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Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1
Arianespace · Ariane 62 · Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Arianespace's 321st launch · 4th this year · humanity's 7,026th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 13, 00:37 – Aug 13, 00:37 UTC
Flight preview
Metop-SG A1
First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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Flight timeline
- T−7SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+2M15SSRB Separation
- T+3M32SFairing Separation
- T+7M42SStage 2 Separation
- T+7M50SSES-1
- T+54M27SSES-2
- T+1H4MPayload Separation
- T+1H58MSES-3
Updates
Satellite solar array deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation and signal acquisition.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2025 · source
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
LL2 · 8/13/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2025 · source
Adding launch day and time and setting GO
Nosu · 7/28/2025 · source
Targeting August 2025
Nosu · 1/28/2025 · source
NET September 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/10/2024 · source
NET Q2 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
NET Q1 2025
Nosu · 11/21/2022 · source
Pad — Ariane Launch Area 4
Local pad time: Aug 12, 9:37 PM GMT-3
8 launches from this pad · 334 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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