Upcoming ESA Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All European Space Agency (ESA) dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change

NET (No Earlier Than)
TBC (To Be Confirmed)
TBD (To Be Determined)

ESA Ariane Vega-C VV26 Biomass Earth Explorer 7

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED

2025-04-29 09:15 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Biomass Earth Explorer 7 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@ESA_EO 📷📷📷 • Countdown begins for Arianespace's upcoming launch! VV26
➡️ On April 29, 2025, Arianespace will launch Biomass, the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer satellite with a Vega C rocket
➡️ The Biomass mission is designed to deliver crucial information about the state of our forests and how they are changing, and to further our knowledge of the role forests play in the Earth’s carbon cycle

SpaceX SpainSat NG-II

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

June

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Expendable • ESA Eurostar Neo | Airbus Eurostar • hisdeSAT SpainSat Next Generation 2 (NG-II) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Skyrora XL Test Flight

UPDATED • DELAYED

2025

SaxaVord UK Spaceport • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Maiden Flight Skyrora XL • 9 Skyforce Engines • Single Skyforce Second Stage • Single LEO Engine Third Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@Skyrora_Ltd Today marks 2 years since #Skyrora completed the static fire test of the second stage of our orbital #SkyroraXL vehicle! We look forward to testing the first stage soon, which features 9 of our 3D printed 70 kN engines for optimal thrust 💥

ESA Ariane Vega-C KARI Kompsat-6

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2025

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • South Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) KOrean Multi-Purpose SATellite-6 (Kompsat-6) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@Arianespace Today, we are proud to announce that we have signed a launch contract with KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) for the Earth observation 🛰 Kompsat-6. The satellite will be delivered to orbit by Vega-C as early as December 2024. 🚀

Artist's view of Vega-C on the launch pad

ESA Ariane 62 MetOP-SGA1 (1 of 6) Sentinel-5 VA264

August

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 62 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-5 • EUMETSAT Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@AirbusSpace First Sentinel-5 instrument set to watch over our planet! 🧩 An Airbus-built instrument is one step closer to helping improve monitoring of air quality, changes in the ozone layer, and emissions from wildfires on board the second generation weather satellites MetOp. ☁️ The Airbus-built UVNS (Ultraviolet Visible Near-infrared Short-wave infrared Spectrometer) instrument has just been successfully completed, signed off by our ESA customer and is now ready for integration on the MetOp-SG A 🛰️

EUMETSAT Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG)

ESA Ariane 62 Sentinel-1D

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2025

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 62 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Copernicus Earth Observation • Sentinel-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@ESA_EO 5⃣ more Copernicus Sentinel satellites now have a ticket to space 🚀 A contract signed today between ESA & Arianespace has ensured rides into orbit for Sentinel-1D, Sentinel-2C, Sentinel-3C, the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide-A & -B satellites

ESA Vega-C CSG-3 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation

DELAYED

2025

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega-C Sentinel-3D

UPDATED • DELAYED

2025

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-3 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega-C IRDE-1

2025

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) IRDE • Thales Alenia Space IRDE • D-Orbit IRIDE NOX • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@Arianespace We are proud to announce at SAT Show a new contract signed with the Italian government for the deployment of the IRIDE Earth observation constellation with 3 Vega-C launches to be scheduled from end of 2025 onwards!

ESA Ariane 64 Intelsat IS-41 & IS-44

UPDATED • DELAYED

NET 2025

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 64 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@Ariane6 We are proud to announce the signature of a new contract for a dedicated Ariane 64 launch of two satellites, IS-41 and IS-44, for IntelSat in 2025

ESA Vega-C CSG-4 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation

DELAYED

2026

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega-C Sentinel-3C

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2026

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-3 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega-C EAGLE-1

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2026

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Satellite (QKDSat) • SES EAGLE-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@SES_Satellites SES News: We're excited to share that Arianespace will launch the EAGLE-1 satellite for ESA’s end-to-end Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system in 2024! 🚀

