Ariane 62

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ArianeGroup (AG)

July 9, 2024

Description

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.

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

Commercial
CEO: Christophe Bruneau
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 62 | Metop-SG B1

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD October, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Galileo L15 (FOC FM28 & FM31)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Galileo L16 (FOC FM29 & FM30)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD March, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Ariane 62 | ARIEL

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2031
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Atmospheric Remote sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large survey mission (ARIEL) is an ESA telescope. During its 4-year mission, ARIEL will observe 1000 planets orbiting distant stars and make the first large-scale survey of the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. For a selected number of exoplanets, ARIEL will also perform a deep survey of their cloud systems and study seasonal and daily atmospheric variations.

Sun-Earth L2
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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A2

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2032
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B2

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD March, 2033
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A3

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2038
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B3

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2039
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Galileo L14 (FOC FM33 & FM34)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 17, 2025, 5:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit VA266
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Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 4, 2025, 9:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 13, 2025, 12:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | CSO-3

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 6, 2025, 4:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 9, 2024, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Maiden Flight of the Ariane 62 launch vehicle, carrying ten cubesats, two deployers, five experiments, and two reentry capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 9 hours ago
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…


Smart Dragon 3
Success
1 day, 9 hours ago
SatNet test satellite
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 15 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-21
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 6A
Success
4 days, 1 hour ago
SatNet LEO Group 21
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Long March 8
Success
5 days, 7 hours ago
SpaceSail Polar Group 07
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…