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From the first Ariane L01, through Soyuz and the various versions of the Ariane and Vega families, the history of the space industry in French Guiana has been built over the course of launches and human discovery.

The workhorse of Europe's space industry, Ariane 6 is a powerful, highly versatile and scalable launcher, capable of carrying out a wide range of missions in all types of orbit.

Mission VA263 will take off this Thursday, 6 March at 1:24 pm (Kourou), 5:24 pm (Paris) and 4:24 pm (UTC). It will put into orbit the observation satellite CSO-3. Focus on the mission.

Following its successful maiden flight in July 2024, Ariane 6 completed its second mission from Europe’s spaceport on Thursday 6 March at 13:24 local time in French Guiana. Its payload, the CSO-3 satellite, was placed in sun-synchronous orbit.

The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, originally scheduled for Monday 3 March, has been postponed to Thursday 6 March 13:24 (Kourou), 17:24 (Paris), 16:24 (UTC).

The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, originally scheduled for Wednesday 26 February, has now been postponed to Monday 3 March, 13:24 (Kourou), 17:24 (Paris), 16:24 (UTC).

Recap of the past year and a look ahead to the major milestones expected in 2025.

Ariane 6 will lift off on 26 February with the CSO-3 military satellite onboard.

Another major milestone has been reached in the preparation schedule for the first Ariane 6 commercial flight: the transfer of the main core and boosters to the launch pad.

The components for the second Ariane 6 flight model have arrived in Kourou. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation campaign in the run-up to lift-off, scheduled for mid-February 2025.