Mission Log

Launch Provider

Arianespace

Country

France

Founded

1980

Leadership

CEO: David Cavaillolès

Launch Record

312 success, 15 failed

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.

Type

Communications

Target Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.

Height

63.0 m

Diameter

5.4 m

Mass to LEO

21900.0 kg

Mass to GTO

11700.0 kg

Reusable

No

Maiden Flight

2026-06-17

Launch Success

1 / 1

Consecutive Success

1

Ariane 6 variant with four upgraded P160C solid boosters, enabling heavier payloads. Each P160C booster holds 14 additional tons of propellant, compared to the P120C boosters of the Block 1 variant.

Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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.