NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

ESA Rideshares - Demo Flight

Launch Time
NET June, 2024

First flight of Ariane 6, first flight from the ELA-4 launch pad.

Rocket

Ariane 62
Image Credit: Arianespace
ESA
Status: Planned
Price: $88.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 8,370 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,350 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 63.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 20.0 m
Details

Mission Details

SpaceCase SC-X01

Test platform for reentry technologies such as new-generation ablative materials for thermal protection systems.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 40.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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GRBBeta

1U CubeSat – Gamma Ray Burst detection

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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ISTSAT

1U CubeSat – Characterisation of aircraft’s ‘cone of silence’ and in-flight performances of a custom-made Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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3Cat4

1U CubeSat – Techno demo Flexible Microwave Payload.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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OOV-Cube

Microsatellite – IoT agriculture use case demo.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 10.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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CuriumOne

With a duplicate ASTRIS Engineering Qualification Model PCB as primary payload.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 18.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Location

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

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