🚀 Mark your calendars.
On June 17th, Ariane 64 will launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit.
This will be the first Ariane 6 flight equipped with four P160C boosters, increasing its payload capacity from 32 to 36 satellites on a single launch.
🕒 Launch window:
- 07:53 - 08:22 (Washington, D.C.)
- 08:53 - 09:22 (Kourou Time)
- 11:53 – 12:22 (UTC)
- 13:53 - 14:22 (Paris time)
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA269
@Amazonleo@ArianeGroup@esa@CNES@EuropeSpacePort
Upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters have arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for integration with Ariane 6 ahead of Leo Europe 3 (LE-03). Debuting on our next mission with @Arianespace, these boosters will carry the largest Amazon Leo mission with Ariane to date. Updates coming soon.
🚀 We have increased our investment in the MIURA 5 Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M.
This milestone makes PLD Space the first private operator to invest at this scale at the ELM-Diamant site, contributing to the evolution of Europe's historic spaceport.
At the same time, construction activities at the site continue to progress, with civil works now entering their final phase and completion expected this summer.
More details👇
https://t.co/HsrhIDF3fS
📸 Images of the MIURA 5 Launch Complex at CSG courtesy of @CNES
🦎 Project Hyguane news!
Just before retiring, our former Director Toni Tolker-Nielsen signed a contract with MT Aerospace and @CNES representatives on a crucial step towards low-carbon hydrogen at Europe's Spaceport.
The contract confirmed the construction of a 4.5 MWp solar power plant named PV3:
☀️ This solar power plant will be the third facility designed, commissioned, and operated by @CNES.
PV3 is a key element to supply low-carbon hydrogen for Europe's Spaceport.
https://t.co/5ZaU19Dx2I
✅ Mission success for Smile.
Following lift-off on Vega-C at 05:52 CEST, separation at 06:48 CEST and solar panels deployment at 06:49 CEST, Smile is now underway to study Earth’s magnetic shield.
🔗 https://t.co/wb8pr92y8z
@esascience@ESA_transport@CNES@Avio_Group@CAS__Science
#OpérationTitan Lancement VV 29 sous la protection du #3REI. Mission réussie. Mise en orbite du satellite SMILE, fruit de la plus importante mission de collaboration entre l’@esa et l’Académie des sciences chinoises.
#FAG#LégionÉtrangère
Un altro giorno in ufficio.
O il lancio di #SMILE visto dallo @EuropeSpacePort di Kourou, in #GuyanaFrancese.
Il liftoff è avvenuto alle 5:52 italiane su un VegaC di @Avio_Group. 57 minuti dopo #SMILE ha raggiunto l’orbita e dispiegato i suoi pannelli solari.
Ne racconterò
At 00:52 AM, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, Avio successfully launched the #Smile scientific satellite. #VV29 mission has been the first #VegaC launch operated by Avio as Launch Service Operator. Read the press release: https://t.co/6Fbj7DrFmI #space#spaceiscloser
A Vega-C launch goes quickly! Just eight minutes after liftoff and Smile is already coasting 200 km above our planet.
🛰️🌍
In order: P120C fired and separated, Zefiro-40 fired and separated, fairing was jettisoned, and Zefiro-9 stage has now taken over.
Décollage réussi pour VV29 ! 🤩✨️
Suivez la suite de la mission avec nous : https://t.co/jUVB7DepB2
Séparation du satellite prévue à H0+57min !
Go Vega-C, go ! 🚀
Smile is an @esascience / @CAS__Science spacecraft, launching on a Vega-C rocket, flight #VV29. @ESA owns the Vega-C programme, working with @Avio as prime contractor and design authority. Avio is also the launch service operator for this Smile launch. French space agency @CNES maintains the Vega-C launch facilities at @EuropeSpacePort.
🌤️ La météo est au vert, Vega-C aussi : tout est prêt pour le lancement de la mission #VV29 aujourd’hui depuis le @EuropeSpacePort
📺Le live a commencé, pour voir le lancement en français.
Décollage prévu à 5h52.
https://t.co/L1FttC3FY4 @ESA_transport@esa_fr@esa
H0-1h34min avant le décollage de la 1ère mission Vega-C de l'année au CSG 🚀
Décollage entre 00h52 et 01h32 (Kourou), 05h52 et 06h32 (Paris).
Plus d'infos sur la mission sur https://t.co/jyy3Q0mgBa
For launches like #VV29 to happen, we need a place to launch them from.
And that place is @EuropeSpacePort in French Guiana.
ESA's Director of @ESA_transport Géraldine Naja, and Director of the Guiana Space Centre at @CNES Philippe Lier, signed a contract for its continued operation.
The contract covers all activities needed to operate the French territory part of the spaceport, including both daily operations and running of the facilities and upgrades to adapt @EuropeSpacePort for the arrival of new rockets, launch services and so on.
https://t.co/OWNPOqxVR4
#WatchLive: follow the launch of #Smile on Vega-C #VV29 🚀
Tune into ESA Web TV on 19 May from 05:30 CEST
🔗 https://t.co/IlePCv68P5
Key milestones expected:
🚀 05:52 Vega-C liftoff
👋 06:48 Separation of Smile
📈 06:49 Acquisition of Smile’s first signal from space
🛰️ 06:55 Deployment of solar arrays
They’ve arrived in Kourou ✨
The next Amazon Leo satellites are now at Europe’s Spaceport, where Arianespace teams are preparing Ariane 6 for its upcoming mission.
Over the coming weeks, every step of the launch campaign will bring these payloads closer to orbit, from satellite processing to integration on Ariane 6.