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Vol VA263 | CSO-3 | Ariane 6 | Premier vol commercial I Arianespace

Le 6 mars 2025 à 13h24 heure locale (16h24 UTC, 17h24 CET), Ariane 6, opérée par Arianespace, a décollé avec succès du port spatial européen de Kourou, en Guyane française, avec à son bord le satellit...

Lancement d’Ariane 6 avec le satellite CSO-3

La mission VA263 sera le premier vol commercial d’Ariane 6, le nouveau lanceur lourd européen. Elle fait suite au succès de son vol inaugural, le 9 juillet 2024.

CSO-3

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Ariane Launch Area 4 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.

Updates


hitura-nobad • March 6, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

Payload deployed!


hitura-nobad • March 6, 2025, 4:24 p.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • March 6, 2025, 3:53 p.m.

Official Webcast by arianespace has started


Cosmic_Penguin • March 5, 2025, 12:41 a.m.

Rescheduled for March 6.


Ariane 62

Family:
Configuration: 62

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.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    63.0 m
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
    530.0 T
  • Thrust
    10370.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Ariane 62
  • Family
  • Variant
    62
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ariane 62
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $85000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    10900.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5100.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    6450.0 kg

ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

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CEO: Martin Sion Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

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