ESA Ariane 64 Intelsat IS-45

2026

@Ariane6 Arianespace and Intelsat just signed a contract to launch the IS-45 payload with Ariane 6. This is the 67ᵗʰ satellite to be launched by Arianespace to the benefit of longtime customer Intelsat (since 1983)

ESA Ariane 62 MetOP-SGB1 (2 of 6) Sentinel-5

Mid 2026

@ESA_EO The 3 MetOp-Second Generation B-type satellites are now together at Airbus Space's facility in Germany 🇩🇪. The first of these B units (the one on the left in the image) will complement the MetOp-SG A satellite, scheduled to be launched in August 2025. The satellites carry instruments to provide high-resolution measurements of temperature, precipitation, clouds, winds, and more. The A-type satellites carry optical and sounder instruments, and the B-type satellites carry mainly microwave imaging instruments

ESA Ariane Vega-C ClearSpace-1

2026

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • ClearSpace-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@ClearspaceToday 📣 Exciting news for the first active debris removal mission! ClearSpace just signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of its servicer spacecraft ClearSpace-1 with the European launcher Vega C. ClearSpace-1 will rendezvous, capture, and remove a piece of space debris as the world's first mission commissioned by the ESA, and supported by Elite partner Omega Watches

Isar Spectrum AOBA

2026

@isaraerospace Honored to welcome ElevationSpace as our first customer in the Asian market. We look forward to launching your first spacecraft "AOBA" together

ESA Ariane Vega-C CO2M-A Sentinel 7A

2026

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega-C CO2M-B Sentinel 7B

2027

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Isar Spectrum AOS-D & AOS-P

2028

Andøya Space | Norway • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Isar Spectrum | Nine Aquila LOX / C3H8 (Propane) Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Aquila • Norweigian Space Agency (NOSA) Space Norway Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) • Eidel AOS DEMO (AOS-D) | Space Norway • Kongsberg AOS Precursor (AOS-P) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@isaraerospace Isar Aerospace signs contract with Norwegian Space Agency Norweigian Space Agency (NOSA) for the launch of 2 satellites until 2028 from Andøya Space

Recent Videos of ESA Rocket Launches to Space & Events

ESA Isar Aerospace Going Full Spectrum First Test Flight

ANOMALY

2025-03-30 11:30 UTC

First Launch Andøya Space | Norway • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Miaden Flight Isar Spectrum | Nine Aquila LOX / C3H8 (Propane) Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Aquila • Anomaly

SpaceX SpainSat NG-I

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

2025-01-30 01:34 UTC

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1073.21 Flight 21 Expendable • ESA Eurostar Neo | Airbus Eurostar • hisdeSAT SpainSat Next Generation 1 (NG-I) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit

ESA Ariane Vega-C VV25 Sentinel-1C

2024-12-05 21:20 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Return to Flight Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Sentinel-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA SpaceX Hera to Dimorphos

2024-10-07 14:52 UTC

Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061.23 Flight 23 Expendable • European Space Agency (ESA) • Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) • Hera • 65803 Didymos & Dimorphos Binary Asteroid • Press Kit

ESA Ariane Vega VV24 Sentinel-2C

2024-09-05 01:50 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega • Avio Space Systems Vega • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-2 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

SpaceX Transporter-11 Smallsat Rideshare

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

2024-08-16 18:56 UTC

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1075.12 Flight 12 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 116 Spacecraft • D-Orbit Celesital Bliss ION SCV012 Magnificent Monica (9) | Spire Global (7) • European Space Agency (ESA) Artic Weather Satellite (AWS) • Exolaunch (42) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX | Capella-15 (Acadia-5) | ICEYE Gen3 (4) | Muon Space MuSat-3 | PLAN-S Connecta T4.1-4 (4) | Unseenlabs Bro-14 & Bro-15 • HawkEye 360 Cluster 10 (10A, 10B, 10C) • Loft Orbital Yam-7 | Hydrosat VanZyl-1 • Momentus | Apogeo Space (9) | AVS Lur-1 • Carbon Mapper Tanager-1 | NASA JPL | Planet | Flock 4BE (36 SuperDove) • SEOPS (5) | Train Rapid On-Orbit Payload (TROOP-F2) | Celestis Harmony Memorial Spaceflight • Umbra-09 & Umbra-10 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane 6 Maiden Flight VA262

