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Le 12 août 2025 à 21h37 heure locale (00h37 UTC, 02h37 CEST le 13 août), Arianespace a lancé avec succès le satellite Metop-SGA1 de l'Organisation européenne pour l'exploitation des satellites météoro...

Watch live: Back-to back launches of Vulcan and Ariane 6 rockets

Watch live coverage as two of the world's newest heavy-lift rockets lift off, potentially within minutes of each other. First up is the launch of Europe's Ariane 6 from Kourou in French Guiana. Lifto...

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Metop-SG A1

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Ariane Launch Area 4 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 13, 2025, 3:06 a.m.

Satellite solar array deployed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 13, 2025, 1:44 a.m.

Spacecraft separation and signal acquisition.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 13, 2025, 12:39 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Aug. 13, 2025, 12:08 a.m.

Official Webcast by arianespace has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 12, 2025, 11:06 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Ariane 62

Family:
Configuration: 62

The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    63.0 m
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
    530.0 T
  • Thrust
    10370.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Ariane 62
  • Family
  • Variant
    62
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ariane 62
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $85000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    10900.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5100.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    6450.0 kg

ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

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CEO: Martin Sion Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

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