The final five: Ariane 5’s march to retirement begins with dual passenger launch

Published by NASA Spaceflight on 06/22/2022

Arianespace, ArianeGroup, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are gearing up for their second flight of the year and the first for the veteran Ariane 5 rocket, which begins its trek toward retirement with the first of its five final planned missions scheduled for lift-off from Kourou in French Guiana at 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC) on June 22.