ANOMALY

2024-07-09 19:00 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Maiden Flight Arianespace Ariane 6 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova (4) • The Exploration Company Bikini Nyx • NASA CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

ESA SpaceX EarthCARE

2024-05-28 22:20 UTC

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.7 Flight 7 Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • European Space Agency (ESA) | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

ESA Ariane Vega VV23 SSMS #5 Rideshare

2023-10-09 01:36 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega VV23 Attempt #2 • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega • Avio Space Systems Vega • Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) | SAB Launch Services (SAB-LS) • 12 Spacecraft • Thai Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) THEOS-2 • Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) FORMOSAT-7R / TRITON (Wind Hunter) • Three Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research (ANSER) • ESTCube-2 • OQ Technology MACSAT | Kongsberg NanoAvionics • Passive REflecTometry and dosimeTrY (PRETTY) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

ESA Ariane 5 H2Sat & Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2) VA261

2023-07-05 22:00 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight 261 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • OHB System Heinrich Hertz communications satellite (H2Sat) • Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) | CNES Syracuse 4B (COMSAT-NG 2) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

ESA SpaceX Euclid

2023-07-01 15:12 UTC

Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1080.2 Flight 2 • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • European Space Agency (ESA) • Euclid Telescope • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) • Press Kit

ESA Ariane 5 JUICE VA260

2023-04-14 12:14 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA260 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) • Jupiter System | Ganymede | Callisto | Europa | Explorer • Press Kit • Press Kit

ESA Ariane Vega-C Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 VV22 (Zoom In)

ANOMALY

2022-12-21 01:47 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C VV22 • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • P120C First Stage • Zefiro-40 Second Stage • Zefiro-9 Third Stage • AVUM+ Upper Stage • Airbus Pléiades Neo • Zefiro-40 Second Stage Anomaly • Press Kit

ESA Ariane 5 MTG-I1 Galaxy 35 (G-35) & Galaxy 36 (G-36) VA259

2022-12-13 20:30 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA259 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • EUMETSAT Meteosat-12 Third Generation (MTG) Imager 1 (MTG-I1) • Thales Alenia Space MTG • Intelsat Galaxy 35 (G-35) and Galaxy 36 (G-36) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit

ESA Ariane 5 Eutelsat Konnect VHTS VA258

2022-09-07 21:45 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA258 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • ESA Spacebus Neo • Thales Alenia Space • Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit

ESA Ariane Vega-C Maiden Flight VV21 LARES-2

2022-07-13 13:13 UTC

Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C VV21 Maiden Flight • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • P120C First Stage • Zefiro-40 Second Stage • Zefiro-9 Third Stage • AVUM+ Upper Stage • TRISAT-R • MTCube-2 • CELESTA • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • AstroBio CubeSat (ABCS) • Greencube • ARCA Dynamics ALPHA • NPC Spacemind • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) LARES-2 • Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit

ESA Ariane 5 MEASAT-3d & CMS-02 (GSAT-24) VA257

2022-06-22 21:50 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA257 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • Malaysia East Asia Satellite (MEASAT) • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) • NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit

NASA / CSA / ESA Ariane 5 James Webb Space Telescope VA256

2021-12-25 12:20 UTC

Ariane Launch Complex | Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre | Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA256 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • Canadian Space Agency (CSA) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2)

Schedule of Upcoming ESA Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All European Space Agency (ESA) dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change

NET (No Earlier Than)
TBC (To Be Confirmed)
TBD (To Be Determined)

