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Ariane 64 | MTG-I2

Mission

MTG-I2

Type:

Earth Science

Orbit:

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Third of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.

Status

To Be Determined

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Pad

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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

Timezone:

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.

Location total Launch count:

331

Location total Landing count:

0

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Rocket

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Ariane 64

Ariane 6 variant with four solid boosters, enabling heavier payloads.

Family: Ariane

Variant: 64

Details

Min stage: 2

Max stage: 2m

Length: 63.0m

Diameter: 5.4

First Flight: Feb. 12, 2026

Total launch count: 1

Successful launches: 1

Pending launches: 15

Consecutive successful launches: 1

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 21650kg

Launch cost: US$90000000

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 12000kg

Manufacturer

ArianeGroup

Type:

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.

Founding year:

2015

Administrator:

CEO: Martin Sion

Launchers:

Ariane

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Agency

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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.

FRA

Type: Commercial

Details

Administrator:

CEO: David Cavaillolès

Founding year:

1980

Launchers:

Ariane | Vega

Total launch count: 325

Successful launches: 310

Consecutive successful launches: 13

Failed launches: 15

Pending launches: 31

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