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The Ariane 6 upper-stage deorbit glitch would not have prevented payloads from being deployed into their planned orbits on an operational mission.
In March, an Ariane 6 launched the French CSO-3 reconnaissance satellite into low Earth orbit.
Eumetsat moved the MTG-S1 launch from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9 to ensure the spacecraft would launch in 2025 and agreed to use Ariane 6 for future satellite launches.
Delays in Ariane 6 development, retirement of Ariane 5, the loss of Soyuz access after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the grounding of Vega C in late 2022 created a gap in European access to space.
The 2025 Arianespace manifest includes the first flight of the Ariane 64, the Ariane 6 variant with four strap-on solid rocket boosters.
SpaceX performed 83 Falcon 9 launches so far in 2025, which is more than eight times the projected peak annual launch rate for Ariane 6.
EUMETSAT moved the MTG-S1 weather satellite launch from Ariane 6 to SpaceX Falcon 9 to ensure the spacecraft would launch in 2025.
The first Ariane 6 test flight lifted off from the European spaceport in French Guiana and the upper stage failed to perform a final deorbit burn, leaving it stranded in orbit.
Arianespace planned more than five Ariane 6 launches in 2026.
The ASAP adapter was first utilized on the SPOT 2 mission launched aboard an Ariane 40 rocket from French Guiana in January 1990.
Intelsat contracted with the Chinese government to launch its seventh-generation communications satellite, Intelsat-708, at half the rate of the European Ariane rocket.
Ariane 6's first commercial flight launched the CSO-3 military observation satellite into orbit.
With the launch of CSO-3, Ariane 6 guarantees France and Europe autonomous access to space.
Starting in the early next decade, the Argonaut will launch on regular missions to the Moon using the European launch vehicle Ariane 6.
The number of Ariane 6 launches is expected to increase in the coming months.
Ariane 6 is Europe's newest heavy-lift rocket, offering high performance and flexibility at lower costs than its predecessors.
PLATO will be staged to the so-called Lagrange or Libration point 2 by the upper stage of the Ariane-6 rocket.
The first flight of Ariane 6 took place in July 2024, with the second flight planned for February 2025.
Ariane 6's configuration includes an improved main stage, a choice of two or four powerful boosters, and a new reusable upper stage, increasing Europe’s efficiency for diverse mission requirements.
The James Webb Space Telescope is also positioned at the Lagrange point 2, having been delivered there by the European predecessor launch vehicle Ariane 5 in December 2021.