Date	Mission	Livestream	Notes
2025-04-29 09:15 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega-C VV26 Biomass Earth Explorer 7		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Biomass Earth Explorer 7 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
June	SpaceX SpainSat NG-II		Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) \| Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Expendable • ESA Eurostar Neo \| Airbus Eurostar • hisdeSAT SpainSat Next Generation 2 (NG-II) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
2025	Skyrora XL Test Flight		SaxaVord UK Spaceport • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Maiden Flight Skyrora XL • 9 Skyforce Engines • Single Skyforce Second Stage • Single LEO Engine Third Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025	ESA Ariane Vega-C KARI Kompsat-6		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • South Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) KOrean Multi-Purpose SATellite-6 (Kompsat-6) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
August	ESA Ariane 62 MetOP-SGA1 (1 of 6) Sentinel-5 VA264		Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 62 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-5 • EUMETSAT Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025	ESA Ariane 62 Sentinel-1D		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 62 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Copernicus Earth Observation • Sentinel-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2025	ESA Vega-C CSG-3 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2025	ESA Ariane Vega-C Sentinel-3D		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-3 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2025	ESA Ariane Vega-C IRDE-1		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) IRDE • Thales Alenia Space IRDE • D-Orbit IRIDE NOX • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
NET 2025	ESA Ariane 64 Intelsat IS-41 & IS-44		Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 64 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026	ESA Vega-C CSG-4 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2026	ESA Ariane Vega-C Sentinel-3C		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-3 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2026	ESA Ariane Vega-C EAGLE-1		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Satellite (QKDSat) • SES EAGLE-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2026	ESA Ariane 64 Intelsat IS-45		Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 64 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Mid 2026	ESA Ariane 62 MetOP-SGB1 (2 of 6) Sentinel-5		Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 62 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-5 • EUMETSAT Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026	ESA Ariane Vega-C ClearSpace-1		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • ClearSpace-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2026	Isar Spectrum AOBA		Andøya Space \| Norway • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Isar Spectrum \| Nine Aquila LOX / C3H8 (Propane) Engines \| Second Stage Single Vacuum Aquila • ElevationSpace AOBA • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026	ESA Ariane Vega-C CO2M-A Sentinel 7A		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2027	ESA Ariane Vega-C CO2M-B Sentinel 7B		Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2028	ESA Isar Spectrum AOS-D & AOS-P		Andøya Space \| Norway • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Isar Spectrum \| Nine Aquila LOX / C3H8 (Propane) Engines \| Second Stage Single Vacuum Aquila • Norweigian Space Agency (NOSA) Space Norway Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) • Eidel AOS DEMO (AOS-D) \| Space Norway • Kongsberg AOS Precursor (AOS-P) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Recent ESA Rocket Launches to Space & Events

