Launch
Arianespace
Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO
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Mission
PLATO
Astrophysics
Sun-Earth L2
Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.
Status
To Be Determined
Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 4
GUF
ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.
Latitude: 5.256319
longitude: -52.786838
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Location
America/Cayenne
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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.
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Rocket
Ariane 62 Block 2
Ariane 6 variant with two upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters.
Family: Ariane
Variant: 62 Block 2
Details
Pending launches: 1
Manufacturer
ArianeGroup
Commercial
FRA
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.
2015
CEO: Martin Sion
Ariane
Agency
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Details
CEO: David Cavaillolès
1980
Ariane | Vega
Total launch count: 325
Successful launches: 310
Consecutive successful launches: 13
Failed launches: 15
Pending launches: 31
