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Vol VA265 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane 6 I Arianespace

Le 4 novembre 2025 à 18h02 heure locale (21h02 UTC, 22h02 CET), Arianespace a lancé avec succès le satellite Sentinel-1D du programme Copernicus à bord d'Ariane 6 depuis le port spatial européen de Ko...

Lancement Ariane 6 avec le satellite Sentinel-1D (VA265)

Le lanceur européen Ariane 6 effectuera son quatrième vol depuis le Centre spatial guyanais. A son bord ? Le satellite Sentinel-1D, un satellite d'observation de la surface terrestre. La séparation du...

Arianespace Launches Earth Observation Satellite Sentinel-1D

Arianespace is launching the Ariane 6 rocket in its 2 Solid Rocket Booster configuration, carrying the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit from the Guiana Space Center...

Ariane 6 Flight VA265

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Sentinel-1D

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

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

Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2025, 10:45 p.m.

Satellite in operation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2025, 9:37 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2025, 9:03 p.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2025, 8:38 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2025, 5:13 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

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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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