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Arianespace will launch an Ariane 62 version in November 2023.
The inaugural flight of the Ariane 64 rocket will be the first launch of 2026.
The satellite launched from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 02:37 (CEST) aboard the Ariane 62 rocket.
The final flight will be launched aboard an Ariane 62, the two-booster variant of the Ariane 6 rocket.
ArianeGroup announced in November 2024 that it completed the qualification of the Ariane 6 upper stage for the four-booster variant.
Arianespace confirmed that the first flight of the Ariane 64 rocket will not be launched until 2026.
The final flight of the Ariane 62 will be the fifth flight of this variant, with the fourth scheduled for 4 November.
Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès did not confirm whether the Ariane 64 variant would fly in 2025.
The first Ariane 64 rocket was initially expected to launch in late 2025, carrying the first batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites.
ArianeGroup initially stated that Ariane 64 rockets would begin flying in 2025.
A European Space Agency update from June 2025 reaffirmed the expectation that the Ariane 64 would fly in 2025.
The Sentinel-1D satellite will be launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
The first flight of Ariane 6 experienced a failure of the upper-stage engine to restart for a deorbit burn.
At peak launch cadences, Ariane 6 and Vega C will account for approximately 14 flights per year.
Two Ariane 6 rockets have been launched in 2024, with two additional flights expected before the end of the year.
Ariane 6 took to the skies for the first time in 2024 after years of delays.
Ariane 6 is an operational launch system offered in two variants: Ariane 62 and Ariane 64.
The more powerful variant of Ariane 6, the Ariane 64, is capable of delivering over 21 tonnes to low Earth orbit.
The first commercial flight of Ariane 6 carried the CSO-3 spy satellite for the French military.
Plato is on track to launch in December 2026 on an Ariane 6.