Launches / Ariane 62
Ariane 62, flown by Arianespace
This was Arianespace's 7th launch of 2025, and its 324th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 309th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the fourth from Ariane Launch Area 4.
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).
The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.
6 flights, 6 of them successful.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
328 launches so far, 313 of them successful. The last 16 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Ariane Launch Area 4 at Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
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