Maiden Flight
Ariane 62
European Space Agency
Location
Ariane Launch Area 4
Kourou, French Guiana
315 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Ariane 62 – Arianespace
Family: Ariane
Length: 63 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
Launch Mass: 530 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 10350 kg
The Ariane 62 was manufactured by Arianespace with the first launch on . Ariane 62 has 0 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 0 launches. 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
Type: Multinational
Abbreviation: ESA
Administration: Johann-Dietrich Wörner
Founded: 1975
Country: AUT,BEL,CZE,DNK,FIN,FRA,DEU,GRC,IRE,ITA,LUZ,NLD,NOR,POL,PRT,ROU,ESP,SWE,CHE,GBR
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.
