+07:41Stage 2 Separation
- T+07:50SES-1
- T+18:32SECO-1
- T+56:20SES-2
- T+56:42SECO-2
- T+1:05:53Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+2:37:15SES-3
- T+2:37:43SECO-3
- T+2:40:13Payload Deployment Sequence End
- T+3:00:00Atmospheric Entry
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,720
ESA Mission
#7
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#321
Designator
2024-128
Launch Window
NET
Jul 9, 2024, 7:00 PM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
6:00 PM
Window Open
10:00 PM
Window Close
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
- Jul 9, 2024, 11:18 PM
Successful maiden flight of Ariane 6 from liftoff to payload separation in orbit. An APU anomaly prevented the deorbit burn from happening, the reentry capsules will therefore remain attached to the second stage in orbit.
Source - Jul 9, 2024, 7:00 PM
Liftoff
Source - Jul 9, 2024, 6:01 PM
Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started
Source - Jul 9, 2024, 2:00 PM
T-0 delayed by an hour
Source - Jul 3, 2024, 5:15 PM
Updated launch window.
Source - Jun 25, 2024, 11:48 AM
Added launch window.
Source - Jun 5, 2024, 7:49 AM
Targeting July 9
Source - May 21, 2024, 9:13 AM
NET early July.
Source - Nov 30, 2023, 8:10 AM
Targeting between June 15 and July 31, 2024
Source - Oct 11, 2023, 10:41 PM
NET April-May 2024.
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 10:50 AM
NET Q2 2024.
Source - Apr 18, 2023, 11:53 PM
NET 2024
Source - Oct 19, 2022, 4:46 PM
Delayed to Q4 2023
Source - Jun 13, 2022, 9:58 AM
NET 2023 (at 3:30 mark)
Source - Jun 1, 2022, 3:38 PM
TBD towards the end of 2022
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
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Founded
1975
Administrator
Director General: Josef Aschbacher
Total Launches
7
Successful
6
Failed
1
Pending
1
Consecutive Success
5
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
Jul 9, 2024, 4:00 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903