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ESA SpaceX SpainSat NG-I

2024

TBC Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • ESA Eurostar Neo | Airbus Eurostar • hisdeSAT SpainSat Next Generation 1 (NG-I) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

@esa The most challenging active antennas developed in Europe so far... The first SpainSat NG-I telecom satellite is planned to be launched in 2024! Learn more with Airbus Space and Spanish operator Hisdesat working in an ESA Partnership Projects project

ESA Ariane Vega-C VV25 Sentinel-1C

UPDATED • DELAYED

2024-12-03 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

@Arianespace 🚀 VV25: On Dec. 3 #Arianespace will launch #Sentinel1C 🛰️ Copernicus for European Commission & ESA ➡ Providing crucial environmental data 🌍& carrying out our commitment of guaranteeing #Europe’s access to #space ➡ Marking the return-to-flight of Vega C

ESA Ariane Vega-C Biomass Earth Explorer 7

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2024

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 Ariane Vega-C Sentinel-1D

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2024

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 • 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 Ariane Vega-C EAGLE-1

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2024

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 Vega-C Sentinel-3C

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2024

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_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 Ariane Vega-C KARI Kompsat-6

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2024

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. 🚀

ESA Isar Aerospace Spectrum Test Flight

UPDATED • DELAYED

2024

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 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@isaraerospace Congratulations Andøya Space for receiving the Launch Site Operator License. This milestone enables our team at Isar Aerospace to continue with our ambitious plan and soon start with the final tests ahead of Spectrum's first test flight!

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 62 MetOP-SGA1 (1 of 6) Sentinel-5

2025

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 🛰️

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 Sentinel CO2M-A

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 • Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) • 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 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)

ESA Ariane Vega-C Sentinel CO2M-B

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_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 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

ESA Ariane 64 Intelsat IS-45

NET 2026

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)

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) | Muon Space MuSat-3 | PLAN-S Connecta T4.1-4 (4) | Sidus Space LizzieSat-5 & LizzieSat-6 | Unseenlabs Bro-14 & Bro-15 • HawkEye 360 Clusters 10 (10A, 10B, 10C) • Impulse Space LEO Express-2 • Loft Orbital Yam-7 | Hydrosat VanZyl-1 • Momentus Vigoride-8 (VR-8) | 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)