ArianespaceAriane 62Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sentinel-1D
Launched
November 4, 2025 · 21:02 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/ArianeGroup/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin
Summary
Sentinel-1D launched on an Arianespace Ariane 62 from Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 4, 2025 at 21:02 UTC. It was Arianespace's 322nd launch, 5th this year and humanity's 7,106th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Ariane 62 flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 701 × 703 km orbit inclined 98.2°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 62 · ArianespaceCopernicus
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for ESA
- Milestone
- 4th Ariane 62 flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 322nd launch5th this yearhumanity's 7,106th orbital launch attempt257th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sentinel-1D · NORAD 66315 · 2025-251 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SENTINEL-1D
- Object ID
- 2025-251A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-06 17:35:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.5942123 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001528
- Inclination
- 98.1949°
- Ascending node
- 316.2181°
- Arg. of perigee
- 5.8371°
- Mean anomaly
- 354.2846°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 28
- B*
- 0.00014161
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Flight timeline
- T−7SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- 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
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- Sentinel-1D · NORAD 66315 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
News
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
4th launch from Ariane Launch Area 4, 3rd this year · 328th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 4, 6:02 PM GMT-3, in daylight
9 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
83 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Satellite in operation.
Show 9 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Sentinel-1D launch?
Sentinel-1D launched on November 4, 2025 at 21:02 UTC.
Where can I watch Sentinel-1D?
Coverage: Flight VA265 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane 6 I Arianespace; Vol VA265 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane 6 I Arianespace; Lancement Ariane 6 avec le satellite Sentinel-1D (VA265). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Sentinel-1D?
Ariane 62, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 62 spec sheet
Where did Sentinel-1D launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Nov 4, 6:02 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Sentinel-1D reach?
It reached a 701 × 703 km orbit inclined 98.2°.
How many satellites did Sentinel-1D launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Sentinel-1D part of?
Copernicus. About Copernicus