Ariane 6

The first flight of the Ariane 64 rocket was initially expected to occur before the end of 2025.

On 24 September, Arianespace announced that it had been awarded the contract to launch the SATCOMBw-3 satellites aboard two Ariane 6 rockets.

Arianespace plans to conduct several Ariane 64 flights in 2026.

Arianespace has not yet completed a launch of an Ariane 64 rocket.

The Ariane 6 launcher family is built by ArianeGroup, a Franco-German company.

Arianespace has been awarded the contract to launch two SATCOMBw Stufe 3 satellites for the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) using two Ariane 6 rockets.

Sentinel-1D will be launched by an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, in 2025.

MetOp-SG-A1 was launched on August 13 aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European Spaceport in French Guiana.

The mission designated VA264 represents the third flight and second commercial flight of the Ariane 6 rocket operated by Arianespace.

Ariane 6 rocket successfully lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou.

The Ariane-6 rocket launched from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on August 13, 2025, at 2:37 AM CEST.

The Ariane-6 rocket is designed to launch missions to low Earth orbits and deep space and can weigh nearly 900 tons at launch.

The Ariane-6 rocket has a modular design and is over 60 meters tall.

The first satellite of the second generation of MetOp satellites, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched aboard an Ariane-6 rocket.

The 2025 Arianespace manifest includes the first flight of the Ariane 64, the Ariane 6 variant with four strap-on solid rocket boosters.

Amazon has booked 18 Ariane 64 flights to deploy part of its Project Kuiper broadband constellation.

The 2025 manifest includes the first flight of the Ariane 64, the four-strapped-booster version of Ariane 6.

Amazon has booked 18 flights of the Ariane 64 to deploy part of its Project Kuiper broadband constellation.