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The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, originally scheduled for Monday 3 March, has been postponed to Thursday 6 March 13:24 (Kourou), 17:24 (Paris), 16:24 (UTC).

The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, originally scheduled for Wednesday 26 February, has now been postponed to Monday 3 March, 13:24 (Kourou), 17:24 (Paris), 16:24 (UTC).

Ariane 6 will lift off on 26 February with the CSO-3 military satellite onboard.

Recap of the past year and a look ahead to the major milestones expected in 2025.

Another major milestone has been reached in the preparation schedule for the first Ariane 6 commercial flight: the transfer of the main core and boosters to the launch pad.

The components for the second Ariane 6 flight model have arrived in Kourou. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation campaign in the run-up to lift-off, scheduled for mid-February 2025.

On 5 December, the Vega-C launcher returned to flight, successfully placing the Sentinel-1C satellite in orbit.

ArianeGroup and Arianespace have announced that the first commercial flight of the European heavy-lift launch vehicle will take place in the first quarter of 2025.

On the night of 30 October 2024, the BalMan manoeuvring balloon successfully completed its first test flight from Europe’s spaceport.

A stratospheric balloon, BalMan, will take off at night from Europe's spaceport between 30 October and 15 November.