Ariane 5 ECAAriane 5 Launches

Ariane 5 liftoff

Credits: ESA - M. Pédoussaut

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The Ariane 5 launch vehicle liftoff for flight VA261 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 July at 23:00 BST (6 July at 00:00 CEST). Flight VA261 carried two payloads into space – the German space agency DLR’s experimental communications satellite Heinrich Hertz and the French communications satellite Syracuse 4b. The flight is the 117th and final mission for Ariane 5, a series which began in 1996.

Event Date
N/A
Release Date
2023-07-06
Programme
ARIANE 5 ECA
Directorate
Telecommunications
Location
Europe's Spaceport
Reference
64247
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