Ariane 64

In-active Ariane 6

ArianeGroup (AG)

None

Description

The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 64 with four solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
63.0 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
860 T
Thrust
19370 kN

Family

Name
Ariane 64
Family
Ariane 6
Variant
64
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 64

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$90000000
Low Earth Orbit
21650 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
11500 kg
Direct Geostationary
5000 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
14900 kg

ArianeGroup

Commercial

CEO: André-Hubert Roussel

AG 2015

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.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Ariane 64 | MTG-S1

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Second of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 64 | IS-41 & IS-44

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Two geostationary communications satellites built by Thales Alenia Space for Intelsat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 64 | ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 64 | Project Kuiper (Ariane 6 #1)

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

Low Earth Orbit

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Ariane 64 | Optus-11

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand. Optus-11 incorporates a number of advanced technologies, especially the latest developments in digital processing, plus active antennas enabling the creation of several thousand beams.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 64 | GO-1

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Ariane 64 | IS-45

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Intelsat 45 is a small geostationary communications satellite that will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers. IS-45 weighs about 1 metric ton at launch and is designed and built by SWISSto12, based on the company’s innovative HummingSat platform. HummingSats are just over one cubic meter in volume, one-tenth the size of conventional satellites placed in geostationary orbit. SWISSto12 is developing the satellites in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its public-private-partnership program, benefiting from unique and patented 3D printing technologies.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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