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Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D

Name: Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D
Start: 2025-11-04T21:02:17.000Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Arianespace · Ariane 62 · Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Arianespace's 322nd launch · 5th this year · humanity's 7,106th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--November 4, 2025 · 21:02 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Nov 4, 21:02 – Nov 4, 21:02 UTC

Flight preview

Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

Watch

Flight VA265 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane 6 I Arianespace — arianespace
Vol VA265 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane 6 I Arianespace — arianespace
Lancement Ariane 6 avec le satellite Sentinel-1D (VA265) — CNES
Arianespace Launches Earth Observation Satellite Sentinel-1D — NASASpaceflight

Flight timeline

T−7SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+2M14SSRB Separation
T+3M28SFairing Separation
T+7M37SMECO
T+7M43SStage 2 Separation
T+7M51SSES-1
T+19M45SSECO-1
T+33M51SPayload Separation
T+2H1M32SSES-2
T+2H2M19SSECO-2

Updates

Satellite in operation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/6/2025 · source
NET early November.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2025 · source
NET late October.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/14/2025 · source
NET 29 November 2025
Nosu · 7/16/2025 · source
Updating launch vehicle to Ariane 62, targeting H2 2025
Nosu · 1/28/2025 · source

News

ESA·Jul 9, 2026

Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellites to replicate the pioneering ERS-1–ERS-2 ‘tandem mission’, ESA achieved one-day repeat radar imaging of the same Antarctic region.

Pad — Ariane Launch Area 4

Local pad time: Nov 4, 6:02 PM GMT-3

8 launches from this pad · 334 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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