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Arianespace’s first Ariane 6 mission will use the 62 version of the rocket with two side boosters.
The Ariane 62 configuration has a low Earth orbit capacity of 10.3 tonnes.
The Ariane 6 launch system's first full year of operations was 2025 and included four Ariane 62 flights.
Ariane 6 is expected to lift between 4,500 and 5,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit when equipped with two solid rocket boosters (Ariane 62).
OneWeb will fly satellites on the inaugural flight of Ariane 6 using the Ariane 62 configuration with two strap-on boosters, with that mission scheduled for 2020.
Arianespace signed OneWeb as the customer for the 2020 maiden flight of Ariane 6, which will use the lighter Ariane 62 configuration with two strap-on boosters.
The European Commission ordered two Ariane 62 launches for Galileo in 2017 with launches initially slated for 2020 and 2021.
The first of the 2017-ordered Ariane 62 launches slipped to 2021 due to a disagreement between ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency that delayed the start of serial production until April 2019.
Three subsequent missions will each orbit two Galileo satellites on Ariane 62 rockets in 2023, 2024, and 2025.