European Space AgencyAriane 62Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Maiden Flight
Launched
July 9, 2024 · 19:00 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/ArianeGroup/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin
Summary
Maiden Flight launched on an European Space Agency Ariane 62 from Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 9, 2024 at 19:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:00 to 22:00 UTC. It was European Space Agency's 7th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,720th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 62 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 3Cat-4, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 578 × 599 km orbit inclined 62.0°. 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast)European Space Agency, ESA
- Ariane 6 first flight - clean feed (Official broadcast)European Space Agency, ESA
- Premier vol d'Ariane 6 (Diffusion officielle)European Space Agency, ESA
- Vehicle
- Ariane 62 · European Space Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for ESA
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 62 flightEuropean Space Agency's 7th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,720th orbital launch attempt131st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
3Cat-4 · NORAD 60236 · 2024-128 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-128B
- Epoch
- 2024-07-09 22:17:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.95327081 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015539
- Inclination
- 61.9929°
- Ascending node
- 161.2751°
- Arg. of perigee
- 312.8628°
- Mean anomaly
- 46.4834°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−5H26MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−5H6MStage 2 LH2 Load
- T−7SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T−0Booster Ignition
- T+2M16SBooster Separation
- T+3M39SFairing Separation
- T+7M35SMECO
- T+7M41SStage 2 Separation
- T+7M50SSES-1
- T+18M32SSECO-1
- T+56M20SSES-2
- T+56M42SSECO-2
- T+1H5M53SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+2H37M15SSES-3
- T+2H37M43SSECO-3
- T+2H40M13SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+3HAtmospheric Entry
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 9 payloads; 9 still in orbit
- 3Cat-4 · NORAD 60236 · in orbit
- GRBBeta · NORAD 60237 · in orbit
- ISTsat-1 · NORAD 60238 · in orbit
- Ariane 6 Dummy Payload · NORAD 60239 · in orbit
- TUBSAT-30 · NORAD 60240 · in orbit
- Curium One · NORAD 60242 · in orbit
- Robusta-3A · NORAD 60243 · in orbit
- CURIE A · in orbit
- Replicator · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Maiden Flight of the Ariane 62 launch vehicle, carrying ten cubesats, two deployers, five experiments, and two reentry capsules.
News
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
1st launch from Ariane Launch Area 4, 1st this year · 321st from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 9, 4:00 PM GMT-3, in daylight
9 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Successful maiden flight of Ariane 6 from liftoff to payload separation in orbit. An APU anomaly prevented the deorbit burn from happening, the reentry capsules will therefore remain attached to the second stage in orbit.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/9/2024 · source
Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started
LL2 · 7/9/2024 · source
T-0 delayed by an hour
Nosu · 7/9/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/25/2024 · source
Targeting July 9
Nosu · 6/5/2024 · source
NET early July.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2024 · source
Targeting between June 15 and July 31, 2024
Nosu · 11/30/2023 · source
NET April-May 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2023 · source
Questions
When did Maiden Flight launch?
Maiden Flight launched on July 9, 2024 at 19:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:00 to 22:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Maiden Flight?
Coverage: Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast); Ariane 6 first flight - clean feed (Official broadcast); Premier vol d'Ariane 6 (Diffusion officielle). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Maiden Flight?
Ariane 62, flown by European Space Agency. Ariane 62 spec sheet
Where did Maiden Flight launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Jul 9, 4:00 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Maiden Flight reach?
3Cat-4, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 578 × 599 km orbit inclined 62.0°.
How many satellites did Maiden Flight launch?
9 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 9 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).