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Following its successful maiden flight in July 2024, Ariane 6 completed its second mission from Europe’s spaceport on Thursday 6 March at 13:24 local time in French Guiana. Its payload, the CSO-3 satellite, was placed in sun-synchronous orbit.

Mission VA263 will take off this Thursday, 6 March at 1:24 pm (Kourou), 5:24 pm (Paris) and 4:24 pm (UTC). It will put into orbit the observation satellite CSO-3. Focus on the mission.

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.