List of Ariane 6 rocket launches

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Planned Ariane 6 in the configurations Ariane 62 with two and Ariane 64 with four solid fuel boosters

The Ariane-6 start list includes all the planned launch of the European Ariane-6 - launcher . The Ariane 6 is intended to replace the successful Ariane 5 and represents a new development compared to this.

All Ariane 6 rockets are scheduled to take off from the ELA-4 launch site of the Center Spatial Guyanais near Kourou in French Guiana .

statistics

List last updated: May 25, 2020

version Ariane 62 Ariane 64
status planned
First flight 2021 2021
Number of flights 0 0
Successfully 0 0
False starts 0 0
Partial successes 0 0
Last flight –- –-

Planned launches

The list was last updated on April 11, 2020

The dates are plans or expectations for the earliest possible start date. Rocket launches are often postponed to a later date.

Date and
Time UTC 		Type Start no. Customer
payload 		Type of payload Payload in kg 1 Orbit 2
2021 Ariane 62 EuropeEurope Galileo 29, 30 two navigation satellites 2 × 750 MEO
2021 Ariane 62 FranceFrance CSO 3 Spy satellite 3655 SSO
2021 Ariane 64 FranceFrance Eutelsat Hotbird 13F, 13G Communication satellites 2 × 4500 GTO
2021-2022 Ariane 64 United StatesUnited States Viasat-3 Communications satellite approx. 6400 GTO
1st half of 2022 Ariane 64 (not yet booked) Rideshare flight GO-1 ≤ 4500 GEO
2022Template: future / in 2 years Ariane 62 EuropeEurope Galileo 31, 32 two navigation satellites 2 × 750 MEO
no earlier than 2022 Ariane 62 EuropeEurope Galileo 33, 34 two navigation satellites 2 × 750 MEO
2022 Template: future / in 2 years(possibly) Ariane 64 European space agencyESA JUICE Jupiter probe approx. 5000 Escape route
no earlier than 2023Template: future / in 3 years Ariane 64 (not yet booked) Rideshare flight to the moon Escape route
202x Ariane 62 EuropeEurope Galileo 35, 36 two navigation satellites 2 × 750 MEO
202x Ariane 62 EuropeEurope Galileo 37, 38 two navigation satellites 2 × 750 MEO
until 2027 (several starts) Template: future / in 5 years
 Ariane 6 3 FranceFrance Eutelsat three communication satellites GTO
2028Template: future / in 5 years Ariane 62 European space agencyESA ARIEL Comet Interceptor
European space agencyESA 		Space telescope
comet probe 		<1000
<1000 		Transfer path
to the L 2 point
1Take-off mass of the payload including the fuel carried ( wet mass ), but without the payload adapter.
2Track on which the upper stage payload is to be released; not necessarily the target orbit of the payload.
3Customers can choose between Ariane 62 and 64. Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël assumes that Eutelsat will choose the Ariane 64.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ariane 6. (PDF) Académie de l'air et de l'espace, May 31, 2017, accessed on March 6, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Gunter Krebs: Ariane-6. Gunter's Space Page, December 11, 2017, accessed May 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ First launch order for the Ariane 6th flight review, September 14, 2017, accessed on March 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Gunter Krebs: CSO 1, 2, 3. Gunter's Space Page, February 23, 2019, accessed on March 6, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ Gunter Krebs: Hotbird 13F, 13G. Gunter's Space Page, January 9, 2019, accessed May 7, 2019 .
  6. ^ Caleb Henry: Viasat orders Asia Pacific ViaSat-3 from Boeing amid record revenue. In: Spacenews. February 6, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  7. ^ Viasat, Arianespace Modify Initial ViaSat-3 Satellite Launch Contract; Viasat to Become First Commercial Customer to Launch Aboard the Ariane 64. Arianespace, June 17, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Arianespace's “GO-1” mission will provide small satellites with a direct flight to geostationary orbit. Arianespace, August 6, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b c d Caleb Henry: EU reserves four Ariane 6 rockets for Galileo navigation satellites. In: Spacenews. January 23, 2020, accessed January 26, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Caleb Henry: ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement. Spacenews, April 18, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Caleb Hebry: Arianespace targets 2023 for lunar Ariane 6 rideshare mission. In: Spacenews. October 22, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b Eutelsat becomes first Ariane 6 commercial customer with five-satellite launch contract. Spacenews, September 10, 2018, accessed on March 6, 2019 .
  13. ↑ ARIEL on the ESA website, accessed June 19, 2019.
  14. ^ ESA's new mission to intercept a comet. ESA, June 19, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 .