Maiden Flight
Ariane 62
European Space Agency
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Weather Forecast During Launch
The forecast calls for a temperature of 81°F, scattered clouds, 47% cloud cover and a wind speed of 4mph.
Rocket Launch Timeline
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| T- 05 : 26 : 00 | Stage 2 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage |
| T- 05 : 06 : 00 | Stage 2 LH2 Load Start of liquid hydrogen loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 00 : 07 | Ignition Start of the engine ignition sequence |
| T+ 00 : 00 : 00 | Booster Ignition Ignition of the solid rocket boosters. |
| T+ 00 : 00 : 00 | Liftoff First upwards movement of the rocket |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 16 | Booster Separation The side boosters are separated from the launcher. |
| T+ 00 : 03 : 39 | Fairing Separation Separation of the payload fairing |
| T+ 00 : 07 : 35 | MECO Cut-off of the main engine |
| T+ 00 : 07 : 41 | Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first |
| T+ 00 : 07 : 50 | SES-1 First start of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 18 : 32 | SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 56 : 20 | SES-2 Second start of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 56 : 42 | SECO-2 Second cut-off of the second engine |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 53 | Payload Deployment Sequence Start Start of the payload deployment sequence |
| T+ 02 : 37 : 15 | SES-3 Third start of the second engine |
| T+ 02 : 37 : 43 | SECO-3 Third cut-off of the second engine |
| T+ 02 : 40 : 13 | Payload Deployment Sequence End End of the payload deployment sequence. |
| T+ 03 : 00 : 00 | Atmospheric Entry Start of the atmospheric re-entry |
Mission
Maiden Flight
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $85,000,000
Maiden Flight of the Ariane 62 launch vehicle, carrying ten cubesats, two deployers, five experiments, and two reentry capsules.
Location
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Ariane Launch Area 4 has witnessed the launch of 2 rockets, including 2 orbital launch attempts. While Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, has been the site for 325 rocket launches.
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Rocket
ArianeGroup Ariane 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.
Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees.
ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
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