Date	Mission	Notes
2025-03-30 11:30 UTC	ESA Isar Aerospace Going Full Spectrum First Test Flight	First Launch Andøya Space \| Norway • European Space Agency (ESA) Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services (CSTS) • Miaden Flight Isar Spectrum \| Nine Aquila LOX / C3H8 (Propane) Engines \| Second Stage Single Vacuum Aquila • Anomaly
2025-01-30 01:34 UTC	SpaceX SpainSat NG-I	Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) \| Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1073.21 Flight 21 Expendable • ESA Eurostar Neo \| Airbus Eurostar • hisdeSAT SpainSat Next Generation 1 (NG-I) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit
2024-12-05 21:20 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega-C VV25 Sentinel-1C	Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Return to Flight Arianespace Vega-C • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • Copernicus Earth Observation • Sentinel-1 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2024-10-07 14:52 UTC	ESA SpaceX Hera to Dimorphos	Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) \| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061.23 Flight 23 Expendable • European Space Agency (ESA) • Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) • Hera • 65803 Didymos & Dimorphos Binary Asteroid • Press Kit
2024-09-05 01:50 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega VV24 Sentinel-2C	Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega • Avio Space Systems Vega • Copernicus Earth Observation • ESA Sentinel-2 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2024-08-16 18:56 UTC	SpaceX Transporter-11 Smallsat Rideshare	Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) \| Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1075.12 Flight 12 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter \| 116 Spacecraft • D-Orbit Celesital Bliss ION SCV012 Magnificent Monica (9) \| Spire Global (7) • European Space Agency (ESA) Artic Weather Satellite (AWS) • Exolaunch (42) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX \| Capella-15 (Acadia-5) \| ICEYE Gen3 (4) \| Muon Space MuSat-3 \| PLAN-S Connecta T4.1-4 (4) \| Unseenlabs Bro-14 & Bro-15 • HawkEye 360 Cluster 10 (10A, 10B, 10C) • Loft Orbital Yam-7 \| Hydrosat VanZyl-1 • Momentus \| Apogeo Space (9) \| AVS Lur-1 • Carbon Mapper Tanager-1 \| NASA JPL \| Planet \| Flock 4BE (36 SuperDove) • SEOPS (5) \| Train Rapid On-Orbit Payload (TROOP-F2) \| Celestis Harmony Memorial Spaceflight • Umbra-09 & Umbra-10 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2024-07-09 19:00 UTC	ESA Ariane 6 Maiden Flight VA262	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (ELA-4) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Maiden Flight Arianespace Ariane 6 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova (4) • The Exploration Company Bikini Nyx • NASA CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-05-28 22:20 UTC	ESA SpaceX EarthCARE	Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) \| Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.7 Flight 7 Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • European Space Agency (ESA) \| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit
2023-10-09 01:36 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega VV23 SSMS #5 Rideshare	Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega VV23 Attempt #2 • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega • Avio Space Systems Vega • Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) \| SAB Launch Services (SAB-LS) • 12 Spacecraft • Thai Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) THEOS-2 • Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) FORMOSAT-7R / TRITON (Wind Hunter) • Three Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research (ANSER) • ESTCube-2 • OQ Technology MACSAT \| Kongsberg NanoAvionics • Passive REflecTometry and dosimeTrY (PRETTY) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) \| Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2023-07-05 22:00 UTC	ESA Ariane 5 H2Sat & Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2) VA261	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight 261 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • OHB System Heinrich Hertz communications satellite (H2Sat) • Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) \| CNES Syracuse 4B (COMSAT-NG 2) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
2023-07-01 15:12 UTC	ESA SpaceX Euclid	Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) \| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1080.2 Flight 2 • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • European Space Agency (ESA) • Euclid Telescope • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) • Press Kit
2023-04-14 12:14 UTC	ESA Ariane 5 JUICE VA260	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA260 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) • Jupiter System \| Ganymede \| Callisto \| Europa \| Explorer • Press Kit • Press Kit
2022-12-21 01:47 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega-C Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 VV22 (Zoom In)	Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C VV22 • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • P120C First Stage • Zefiro-40 Second Stage • Zefiro-9 Third Stage • AVUM+ Upper Stage • Airbus Pléiades Neo • Zefiro-40 Second Stage Anomaly • Press Kit
2022-12-13 20:30 UTC	ESA Ariane 5 MTG-I1 Galaxy 35 (G-35) & Galaxy 36 (G-36) VA259	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA259 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • EUMETSAT Meteosat-12 Third Generation (MTG) Imager 1 (MTG-I1) • Thales Alenia Space MTG • Intelsat Galaxy 35 (G-35) and Galaxy 36 (G-36) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit
2022-09-07 21:45 UTC	ESA Ariane 5 Eutelsat Konnect VHTS VA258	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA258 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • ESA Spacebus Neo • Thales Alenia Space • Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit
2022-07-13 13:13 UTC	ESA Ariane Vega-C Maiden Flight VV21 LARES-2	Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Vega-C VV21 Maiden Flight • European Space Agency (ESA) Vega-C • Avio Space Systems Vega-C • P120C First Stage • Zefiro-40 Second Stage • Zefiro-9 Third Stage • AVUM+ Upper Stage • TRISAT-R • MTCube-2 • CELESTA • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • AstroBio CubeSat (ABCS) • Greencube • ARCA Dynamics ALPHA • NPC Spacemind • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) LARES-2 • Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit
2022-06-22 21:50 UTC	ESA Ariane 5 MEASAT-3d & CMS-02 (GSAT-24) VA257	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA257 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • Malaysia East Asia Satellite (MEASAT) • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) • NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit
2021-12-25 12:20 UTC	NASA / CSA / ESA Ariane 5 James Webb Space Telescope VA256	Ariane Launch Complex \| Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) • Guiana Space Centre \| Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) • French Guiana • Arianespace Ariane 5 Flight VA256 • European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 ECA • ECA+ (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) • Canadian Space Agency (CSA) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2)

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