Welcome everyone! It’s time for another new rocket!

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-07-09 19:00
Scheduled for (local) 2024-07-09 16:00 (GFT)
Launch site ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Launch vehicle Ariane 62
Payloads Multiple
Mission success criteria Successful launch and deployment of payloads into Low Earth Orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
ESA (English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oFpOJaIYc
ESA (Français) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfNPzSOalEU
ESA (Deutsch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_87OnvB_fQ
ESA (clean feed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXamYYJpQk
Arianespace (English)
Arianespace (Français)
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhzzFK5sgs
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ch6wPRb4Og
NASASpaceflight
Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WGk5XSNXk
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPAG2TG63oA

Stats

☑️ 1st ever Ariane 6 mission

☑️ 1st ESA mission of 2024, 15th mission overall

Payload info

  • SpaceCase SC-X01: Test platform for reentry technologies such as new-generation ablative materials for thermal protection systems.
  • GRBBeta: 1U CubeSat – Gamma Ray Burst detection
  • ISTSAT: 1U CubeSat – Characterisation of aircraft’s ‘cone of silence’ and in-flight performances of a custom-made Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.
  • 3Cat4: 1U CubeSat – Techno demo Flexible Microwave Payload.
  • OOV-Cube: Microsatellite – IoT agriculture use case demo.
  • CuriumOne: With a duplicate ASTRIS Engineering Qualification Model PCB as primary payload.

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!

  • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
    6•2 months ago

    https://x.com/esa/status/1810792159295180959

    The tech-demo phase of Ariane 6 is still in progress but has shown an unexpected result which will only affect the end of the mission.

    On the webcast, they stated that the Auxiliary Propulsion Unit (APU) switched off shortly after it it powered up after SECO-2. Without the APU, they have no way to settle the propellants in the tanks, and thus can’t reignite the upper stage for the final burn.

    From the live camera feed, it looks as though the upper stage was spinning, so there may have been some loss of control as well.