Ariane 6

Active Ariane 6

ArianeGroup (AG)

None

Description

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
63.0 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Ariane 6
Family
Ariane 6
Variant
N/A
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 6

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
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 6 | EnVision

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2031

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

European Space Agency mission to study Venus' atmosphere, geological activity, and climate.

Venus Orbit

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Ariane 6 | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)

ArianeGroup | FRA
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2035

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Heliocentric constellation of three laser-equipped spacecraft forming an equilateral triangle with a side distance of 2.5 million km. Its goal is to detect and study gravitational waves.

Heliocentric N/A

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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

Recent Launches

Long March 2

Success

2 days, 7 hours ago

Shenzhou 18

Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Seventh crewed flight to the Chinese space station.

Electron

Success

3 days, 21 hours ago

Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSa…

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 22 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-53

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 2D

Success

6 days, 20 hours ago

Yaogan 42-02

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Yaogan 42-02 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

Starlink Group 6-52

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.